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Judith van der Kooij
Judith van der Kooij
Advisor for the Mobility Info Point, Advice Desk & Ghana
j.vanderkooij [at] dutchculture.nl

 

 

 

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Cultural Participation Fund: Cultural Education for the Carribean Part of the Kingdom - Exploration grant

Cultural Participation Fund: Cultural Education for the Carribean Part of the Kingdom - Exploration grant

Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie: Culturele Educatie voor het Caribische deel van het Koninkrijk - Verkennen
Funding for exploring a potential international collaboration in the field of cultural participation or education

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.

With this subsidy scheme, they stimulate the development and strengthening of cultural education at schools in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom: Curaçao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten. The subsidy is for projects that contribute to more and better cultural education for schools in primary and (secondary) specialized education.

Mobility to or from
The Netherlands
The Caribbean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten
Destination
Worldwide
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
Who can apply
Individuals
Organisations
  • a cultural institution
  • a professional who has been active as an independent in the field of cultural education for at least two years


The application is always for the collaboration between the applicant and one or more schools. Both the applicant and the schools are established on the same island, which is either Curacao, Aruba, or Sint Maarten.

 

For what
Project
Travel

They support the exploration of a collaboration between a cultural institution or professional and one or more schools. This involves activities such as discussions, developing plans, professional development, making agreements about, among other things, the content, division of tasks and financing, and trying out activities. The exploration is focused on cultural education for the pupils of the schools.

How much
  • You can apply for a minimum of € 5.000 and a maximum of € 15.000. The requested amount is a maximum of 100% of your project costs.
  • The subsidy ceiling is € 200.000. The following budget is available per country:
    Curaçao: € 83.962
    Aruba: € 68.285
    Sint-Maarten: € 47.753
Requirements
  • Exploring a cooperation between a cultural institution or professional and one or more schools;
  • You work on the effects: cooperation and equal opportunities;
    • Cultural education also includes heritage education. International cooperation can also be included in the application, if this will improve local cooperation;
  • You apply the three cultural codes, as described in article 1.6 of the subsidy scheme.
  • Within this section, a maximum of two applications per applicant will be approved.
  • Your project will last at least two months and a maximum of one year. The project will not start earlier than eight weeks after submitting the application. And the project will start within six months after the application has been approved;
  • Applications will be processed in order of receipt, until the end of the budget is reached. Therefore, start on time; do not wait too long to apply.
When to apply
Within an application period
Application period between 2 June to 9 December 2026
Upcoming deadline(s)
Go to website
Cultural Participation Fund: International collaboration - Exploration Grant
Fonds Cultuurparticipatie: Internationale Samenwerking - Verkennen
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