Open Call for the new edition of Tandem Ukraine: We are looking for cultural workers to explore and develop cross-border collaborations between Ukraine and its neighbouring regions.

Open call forinitiatives that can help identify and advocate for targeted responses to specific problems of the current and future digital environment.

Open Call for Tandem Europe

Help improve politics in Europe – by participating in the Innovation in Politics Awards, which recognise and support those politicians who have the courage to break new ground, who are creative and achieve real results – regardless of party affiliation and regional level, and based on European values: social balance, democracy and human rights.

The newly established fund Civitates is proud to announce its first call focused on encouraging civil society organisations from EU member states and EFTA countries to come together and create national coalitions to address issues related to the shrinking space for civil society in their country.

Are you a young cultural manager/practitioner looking to develop and strengthen your cultural leadership skills? Are you excited to be part of a growing international network of young cultural professionals?

Fifth round of the Tandem Shaml Cultural Managers Exchange Programme. Application deadline 29 March.

Open call for participants for a Workshop on World Heritage, Sustainable Development and Civil Society.

Tandem Fryslân is open for applications from 1 September. Find out more about the latest addition to the Tandem family.

Kultura Nova Foundation, in partnership with Rijeka 2020 and in collaboration with the European Cultural Foundation, is organizing the "Participatory Governance in Culture: Exploring Practices, Theories and Policies. Do It Together" conference.

Tandem Europe – Social Innovation is now open for new applications! Please submit your expression of interest by 30 June 2017. Apply here.

After an inspirational pilot edition in Malta in October 2016, the second edition of the Cultural Diplomacy Platform's Global Cultural Leadership Programme will take place on 19-23 June 2017 in Athens.The programme is designed to support young practitioners from all over the world with acquiring new skills in the field of cultural leadership and international cultural collaboration. Apply now. Deadline is 25 March.    

Are you a young cultural practitioner looking to develop and strengthen your cultural leadership skills in an international working context? Then the Global Cultural Leadership Programme is designed for you. ECF is part of the consortium to support the implementation of the Cultural Diplomacy Platform, organising this Global Cultural Leadership programme. The Platform aims to carry out activities in order to enhance the EU’s cultural engagement with third countries and their citizens.

You can now apply for ECF's third Idea Camp that will take place in March 2017. Deadline to apply is 20 September 2016. Info & application.

Tandem Shaml supports experimental cross-border collaborations between cultural change makers from the Arab Region and Europe. Application deadline: 20 June.

The European research partnership on cultural and creative spillovers has opened a CALL for the second phase of the research on cultural and creative spillovers in Europe.  Deadline to apply is 8 April 2016.

Tandem Turkey is now accepting applications from cultural managers based in Turkey and all 28 EU countries to apply for its fourth round, which will run from June 2016 to September 2017. Deadline has been extended to 18 April 2016. Tandem Turkey is designed to strengthen participants’ skills in the field of cross-cultural collaboration and international project management. Apply now.

“Strengthening cross-border collaboration is the best way to answer the crisis in Ukraine” 

You can apply now for our Tandem Ukraine exchange programme for cultural managers (Deadline extended to 18 March 2016). Open to applicants based in Ukraine, all 28 EU member states, Belarus, Moldova and the Russian Federation.

OPEN CALL - Our partner art∡ngle has just launched a call for submission of proposals for Collaboration Projects in Arts and Culture - COLABs. Independent cultural organisations, networks, foundations and/or associations in the Balkans are invited to submit ideas. Deadline to apply is 6 September. 

We are excited to launch a new collaboration and exchange programme for culture and social innovation with our strategic partners from Italy, Greece and Germany. Call for applications has been extended to 12 July, 2015 (23:59 CET).