Cultural Participation Fund: Dutch Slavery Memorial Year

Fonds Cultuurparticipatie: Herdenkingsjaar Slavernijverleden

Funding for heritage projects that contribute to commemorating and celebrating the abolition of slavery in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Cultural Participation Fund is one of the 6 national cultural funds. The fund promotes engagement in culture and wants to make culture accessible to everyone. By focusing on cultural participation, intangible heritage, and cultural education, the fund promotes culture that is inviting and easily accessible. The fund provides grants to cultural initiatives throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Throughout the Dutch Slavery Memorial Year - which runs from 1 July 2023 to 1 July 2024 - the fund pays special attention to the history of Slavery. This grant is for projects in the area of cultural participation or cultural education wherein aspects of history and slavery are brought to the fore, that create educational material, stimulate healing processes or set up (international) cooperation between institutions.

Destination

Aruba

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Curaçao

Netherlands

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Discipline(s)

Architecture

Visual Arts

Heritage

Audiovisual Media

Literature

Music

Design

Performing Arts

Journalism

Digital Culture

Multi-disciplinary

Who can apply

Individuals

Organisations

Cultural foundations or independent professionals in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint-Eustatius, Sint-Maarten). It is a prerequisite that the community(ies) itself have a contribution to the design, organisation and implementation of the project. They must take the lead in execution.

For what

Project

One may apply for subsidy for projects that contribute to one or more of the following effects:

Effect A: reaching new target groups;
Effect B: building lasting connections or networks of communities;
Effect C: participants develop multiple perspectives on the history of slavery;
Effect D: participants use knowledge about slavery as source material to experience culture;
Effect E: communities increase their self-reliance;
Effect F: promoting the healing process of participants from relevant communities.

An overview of the various categories you may apply for subsidy:

Category 1 projects are aimed at achieving at least one outcome, with the subsidy amount ranging from a minimum of €1,000 to a maximum of €5,000;
Category 2 projects are aimed at achieving at least two outcomes, with the subsidy amount exceeding €5,000 but less than €25,000;
Category 3 projects are aimed at achieving at least three outcomes, with the subsidy amount ranging from a minimum of €25,000 to a maximum of €50,000.

How much

A maximum of €50,000.

Requirements

Applications for subsidies are assessed against the following criteria:

Substantive quality of the project in relation to the purpose of the scheme
Organisational quality

Funding will be provided only to the extent that the applicant demonstrates that the available financial resources, including the subsidy from the fund, are sufficient to execute the project.

When to apply

Before a specific deadline

Apply anytime before the deadline, at least 2-3 months before the start of the project

Upcoming deadline(s)

2 Sep 2024