Project “Regional Network for Cultural Diversity” – Call for applications 2021/2022

15 Nov Project “Regional Network for Cultural Diversity” – Call for applications 2021/2022

Open Call 2 Support of multilingual projects in five countries

Announcement date: 15.11.2021

Regional Network for Cultural Diversity – READ is regional EU funded project, with aim to enable civil society actors to foster and contribute to intercultural tolerance and democratic values with particular focus on youth. The Project is implemented by Goethe-Institut Skopje together with its partner organizations: Association Krokodil (Serbia), Center for Balkan Cooperation- Loja (North Macedonia), Instituti I Librit dhe i Promocionit (Albania), Kalem Culture Association (Turkey) and Qendra Multimedia (Kosovo).

The project started on the 01st of September, 2020 and will last till 31th of August, 2024. The available sub-grants budget is €80.000 in total for three rounds of calls in three years. For the second round of the Call, available budget is €30.000. Support of multilingual projects means awarding 15 small grants to CSOs from Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.

The Open Call 2 ¦Support of multilingual projects in five countries¦ aims to support the regional diffusion of literary works from target countries. The purpose of this effort is expected to be for translation, in combination with presentation and promotion of regional literature. The support from this project will supplement and significantly scale-up the inter-regional translation of authors from the targeted countries.

Deadline for applying: 15th of January, 2022, till 23:59 CET
The maximum amount of support for this call is 2.000€ per grant.

The Action should cover costs related to translation, design and print, and promotion of regional literature.

The work of the author which will be translated should be distributed in another eligible country (for ex. the literary work of a Turkish author should be distributed in different eligible country and in different local language).

All applications must be submitted electronically via the Goethe Application Portal-GAP in English language: https://bit.ly/3krxaZq, with possibility to fulfill detailed description of the Project in local language – Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian or Turkish. All necessary documents for this call can be found on the GAP portal.

The applicants need to be:
• non-profit making;
• civil society organizations;
• directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project with co-applicant(s);
• registered in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia or Turkey for at least 6 months before the date of publication of the call;
• working on one or more of the thematic areas of relevance of this Call for Proposals

Any questions regarding the applications can be sent to the Partner organizations, at the following e-mail addresses:
For Albania: instituti.libri.promocioni@gmail.com, for Kosovo: arif@qendra.org, for North Macedonia: lojaculture@gmail.com, for Serbia: office@krokodil.rs, and for Turkey: info@itef.com.tr.

For any other questions regarding the application process through the portal, the administrative and financial matters, you can contact us at: read-grants@goethe.de

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