Goethe Connect and Create Programme
Opportunity type: Grant
For: Different Creatives
Deadline: 30/11/2025
Rewards: Up to €25,000 in funding
Location Eligibility: Sub-Saharan Africa
About this opportunity
The Connect and Create programme is an initiative implemented by the Goethe-Institut and Expertise France, in collaboration with the Institut français and with the support of the European Union. It seeks to foster collaboration, exchange, and circulation, both within the African continent and between Sub-Saharan Africa and European Union countries. Particular attention is given to the active involvement of young people and the promotion of cultural diversity. Connect and Create is the sub-Saharan Africa component of the Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture programme.
Connect and Create Professional Mobility supports the mobility of performing arts and music professionals from sub-Saharan Africa and the European Union. These mobilities take the form of integrated programmes within international events or major cultural gatherings.
Selected projects receive funding to cover travel, visas, insurance, accommodation, per diem, local transport, and logistical costs such as translation and documentation. Mobilities may be to Europe (for African professionals) or within Sub-Saharan Africa (for African and European professionals), integrated into festivals, fairs, summits, conventions, and workshops. Funding is disbursed in two instalments: 80% upon signing of the grant agreement, and 20% upon project completion and submission of a narrative and financial report.
Rewards
- Funding ranging from a minimum of €15,000 to a maximum of €25,000 will be awarded to selected projects, as part of a co-financing of the overall programme budget.
- The funding will be disbursed in two instalments: 80% upon signing of the grant agreement. 20% upon project completion, upon submission of a narrative and financial report.
Eligibility
- Associations, foundations, cultural institutions, private companies with at least 2 years of legal establishment and a bank account capable of receiving international transfers
- Based in Sub-Saharan Africa or EU countries
- European applicants must have existing partnerships with African organisations
- Delegation members must be 18+ and involved in music or performing arts disciplines (theatre, dance, performance, circus arts, street arts, puppetry)
Entry Fee:
Free
How to Apply
Apply using the link: Goethe Connect and Create Programme
All questions regarding this award should be sent to application@janvaneyck.nl
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