“Culture mobilises the creative powers of imagination and offers new opportunities to act, Cohesion is created when the social bonds between individuals and groups are strengthened, for example, through new forms of interaction and Media provides independent information and contributes to a critical forming of opinion”. With this vision, the Netherland based Doen Foundation’s International Culture and Media programme supports initiatives that reinforce the cultural infrastructure in North, East and West Africa, with the exception of Tunisia and Egypt, where the foundation works through its partners Culture Resource, implementing the Abbara initiative, and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).

Proposals are received all year round, and evaluation is based “on the urgency and added value of a project within the cultural sector in the country concerned or the contribution that it makes to cooperation and innovation in the sector in an entire region”. The emphasis is on financing local projects and organisations with no prescriptions concerning disciplines or activities. Both, short and long term projects are accepted.

Applications can be submitted only by legal entities, including both for profit companies and not for profit organizations, based on specific criteria. The online application form is available here after registration.

For more information, visit the Doen Foundation’s website (available only in English) and the Doen Culture website, which is also a networking resource for cultural operators (available in English and French).  

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