Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe

Creative Encounters:Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe is a new initiative that aims to support collaborative artistic projects in the framework of the Asia-Europe dialogue. Artists, cultural workers, arts organisations and arts networks of Asia and Europe are invited to apply. The cultivation of sustainable partnerships between Asian and European arts organisations is a key objective of this programme.

Arts Network Asia (ANA) and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), in collaboration with the European network Trans Europe Halles, will jointly promote this initiative for projects taking place between 1 January 2014 and 30 November 2014.

Selection criteria
- Artistic/creative projects that facilitates collaboration, dialogue and exchanges between Asia and Europe
- Projects in any discipline of contemporary arts (e.g. performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, film, new media) or cross-disciplinary projects
- Projects focusing on capacity building for artists and cultural professionals
- Projects leading to long-term partnerships and sustainable collaborations
- The content should reflect the cultural diversity of Asia and Europe with the aim of showing different perspectives from the two regions
- Generate an artistic outcome with possible public components (e.g. performances, exhibitions)
- Proposed jointly by a minimum of 2 partners in Asia and Europe, one partner from each region
- Applicants should be from ASEM countries
- Projects should take place in ASEM countries.

Budget
The support for each project will be up to SGD 25,000 (approximately 14.000 euros). Selected projects are, however, expected to seek further support or sponsorship.

Deadlines:
- 15 August 2013 at 6.00pm (Singapore time) (for initial project proposal).
Successful applicants will be informed by 1 October 2013.
- 1 November 2013 (for full proposals).
Successful applicants will be informed by December 2013.

Further details:
http://www.eurodesk.eu