ZMINA:Resilience. Second call for co-creation funding of international cooperation projects
European Commission
Deadline
4 December 2026
Maximum amount
187.500 €
Description
ZMINA:Resilience. Second call for co-creation funding of international cooperation projects Topic: Supporting Ukrainian artists and cultural organisations to co-create/showcase Identifier: CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-UA-1 Kind: bando a cascata (competitive call) Status: aperto Opening date: 2026-10-05 Deadline: 2026-12-04 Deadline model: single-stage Budget: 187500 Duration: Up to 7 month Programme period: 2021 - 2027 Who can apply and how The IZOLYATSIA Foundation (UA) and Malý Berlín (SK), together with Trans Europe Halles (SE), announce the second call for proposals for the co-creation funding of international cooperation projects. The objective of the call is to support co-creation between Ukrainian artists and cultural organisations and their peers from Creative Europe countries on the topic of resilience. Funding will be available for co-creation projects involving at least one Ukrainian partner and a partner from another Creative Europe participating country. Each partner is expected to play a role of comparable weight in the project — whether through creative input, management responsibilities, or audience development. All creative sectors are eligible, with the exception of the audio-visual sector. Each co-creation project must include a public presentation in the locality of every participating partner. Purpose of the call: - To develop and present an international co-creation on the topic of resilience, in any artistic/cultural sector except audio-visual. - To carry out at least two local presentations (one/locality, including in Ukraine) Budget: — Total funding available 187,500€ — Amounts per grant: Up to 25,000€, covering up to 90% of project costs. — Applicants are expected and required to provide the rest of the total project budget as a contribution. — Expected number of grants 7-10 Eligible applicants: Organisations active in the field of arts and culture established in a Creative Europe country ( EU countries, non-EU countries). For Ukraine, they must be registered in a zone effectively controlled by the Ukrainian government. Projects must include at least two partners from at least two countries, of which one is Ukraine. Individual artists and freelancers cannot apply directly; they must take part through an eligible organisation acting as a project partner. List of activities that are eligible for financial support: — All activities necessary for the co-creation project implementation and development. — Presentation of the co-creation in the locality of each project partner. — Travel related to organisational, rehearsal, artistic, presentation purposes. Duration of the project: — project duration period: up to 7 months within the indicative implementation window of February–August 2027; — earliest start of the project after the signature of the grant agreement. Technical eligibility criteria: - all required attachments (as described in the Application Procedure below) are uploaded to the platform in separate files and in the formats specified for this call; - all required attachments are uploaded to the platform following standard templates that can be downloaded on the platform; - all required attachments are readable, accessible, and printable; - all the project partners meet the eligibility conditions specified for this call; - the registration of all the project partners meets the conditions specified for this call; - the application form is complete and contains all the requested information; - the total subgrant amount requested in the budget is within the maximum subgrant amounts determined for this call; - the total project partners contribution meets the conditions specified for this call; - project implementation period is within the project implementation period defined for this call; - the start of project implementation meets the conditions specified for this call. Selection criteria: Relevance: — relevance of the project to the objectives of the call; — relevance of potential co-creation to act as a basis for intercultural dialogue. Quality: — quality of extent to which cross-cutting issues (digital, green, inclusion) are addressed, including barrier-free access to project results; — quality of the partnership: the equal importance of the roles played by project partners; — quality of scale of engagement, measured by the expected audience size and number of local presentations. Impact: — Impact and the sustainability of the project, including plans and possibilities for future presentations of the co-creation. Selection procedure: Applications will first undergo a technical eligibility check by the ZMINA:Resilience team to verify that they meet all formal requirements, including admissibility and eligibility criteria. Proposals that pass this stage will then be assigned to two independent evaluators each. Evaluators will assign scores to applications. Then, the applications will be rated according to the average score. The final selection will be made by the Selection Committee
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