Opportunity Description
Call for proposals
Start of submission: 12/08/2020
Submission Closing: 12/10/2020
Global budget: 10000 Dollars US
Date of results: 30/11/2020
Date of allocations notification: 15/12/2020
Date of contracts signature: 30/12/2020
Submission Closing: 12/10/2020
Global budget: 10000 Dollars US
Date of results: 30/11/2020
Date of allocations notification: 15/12/2020
Date of contracts signature: 30/12/2020
Lot 1 : Performing arts
- The projects involved in this call are activities and projects of creation, production and dissemination of works and capacity building in the field of the performing arts.The current call concerns the following performing arts: music, dance and theater.
Lot 2 : Visual arts
- The
projects involved in this call are activities and projects of creation,
production and dissemination of works and capacity building in the field
of visual arts.
- This
call concerns traditional visual arts, photography, digital art,
decorative arts (textile art, design, marquetry…) as well as all
pre-production, production, post-production, dissemination and
distribution concerning the following cinematographic and audiovisual
disciplines:
- Fiction/animation
(short films, medium-length films, feature films or series);
- Documentaries
(unitary or series);
- Art
videos.
This call covers all countries of the African continent.
For any request made in this call, the maximum budget is US $ 10,000. Projects
must be completed for a period not exceeding 18 months. ACF does not grant
mobility grants. However, travel expenses can be covered when they are part of
the implementation of a project.
Application selection procedure is in five (05) steps:
- Registration
and filing of files ;
- Registration
and filing of files ;
- Administrative
review of applications ;
- Evaluation
by the award committee (Jury) ;
- Approval
of the list of selected projects ;
- Approval
of allocation of funds.
Applications are evaluated by an independent award committee
composed of professionals working in the African cultural sector and knowing
the artistic realities in the different African regions.
The committee evaluates the applications according to four
(04) criteria:
- The
originality/innovation/creativity of the project or concept;
- The
technical quality of the file;
- The
financial quality of the project;
- The
relevance/sustainability of the project or concept in relation to the African
or regional context.
The Fund will sign a contract with the grant beneficiary
that will include information on the activities to be carried out, the value of
the contract, payment terms and reports.
The approved projects are funded in two (02) installments:
- 80%
of the grant, when signing the contract (pre-financing);
- 20%
of the grant, at the end of the project and upon presentation and approval
of the reports (balance).
ACF is not obliged to cover the total amount of the
requested grant.
How to Apply:
- Applicants must complete an online funding application form via the following link: https://www.africanculturefund.net/en/applications/.
- Applications must be submitted in ENGLISH or in FRENCH.
- Deadline: 12 October 2020
The applicant will receive an automatic acknowledgment of
receipt email once the application has been received. Applicants are invited to
provide all requested documents, ACF will not contact applicants if part of
their application is incomplete.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
The results will be posted on ACF’s website and social networks (Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram).
