Second open call for proposals for the Youth Inter-Cultural Arts Fund
Open to: Civil Society Organizations, Municipalities, Cultural Foundations.
Funding opportunity: Up to 5000 EUR per application/call
Implementation period: February 2024 - January 2025
Submission deadline: October 29, 2023
Guidelines for Grant Applicants
Building New Bridges
The Building New Bridges (BNB) project builds on the 2014-2021 Building Bridges Fund (BB) which introduced a model for integrated education in North Macedonia by supporting schools, municipalities and civil society organizations (CSOs) to pair children of different backgrounds and languages through joint extra-curricular activities.
This new project further aims at building inclusive societies that cherish and take pride in cultural pluralism and respect for tolerance, dialogue and co-operation, in a climate of mutual trust and understanding as the best guarantees of social peace and security.
The BNB is currently supported by the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Objective of the Youth Inter-Cultural Arts Fund (YIAF)
The overall objective of the Youth Inter-cultural Arts Fund (YIAF) is to strengthen the capacity of youth across the ethnic divide to promote inter-ethnic dialogue, civic values and combat discrimination through arts-based activities and inter-cultural initiatives. The YIAF will distribute grants to selected CSOs working with boys and girls and cultural organizations with a strong track record in the areas of youth empowerment and the promotion of civic values through the arts and inter-cultural activities.
The priorities of the YIA Fund are:
- To strengthen inter-ethnic relations and co-operation among youth of different language and cultural backgrounds through joint activities;
- To instil mutual respect and combat ethnic stereotypes and prejudices by developing a sense of community and belonging;
- To raise awareness about the importance of civic engagement as a tool for integration;
- To promote the arts as a medium for cross-cultural communication and mutual understanding.
Eligible applicants include civil society organizations, cultural entities/foundations and municipalities.
Under the 2nd call for proposals, the YIAF provides grants up to 5000 Euro for eligible CSOs/cultural entities and municipalities for project proposals implemented between February 2024 and January 2025.
The Application Package
To obtain the application from, please send an email to bnb.mk@osce.org and provide your contact information. Applications must be submitted in English. A version in Macedonian and/or Albanian can be provided in addition to the English one. In case of discrepancy, the English version shall prevail.
The Guideline for Grant Applicants is accessible in Macedonian, Albanian and English languages.
The deadline for the second open call is October 29th, 2023.
Applications should be submitted directly to BNB.mk@osce.org