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Kooperativa: Summer School in Ohrid, ‘Liquid Frameworks, Solid Institutions’ (North Macedonia)

On the Move — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:20:00 +0000

‘Liquid Frameworks, Solid Institutions — building participation from the bottom up’ Summer School in Ohrid will gather participants from Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia), and more than 20 regional and international experts and lecturers.

The programme of the Summer School will combine peer-to-peer workshops, lectures, presentations of experiences, plenary sessions, panel discussions, discussion groups, reading groups and working groups. The overarching goal of the Summer School is to build the capacities of civil society organisations (CSOs) in SEE while developing and advocating for innovative models of civic-public partnership, participatory governance, active citizenship and emancipatory institutional transformation.

The program of the Summer school will focus on:

Introduction to participatory governance.
Democratisation of cultural public infrastructure: public goods / commons.
Practices of civic-public partnerships in Southeast Europe.

There will be an introductory Zoom meeting for participants in August, then reading group preparation from 1-15 September, before the summer school from 19-23 September 2022.

Tuition is free and the organisers cover travel, food and accommodation costs.

Deadline: 11 July 2022

More info and apply: https://platforma-kooperativa.org/news/open-call-summer-school-in-ohrid-liquid-frameworks-solid-institutions/

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Kooperativa: REG.Lab Mentorship Programme for Organisations in the Western Balkans

On the Move — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000

The regional arts platform Kooperativa is inviting applications for its Mentorship Programme, designed to help build the knowledge and skills needed for the successful implementation of transnational cultural programs (digital tools, audience engagement, technical production, innovative management models, advanced international programming, etc.). The programme will start in October 2021 and will end in February 2022 at the latest.

The Mentorship Programme is part of the project Regional Lab: New Culture Spaces and Networks as drivers of an Innovative and Sustainable Bottom-up Development of Regional Collaboration granted by Creative Europe: Sub-programme – Western Balkans Cooperation projects – 2020.

Eligibility

The applicant is an NGO and has its formal seat in one of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia.
The applicant works in the field of independent culture, arts or in creative industries.
The applicant’s yearly budget in the year 2020 did not exceed 40,000 EUR.
The applicant does not have more than three employees at the time of applying.
The applicant exists as a legal entity for more than two years.

Programme contents

Introductory gathering and workshop.
Introductory online meeting with the assigned mentor.
One 3 to 4 day live meeting at the location of your organisation (all expenses for the mentor are covered by the project).
Interim meeting with mentors and mentees to check on progress.
5-10 online meetings with the mentor.
Final gathering and evaluation of the programme.

Deadline: 8 October 2021

More info and apply: http://platforma-kooperativa.org/hr/article/reglab-mentorship-program-call-applications

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Kooperativa: Twinning Programme for Arts and Culture Organisations in South-eastern Europe

On the Move — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000

The cultural platform Kooperativa is organising a Twinning Programme that will focus on bringing together two organisations in the field of art and culture to work closely for a period of time and create a space for mutual learning and engagement, which will enable capacity building and networking for the participants. Twins in the programme may exchange staff, skills and expertise on the level of management, programming and production. Organisations can apply for the programme jointly. However, the organisers will support the matchmaking process for those organisations that can demonstrate the need for twinning but do not have a potential twin in the application phase.

A Twinning Programme consists of two organisations – the twins – from two different countries. The organisations should apply for their tailor-made programme that responds to the actual needs for capacity and/or programme developments in their organisations. The programme will take place in a format of mobility where the twins visit one another for a period of time, with the intention to further expand cooperation in the future. The organisations should be working in matching fields in arts and culture. However, cross-sectoral cooperation will be supported when justified. The programme can have different formats and compositions.

Organisations working in the field of arts and culture that are based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovenia and North Macedonia can apply. They can twin with another organisation that operates in these countries, as long as it is not an organisation from their home country.

The Twining Programmes should be implemented between October 2021 and February 2022. This is the first edition of the Twinning Programme, with the next call expected to be launched in spring 2022.

Budget items to be covered by the programme are travel expenses, accommodation, per diems and material costs related to the Twinning Programme only if they are needed. The maximum financial budget to be covered by the project will be 4000 EUR per Twinning programme. In case of pandemic restrictions, the programme can be moved online and in this case only material/production costs will be covered, if any.

Deadline: 24 September 2021

More info and apply: http://platforma-kooperativa.org/hr/article/open-call-applications-twinning-program

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