Applications Invited for Goethe-Institut International Relief Fund 2020 for Organisations in Culture and Education

About the Organization:

The Goethe-Institut is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and relations. Around 246,000 people take part in these German courses per year. The Goethe-Institut fosters knowledge about Germany by providing information on German culture, society and politics.

International 2020 Relief Fund for Organisations in Culture and Education

On the initiative of the Goethe-Institut and the Federal Foreign Office, institutions working in international cultural cooperation have set up a relief fund. It is aimed at organisations abroad whose commitment is of great importance for artistic freedom and for a pluralistic society. With the fund, projects that serve in particular to ensure the livelihood of these institutions will receive short-term and non-bureaucratic support.

Eligibility

The funding is aimed at institutions from countries outside the European Union where there are no other funding options. They must also meet the following criteria:

• They do cultural work with relevance to civil society
• Have been active for more than three years
• They are already known to the Goethe-Institut or the Foreign Office’s diplomatic mission abroad
• Due to their structure, they are suffering from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic

Structural projects can be supported, for example:

• Infrastructure maintenance or redevelopment projects that are limited in scope and time
• Start-up financing of structural measures
• Projects that serve (new) networking
• Projects for the development of new, digital formats and/or digital further training and qualification

Funding: The maximum funding for a project in the period from September to December 2020 is 25,000 Euros.

For any queries regarding the application process please contact hilfsfonds@goethe.de.

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