Funding Programme

Creative Europe is the EU’s funding programme for providing support to the culture and audiovisual sectors.

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Call overview

This call provides financial support to organisations and individual artists that want to host international artists and cultural professionals for a residency project.

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Call details

The third call for residency hosts provides financial support to organisations and artists registered as legal entities working in the sectors of music, literature, architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, visual arts, and performing arts. Legal entities can be non-profit organisations, non-governmental organisations, public bodies, foundations, companies, or self-employed persons etc..

The residency action supports legal entities that are registered and based in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries. It supports them to welcome up to 5 international artists and cultural professionals for a residency project lasting between 22 and 180 days.

The participants must be at least 18 years old and legal residents of other Creative Europe countries. The grant contributes to the costs of inviting and hosting international artists and cultural professionals.

Activities funded

The residency project should pursue two of the following objectives:

• ‍To explore: To conduct research, to investigate and work on a specific theme or a new concept.
• ‍To create: To engage in a collective creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic/cultural work.
• ‍To learn: To enhance the participants’ competences and skills through non-formal learning or collaboration with a specialist.
• ‍To connect: To develop a professional network, to strengthen the participants’ professional development, to engage with new audiences.
• ‍To transform: To contribute to societal change in line with the New European Bauhaus values and principles.

Objectives

The residency project should pursue two of the following objectives:

• Explore: conduct research, to investigate and work on a specific theme or a new concept.
• Create: engage in a collective creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic/cultural work.
• Learn: enhance the participants’ competences and skills through non-formal learning or collaboration with a specialist.
• Connect: develop a professional network, to strengthen the participants’ professional development, to engage with new audiences.
• Transform: contribute to societal change in line with the New European Bauhaus values and principles.

Eligibility

• The residency action supports legal entities that are registered and based in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries.
• It supports them to welcome up to 5 international artists and cultural professionals for a residency project lasting between 22 and 180 days.
• The participants must be at least 18 years old and legal residents of other Creative Europe countries. The grant contributes to the costs of inviting and hosting international artists and cultural professionals.
• Reapplying - Residency hosts can receive several grants under the Culture Moves Europe residency action, as long as it is for different projects with different participating artists and cultural professionals. However, applications are limited to one per call period.

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Budget

The residency grant is compiled of two parts:

• the hosting allowance, which is allocated to the host
• daily allowances, travel allowances and top-ups, which are allocated to each participant based on individual travel plans and needs

The grant calculations are made specifically for each beneficiary, based on their project and participants’ personal situation. The entire residency grant is transferred to the residency host, who is responsible for distributing the corresponding amounts to each participant.

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Duration

You must select one of the following options in your application:

• short-term residency project: between 22 and 60 days
• medium-term residency project: between 61 and 120 days
• long-term residency project: between 121 and 180 days

The project duration corresponds to the number of days spent at the host’s location to implement the project. The travel time is not taken into account for the grant calculation.

It is possible to welcome between one and five international artists and cultural professionals. All participants must take part in the residency project for the whole project implementation period.

Applicants should send a proposal that details the duration, objectives, and expected impact of their residency project. They are required to provide a suitable and safe environment, equipment, and a professional mentor for the invited artists. This ensures that the participants have good conditions to implement their projects.