Call for Regional Cooperation Project Concepts

The Swiss Cultural Programme (SCP) is run by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, upon mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The SCP supports activities in the field of culture and arts. It has entered a new and final phase lasting from 2008 to 2012. Its focus is on regional cooperation projects in the Western Balkans with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia as priority countries. From July 2008 SCP is managed by a Regional Office in Sarajevo.

The overall goals of the Swiss Cultural Programme are to contribute to the promotion of democracy and freedom of expression, to conflict resolution, to intercultural cooperation and respect for minorities. The programme fosters regional cooperation through capacity building, empowerment and promotion of cultural initiatives and organisations, which offer innovative and diversified cultural services and products. Its thematic priorities include youth, gender equity and the creation of structures for broad cultural participation while taking into account good governance principles.

The Swiss Cultural Programme announces an open call for submitting concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects.

Invited for Participation are the following Actors:

1. cultural organisations, initiatives, networks and/or associations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, both from the public and the non-governmental sector. Applicants from Montenegro - which is not a priority country for SDC - are entitled to submit concepts under certain conditions mentioned in the guidelines.

The submitted Project Concepts have to:

1. have a regional orientation by involving organizations from at least two of the above mentioned countries
2. contribute to the development of culture and arts in the field in which they are operating
3. offer innovative approach and diversified services and products
4. aim at improving the situation in the region by strengthening culture and cultural life as an essential element of a participatory, open and dynamic civil society
5. be of relevance within the regional context of the Western Balkans

For further information about conditions and criteria for this call, please refer to the SCP's regional website www.scp-ba.net, where you can download the guidelines as well as the template for submitting project concepts. You can also contact the local SCP-office in your country (phbelgrade@phbelgrade.org ) or consult its local website (www.phbelgrade.org ).

Submission: Concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects are to be submitted according to the template, either by electronic mail to mail@scp-ba.net or by regular mail service to:
Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans
Regional Office
Potoklinica 16
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Deadline for submission of concepts is September 1, 2008. Later applications will not be taken into consideration. Applicants will be notified by email that their submitted concept has been received.

The SCP's Regional Steering Committee will select the concepts to be developed further into project proposals at its meeting end of September 2008.

The following projects have been granted:

1.  `DOCUMENT 2000` - database on Serbian modern artistic production since 2000
Darka Radosavljevic Vasiljevic, REMONT independent artistic association, Belgrade
Belgrade (web), summer 2008-summer 2009
1300 CHF: production costs and part of fees and copyrights

2.  `TRAJNIK` - anthology of poetry of national minorities in Serbia
Risto Vasilevski, Publishing house "Arka", Smederevo
Smederevo, December 2008
5000 CHF: part of production costs  

3.  `ROMART` - International festival of Roma culture  
Goran Nikolic, POLIS FEST, Subotica  
Palic, July 2008
3700 CHF: production costs

4.  `BALKAN FIBER ART` - artistic workshop and exhibition
Goranka Vukadinovic, ATELJE 61, Novi Sad
Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, 12-22 September 2008
3000 CHF: production and mobility costs

5.  `UNCALSICAK WORK ON CLASICAL TEXT - Henrik Ibsen` - theatre performance
Bojana Ivanov Djordjevic, Edu-teatar, Vrsac
Vrsac, September 2008
1500 CHF: part of fees

6.  `BOOK-ART OBJECT` - exhibition
Snezana Skoko, Punctum for Art Experiment, Belgrade
Belgrade, December 2008 - January 2009
2000 CHF: part of production costs

7.  `Great passions` - exhibitions, presentation/debate, book and almanac
Maja Josifovic and Dimitrije Tadic, Belgrade
Belgrade, Novi Sad, September - November 2008
2500 CHF: part of production costs  

8.  `The Culture Lobby` - photography multi-format archive project and exhibitions
Milica Pekic Conev, NGO KIOSK, Belgrade
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, July 2008 - December 2009
2500 CHF:  part of mobility costs

9.  `Sex in Transition` - international interdisciplinary artists' workshop
Noa Treister, "Art Klub" Civil Association, Kucevo
Kucevo, Belgrade, July - November 2008
2500 CHF: part of production costs

10. `CROSSING THE LINE - WOMEN BUILDING PEACE` - book promotion and performance
Natalija Vuskovic, Women in Black, Belgrade
Belgrade, Countries in the region, July - November 2008
1600 CHF: production costs

11. `TENSIONS` - Academic conference on theory and practice of Digital Performance
Aleksandar Djeric, ACADEMICA, Belgrade  
Belgrade, October 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs

12.  `Belgrade with Budapest` - exhibition, panel discussion
Maida Gruden and Mara Prohaska Markovic, Belgrade
Belgrade, November 2008
3000 CHF: production costs and accommodation of guests

13.  `Looping` - magazine for human rights, disability, society, culture
Maja Ilic, Association of Students with Disability, Belgrade
Belgrade, October - December 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs and part of fees

14.  `Fast Fermentation` - summer art school (courses, lectures, seminars and workshops)
Bojana Karajovic, University of Arts in Belgrade, Belgrade
Negotin, July 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs

15.  `STRATEGIES OF EVENT - Art in the Epoch of New Media` - exhibition, publication
Predrag Miladinovic, Center for professional development and consulting, Belgrade
Belgrade, September 2008
1600 CHF: production costs

16.  `Once upon a time.and again from the beginning` - dance performance
Dragana Bulut, Belgrade
Warsaw, Poland, July 2008
1000 CHF: mobility costs

17.  `Puno pozdrava iz Beograda (Greetings from a despised city)` - documentary film
Natasa Lazic, One night production, Belgrade
Belgrade, July 2008
1500 CHF: production costs

18.  `Body frame` - workshops and theatre performance with/for people with disbilities
Marko Pejovic, Grupa "Hajde da.", Belgrade
Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, July - December 2008
12000 CHF: part of production costs and fees for local artists and participants

19.  `DREAMS COME HOME` - documentary film
Mladen Mitrovic, Dream Factory, Belgrade
Belgrade, Senta, July 2008 - February 2009
5000 CHF: part of production costs

20.  `The trial` - theatre performance
Nenad Colic, Theatre Laboratory Plavo pozoriste, Belgrade
Belgrade, Kosmaj, July 2008 - January 2009
1800 CHF: part of production costs

21.  `The State of Exception Proves the Rule` - documentary video work
Mirjana Stojadinovic, DEZ ORG, Belgrade
Belgrade, Vienna, July - November 2008
1500 CHF: production costs

22.  `Beogradski.trg_008` - international poetry festival
Dejan Matic, NGO Treci Trg, Belgrade
Belgrade, Indjija, July - September 2008
2400 CHF: production costs of the magazine

23.  `Festival of Alternative Culture ZALET` - workshop program
Jovana Nikolic, Belgrade
Zajecar, Bor, Knjazevac, Negotin, Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, Prizren, July - September 2008
1500 CHF: part of mobility costs

24.  `Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images by Terry Barrett ` - book
Vesna Danilovic, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade
Belgrade, September - October 2008
5000 CHF: production costs and part of fees and copyrights

The following projects have been granted:

1.  `Contemporary Art Projects` - serial of multimedia exhibitions
Nenad Bogdanovic, Multimedial Art Studio, Odzaci
Odzaci, February - November 2008
1000 CHF: part of printing and production costs

2.  `Musical picture book` - music therapy
Stana Krstajic, Duo "Floral", Belgrade
Belgrade, February - May 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs of the booklet/CD  

3.  `Kamen-o-lom (Quarry)` - art work in small community environment
Jelena Spaic, Belgrade
Villages Ba and Slavkovica, Belgrade, May - October 2008
2000 CHF: production costs and part of mobility costs

4.  `Minorities, migration and readmission - Opening day le Courrier de la Serbie` - debate and music concert
Philippe Bertinchamps, Le Courrier de la Serbie, Belgrade
Belgrade, 7 February 2008
2000 CHF: production and mobility costs

5.  `Differentiated Neighborhoods of New Belgrade` - publication and DVD
Zoran Eric, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Belgrade, March 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs

6.  `Street Art part I` - street art
Natali Beljanski, INBOX Art Association, Novi Sad
Novi Sad, February - April 2008
3000 CHF: production costs and part of the fees

7.  `Outside project / Belgrade 08` - program of educational and cultural exchange between Belgrade and Florence
Dejan Atanackovic, Center for International Studies of Art, Belgrade
Belgrade, Pancevo, Kikinda, May 2008
2000 CHF: production and part of mobility costs  

8.  `King of Mirror` - animated puppet movie
Mirela Srebric, Belgrade
Belgrade, February - December 2008
3000 CHF:  part of production costs

9.  `International New Music festival RING RING` - music festival
Bojan Djordjevic, Belgrade
Belgrade, May 2008
1000 CHF: printing costs

10. `Balkan Literary Herald` - electronic magazine for literature and culture for Balkans
Dusan Gojkov, Balkan Literary Society, Belgrade
Countries in the region, February - December 2008
2000 CHF: production costs of the books and magazines

11. `For an idea - against the current status` - research project
Sarita Matijevic, Playground produkcija, Novi Sad
Belgrade, Novi Sad, February - May 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs of the booklet

12.  `In / Visible CITY` - campaign for tolerance and respect of human and minority rights
Dijana Milosevic, DAH Theatre research Centre, Belgrade
Vranje, Subotica, Indjija, February - May 2008
3000 CHF: part of production costs

13.  `Knowledge Smuggling!` - workshops, lectures, trainings and presentations
Marta Popivoda, TkH-centre for performing arts theory and practice, Belgrade
Belgrade, February 2008
2000 CHF: production costs and part of mobility costs of participants from Western Balkan region

14.  `Artbajter` - alternative comics and music workshops
Nedim Hadziahmetovic, Association of visual artists of Negotin, Negotin
Negotin, April - May 2008
2000 CHF: part of production costs

Submitting the Applications for February -  May 2008

The next meeting of the National Advisory Board of the SCP Serbia for deciding on projects which will enter the realization phase in the period February - May 2008  is scheduled for January 2008.

Deadline for receiving applications is TUESDAY, 11 December 2007.