Deadline: |
11 November 2019 at 4:00 PM Beirut time.
Location: |
Online
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Supporting the development of independent artistic and cultural organizations from Abbara
The Abbara program was launched in 2011 in response to the sociopolitical events that swept many countries in the Arab region and with the intent to support independent cultural groups and organizations as key actors in the processes of societal transformation.
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Program goals
- To support collective cultural work by training, equipping and guiding independent cultural groups and organizations in the course of their development to help them forge the most successful structures for cultural work within diverse social, political and cultural contexts.
- To contribute to the development of the cultural sector by testing alternative models and approaches to organizational sustainability, in general, and financial sustainability, in particular, with a focus on ensuring the stability and durability of independent cultural groups and organizations.
- To address the common challenges of independent cultural work across the Arab region by creating links between groups and organizations engaged in cultural work in the region to enable them to share learning, exchange expertise and develop mechanisms to support the independent cultural sector.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- social
- political
- cultural contexts
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Arabic.
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ALL ARAB WORLD COUNTRIES.
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The Abbara program lasts from 12 to 18 months
it depending on the needs of each group/organization and the number of groups/organizations selected for each round depending on the program’s budget.
- Applications will be accepted as of 11 September 2019.
- The deadline for submissions is 11 November 2019 at 4:00 PM Beirut time.
- The selected beneficiaries are announced in February 2020.
- The first training workshop in strategic planning and cultural administration will be held from 22 till 29 March 2020.
- Contracts are signed in May 2020
- Technical support and followthrough activities begin in June 2020.
- Preparations for the second workshop designed on the basis of the needs of the participant groups/organizations begins after the end of the first training workshop.
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- This program is open to independent (non-governmental) artistic and cultural groups/organizations founded and directed by artists and/or cultural actors from an Arab country (regardless of ethnic origin or citizenship status).
- The scope of work of the group/organization should be mainly focused on the Arab region. Arab cultural and artistic groups/organizations abroad may be considered as long as their work serves artistic and cultural production in Arabic.
- Groups that are not officially registered in the country where they operate may be considered as long as they are able to carry out their activities within established legal frameworks.
- The applicant group/organization must demonstrate a clear desire to forge organizational, administrative and legal structures geared to contending with the challenges facing cultural work today.
- The group/organization should have a clear perception of its role in the context of the social, cultural and artistic realities of the environment in which it operates and how it fits together with other groups/organizations in the cultural scene.
- The group/organization must be active in the cultural sector and have a distinctive, dynamic and long-term artistic or cultural vision.
- The applicant must be a small or midsize group/organization and it or its members should have no less than three years work experience in the artistic and cultural domain.
- The group/organization must not be a previous beneficiary of an Abbara gran
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- Financial support: Up to $25,000 in core funding to cover such basic operational costs as administrative staffing expenses, rent and upkeep of premises, running costs and website development. The funding does not cover programs activities. This support component lasts for at least 12 months.
- Training in cultural management: Abbara offers two cultural management training workshops supervised by experts in the field and carried out in collaboration with independent cultural organizations from different Arab countries. Abbara’s training component has evolved to include peer learning and address contemporary topics.
- Technical support: The areas covered by the technical support are tailored to each organization on the basis of a needs assessment conducted after the first workshop.
- Networking: The program provides a space for networking through activities organized within the framework of the program itself and that engage many cultural organizations from different parts of the Arab region. It also encourages Abbara’s beneficiary organizations to participate in other Culture Resource programs such as Imkan and Wasl.
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First Step: Please read the application guidelines carefully before completing the application form here.
Second Step: The application must be completed entirely in Arabic, apart from the blanks that require English.
Third Step: Include all necessary supporting documents (see the guidelines) with the application form.
Note: Applications that do not meet the eligibility requirements and that do not include all required attachments and supporting documents will be eliminated and not be forwarded to the jury.
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This Scholarship Published by:
“Yasmeen El-quisny/ Egypt “Reviewed by” Rahaf Elkhodary/ Egypt and Samah Gacem/ Algeria ”
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