Deadline: February 8, 2024.

The Creative Partnerships Programme grants funding to Swedish organisations and their international partners in civil society, culture and the media. The programme supports projects which aim to promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression. 

Creative Partnerships is a new initiative which replaces the Creative Force programme. It is open to Swedish organisations and their project partners in our target countries. Projects funded by the programme should help to create better conditions for democratic development and respect for human rights and freedom of expression in the countries covered by the programme.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• The main applicant must be a Swedish organisation (legal entity) from civil society or the public or private sectors. You must apply with a project partner in one or more of the target countries listed above.
• Your organisation must be registered as a legal entity in Sweden.
• Your organisation must have been registered in Sweden for at least two years.
• Your project partner(s) may be formal or informal cultural actors, networks of journalists or other types of media organisation in the target country. They can also be found in civil society or the public or private sectors.

Creative Partnerships is open to projects in the following countries (by region):

• Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• MENA: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia
• Western Balkans & Türkiye: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye
• EU’s Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine.

Please note the following:

• We will not grant funding to projects with Belarus which involve the state, regional or municipal sectors.
• For Ukraine, we accept applications for regional projects which include at least one other Eastern Partnership country. Click on the link for more information about upcoming funding opportunities for bilateral projects with Ukraine.

GRANT

1. Seed funding: This type of grant is available for preparing or planning a cooperation project (see below). You and your international partner(s) can apply for up to SEK 200,000 for a project which you must complete within 12 months from the starting date.
2. Cooperation projects: This type of grant is available for larger projects which aim to bring about an exchange of knowledge with the partner organisation and/or the wider target group or strengthen their professional capacity. You and your international partner(s) can apply for up to SEK 2 million for a project which you must complete within 24 months from the starting date.

APPLICATION

You write your application directly in our online application portal, see link further down. There you will find a form where you register and then write the application. You can save and then return to your application as many times as you need.

In addition you must submit a number of mandatory attachments. Make sure they are all correct and complete before you submit your application. Below you will find links to the templates you must use:

• Activity plan (same template for seed and cooperation projects)
• Budget seed funding
• Budget cooperation projects
• Memorandum of Understanding (same template for seed and cooperation projects)

Contact us at creativepartnerships@si.se if you need accessible documents.

You must also send proof of the following:

• Authorised signatory for the Swedish applicant organisation
• The Swedish applicant organisation’s Swedish bank account (not necessary if you have Swedish plusgiro/bankgiro).
• The Swedish applicant organisation’s registration number.
• If you have a “enskild firma” we need to see that you have “F-skattbevis”.

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK