Monthly Archives: November 2017
Speed dating: EU Funds for Youth and Youth Cooperation in the Region
A speed date with representatives of European Union funds offering support to cooperation of youth in the region will be organised in the EU Info Centre in Belgrade on 7th December at 12.00 p.m.
The quick introduction of representatives of civil society organisations to EU funds for projects whose focus is youth and which encourage cooperation of youth in the region is a part of the campaign “Europe for You”, and it is jointly organised by the EU Info Centre, Delegation of the European Union in Serbia, Office for Cooperation with the Civil Society and the Foundation Ana and Vlade Divac.
Through the concept of speed dating, i.e. quick introductions, representatives of organisations will have an opportunity to ask questions and learn about funding possibilities for their projects and activities. Apart from the direct introductions, the aim of this concept is also motivating youth to stay active and get the opportunity to receive support and implement their ideas further.
The meeting will be attended by representatives of the following EU programmes:
1. Europe for Citizens Programme
2. Youth Bank Hub Western Balkan and Turkey
3. The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
4. Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO)
5. Propulsion Fund (Foundation for New Communications Dokukino)
6. Erasmus+
7. Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
8. Creative Europe
Apart from them, representatives of the Youth Umbrella Organisation of Serbia and the EU Info Centre will also attend.
The event will take place in the EU Info Centre (7 Kralja Milana St, Belgrade), on Thursday 7th December 2017 from 12.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Registrations for the event are mandatory and can be done by filling in a short online form that you can find HERE at latest by 6th December at 12.00 p.m. It is possible to register one person per organisation. A refund of travel expenses amounting to a return bus ticket has been organised for 15 representatives of organisations outside of Belgrade. Due to limited space, there is a possibility all applications will not be accepted, and priority will be given to organisations which apply first. After the deadline for filling the online questionnaire lapsed, participants whose applications were accepted will be notified through email.
You can find the programme of the event here.
Culture Desk Serbia at the KreNI Conference
Representatives of the Culture Desk Serbia will present the support of the Creative Europe programme to the development of creative industries within the KreNI conference of creative industries on Friday 1st December at 12 p.m. in the EU Info corner in Niš (5 Vožda Karađorđa St).
The competition for projects of European cooperation, whose priorities include the development of creative industries and raising capacities of institutions and organisations in culture, will be presented on this occasion, as well as successful projects from Serbia in the field of creative industries. A separate part of the presentation will be related exactly to the open call of the Creative Europe programme – cultural and creative spaces and cities which has the aim to support creative hubs.
Moreover, this opportunity will be used to present priorities of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in the development of creative industries.
Dimitrije Tadić, Head of the Creative Europe Desk Serbia, and Milan Đorđević, Project Manager of Culture Desk Serbia, will speak about the Creative Europe programme. The support of the Government of the Republic of Serbia to the development of creative industries will be presented by Ana Ilić, Advisor of the Prime Minister of the Government of RS for the film industry, creative industries, tourism and digital entertainment and Bojana Simeunović, Associate in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Government of RS.
Programme:
14.00 -16.00 Presentations
16.00 -16:30 Questions and Answers
Attendance of the presentations is free of charge – however, due to organisational reasons it is required to register through email at officenis@euinfo.rs or by phone at 018/254-461 until 29th November at 7 p.m.
Presentation will be held as a part of the KreNI conference of creative industries organised by CA Young Ambassadors (Mladi ambasadori) with the support of the Delegation of the European Union in the Republic of Serbia and the City of Niš. It is also a part of the campaign for youth “Europe for You” conducted by the EU Delegation and the EU Info Corner
Cultural and creative spaces and cities
In line with Regulation No 1295/2013, the 2018 Annual Work Programme for the implementation of the Creative Europe programme foresees the launch of a call for proposals for cultural and creative spaces and cities. This call will support innovation in the cultural and creative sectors, with EUR 1,5 million allocated to the development of an action addressing this specific objective. The grant agreement resulting from this call for proposals will be allocated to one single project.
As specified in the Work Programme, the present action addresses creative hubs (A creative hub is an infrastructure or venue that uses a part of its leasable or available space for networking, organisational and business development to the cultural and creative sectors. Many co-working spaces in the creative sector also refer to themselves as “creative hubs”), which have recently and rapidly developed in numerous cities throughout the EU. Apart from creative hubs, the present action should provide support to cultural and creative spaces as well as other stakeholders in particular at the local level, including local, municipal and regional authorities.
The present call for proposals aims at strengthening existing networks and individual cultural and creative stakeholders, facilitate the interaction among them, two-way hands-on policy learning with concrete results, studies and examples of best practice.
Proposals should show how the following objectives will be pursued by the action:
Bring closer together cultural and creative spaces and local decision-makers
Help to better valorise public spaces for social and urban regeneration through culture
Share best practice concerning social inclusion and the relations of cultural and creative spaces with their neighbourhoods
Explore and share best practice of cultural and creative spaces with aspects of the collaborative economy and innovative models for the delivery of public services
The proposal should contain information as to how it intends to build on the results achieved and the policy lessons derived from previous actions funded under the cross-sectoral strand (European Network of Creative Hubs and Culture for Cities and Regions), other relevant projects such as the Trans-Europe Halles network and “Creative Lenses” , funded under the Creative Europe Programme, the European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC) as well as on the successful experiences of urban regeneration driven by a number of European Capitals of Culture (ECOC).
The planned duration of the project shall be 28 months. The planned starting date should be no later than 31 October 2018. Please find more details here.
Results of the Competition for Literary Translations 2017
Results of the competition for literary translations have been published. Publishing houses from Serbia achieved great success through their proactive approaches and good ideas and repeatedly placed Serbia on the first place by the number of approved projects within the competition for literary translation.
The decision of the board on this year’s competition was directed towards supporting a smaller number of projects with larger amounts of funds, hence, the total of 33 projects of literary translation were supported.
Out of the submitted 22 projects, 5 projects of domestic publishing houses received support of the Creative Europe programme. Among the most successful are also Bulgaria with 20 submitted and 4 supported projects, but also Croatia and FYR Macedonia with 3 supported project each.
We wish to extend our congratulations to the Independent Agency for Publishing Odiseja for the project Old Continent, New People: Finding Your Own Place, Publishing Agency Štrik for the project Women’s Decameron: for a new Renaissance in European literature, Kontrast Publishing for the project Europe: Different Journeys, One Destination, Publishing House Arete for the project European Literature Today: Universal Stories of Personal Revolutions and the Company for Graphic and Publishing Works Heliks for the project Beyond horizons: cross-cultural mosaic of contemporary European fiction.
The total funds awarded to publishing houses from Serbia within this year’s competition for literary translations amount to €271,008.59. You can find more information about the results of the competition at the European Commission website.
