Artists and cultural operators living and working in the Euro-Arab geographical region can apply in Arabic, English or French. Priority is given to mobility from the South and East of these regions.

The open call only concerns travel from the cities and regions that are partners of the Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, as well as travel from the Arab world to the partner regions of the Regional Council Nord-Pas de Calais andtravel from or to Croatia. The General Fund is closed this year.

The following general criteria of RCF apply to this fund:

1) The aim of your trip must directly or indirectly show potential for a constructive and long-term impact on the arts sector in the Euro-Arab geographical region. This means that your travel must contribute to your own capacity building, which in turn can be shared in a “networking” fashion that will benefit connecting artists and operators in your own country or region so as to maintain, renew and develop contemporary arts.

2) Your trip can take place as soon as the call opens but in this case you run the risk of buying your ticket without knowing if the application is successful or not.

3) Applicant’s profile

-     No nationality or age criteria: Applicant lives or works in the Euro-Arab region.

-     Profession: performers, creators, teachers, cultural organisers, administrators, project leaders.

-     Financial means: applicants who are unable to find the financial resources themselves.

4) Applications must be made by individuals not organisations. Only 3 members of a group can apply for a grant concerning the same project. A grant holder can only reapply twice. Applicants must choose the cheapest form of transport and can only apply for one international return travel ticket and visa costs (local transport, per diems and accommodation costs are not reimbursed).

The results are announced as follows:

1st September 2014 (Deadline for receiving applications: 30/06/2014)

The online questionnaire will become active on 1st June. We invite you to visit our website http://www.cimettafund.org as from 1st June 2014