Application Deadline: August 17, 2022

The Ignite Culture grant was designed to enable organizations to successfully develop new ventures,programs and projects for their target communities and demographics,which will go a long way to making their own work and the work of their target communities more sustainable.

Grants of up to a maximum of 180,000 euro for the support of Creative and Cultural industries(CCIs) in 14 countries in Eastern Africa.

Implemented by HEVA , in partnership with the British Council Kenya with the financial contribution of the European Union, and with further support from the Organisation of African, Carribean and Pacific Group of  States (OACPS).

Eligibility

Applicants may apply for grant funding of between € 30,000 to € 180,000.For the purpose of application, this is divided into three tiers:

• Tier 1 -Applicants can apply for a fixed amount of € 30,000
• Tier 2- Applicants may apply for an amount  between € 31,000 and €90,000
• Tier 3- Applicants may apply for an amount between €91,000 and € 180,000

Eligible organisations/individuals need to be registered no later than 31st December 2017 and must have auditied statements either for half year period or full year period for the year 2017 and/or 2018.

EASTERN AFRICA’S LARGEST GRANT FUND FOR CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES 

BURUNDI, COMOROS, DJIBOUTI, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, MADAGASCAR, MAURITIUS, RWANDA, SEYCHELLES, SOMALIA, SUDAN, TANZANIA AND UGANDA

This grant will also enable recipients to design,implement and engage in any suitable activities that

• Strenthen the creative and cultural ecosystem in which practitioners and organisations operate in Eastern Africa;
• improve the access and visibility of the diverse creative and cultural sectors in Eastern Africa;
• promote economic growth of the creative and cultural sector in the Eastern Africa region .

Through this grant financing of between 30,000 euros and 180,000 euros,prospective applicants should direct any financial support toward the following activities:

• increasing the quality and/or quantity of creative and cultural goods and/or services
• improving visual literacy of audiences,visibility of makers and access to the new markets for creative and cultural goods and services from Eastern Africa
• building appropriate,industry-ready skills and capacity for young people entering the cultural and creative sectors 
• improving the capacity and knowledge of Eastern Africa’s creative and Cultural practitioners on policy,legal and financing frameworks impacting the sector and increasing their ability to advocate for more supportive policy and legal structures .

Lead applicants may apply with any of the following:

• Co-applicants from their own country
• Co-applicants from the 14 countries eligible for the fund
• Co-applicants from an EU state
• Co-applicants from another ACP country in Africa as follows:

ACP West Africa- Benin,Burkina Faso,Cape Verde,Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea Bissau,Cote d’lvoire,Liberia,Mali,Mauritania,Niger,Nigeria,Senegal,Sierra Leone,Togo

ACP Central Africa-Cameroon,Central African Republic,Congo,Gabon,Equatorial Guinea,Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC),Sao Tome and Principe(STP),Chad

ACP Southern Africa-Zambia,Zimbabwe,Botswana,Lesotho,Malawi,Mozambique,Nambia,South Africa,Eswatini(formerly Swaziland).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ACP-EU Culture Programme 2022 Ignite Culture