The Swiss
Cultural Programme works with two lines of action: Cooperation Projects and
Small Actions.
Cooperation projects are projects with a mid-term timescale and a broader range of activities, goals and beneficiaries. These projects are planned jointly with a local partner organisation and strive for significant impact on the countries cultural situation. If required, technical and organizational assistance is provided. Such projects can be planned and implemented in conjunction with other specialised local and/or Swiss organisations and experts.
The cooperation projects are identified by our local office, in cooperation with the Programme Direction. The decision on the support of cooperation projects is taken jointly by Pro Helvetia head office and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
Swiss Cultural Programme Macedonia supports the following Cooperation projects:
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small door / Community Culture Initiatives is a joint three year long project (2004-7) of the Centre for Balkan Cooperation LOJA from Tetovo and Contemporary Art Centre from Skopje, dedicated to the improvement of cultural and social life and interethnic relationships in the city of Tetovo and western Macedonia. With the establishment of a Multimedia Arts Centre and field activities in the rural regions the project will establish the preconditions for cultural production and cultural animation which will involve the creative individuals and the groups, the cultural organizations and the institutions and all ethnic, religious and social communities in this region.
Multimedia Art Center
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Contemporary Art Center
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Confluent
Margins is a three year long project (2003-6) dedicated to enhance
the cultural production on local level, cultural exchange between the cities
in Macedonia and cultural collaboration of different institutions, both
governmental and non-governmental, as well as creative and artistic groups
and individuals. The project especially targets the young, neglected, creative
and innovative artists and intellectuals of different ethnic, cultural and
social background.
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Mid-term Projects 2000-2003
Small Actions are short-term projects, realized by local partner organizations and artists, to whom subsidiary project-specific contributions are granted to facilitate the development and implementation of cultural projects in a changing economic and social environment.
| Applicant, place | Brief project description | When and where the project is to be carried out | Amount |
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| Blagoja Kunovski, IFCF “Manaki Brothers”, Skopje | Participation in the 43rd Solothurn Film Festival | Solothurn, 21 – 27. January 2008 | CHF 540.- |
| Borce Dimitrovski, NGO “Faculty for things that can not be learned”, Bitola | Festival for contemporary art AKTO_3 | Bitola, 13 - 17. August 2008 | CHF 4 000.- |
| Emilija Potevska, Skopje | Piano recital in the “J. Haydn” museum, Vienna | Roharu – Vienna, May 2008 | CHF 514.- |
| Ivan Blazev, Skopje | Participation at the Young Eastern European Photography | Vienna, May 2008 | CHF 860.- |
| Ivan Ivanovski, Skopje | Production of a short animated film “Isolation” | Skopje, 15. April – 15. July Skopje 2008 | CHF 1 635.- |
| Ivan Mirkovski, Skopje | Forum Skopje ‘08 | Skopje, June 2008 | CHF 4 000.- |
| Lidija Dimkovska, Ljubljana | Writer-in-residency at the Literarishes Colloquium Berlin | Berlin, 1 – 31. August 2008 | CHF 576.- |
| Marijana Savovska | Marijana Savovska and Guest | Skopje, 28. June 2008 | CHF 1 950.- |
| Mimi Tanevska Srbinovska, Skopje | Participation in the International Performers Village 08 under the guidance of Sergey Ostrenko | Malpils (Latvia), 1 – 28. August 2008 | CHF 2 126.- |
| Natasha Dimitrievska, Skopje | Documentary film “Wishlake Yellow” | Skopje, March - August 2008 | CHF 3 000.- |
| Olivera Cavric, Skopje/Zagreb | Site specific project “Between two churches” | Skopje, 20 – 29. April 2008 | CHF 250.- |
| Slavco Dimitrov, Zarko Trajanoski, Skopje | Participation at the Renaming Machine | Ljubljana, 11 – 14. June 2008 | CHF 1 636.- |
| Zaneta Vangeli, Skopje | Solo exhibition “Digital Archive” | Adelaide (Australia), November – December 2008 | CHF 2 383.- |
| Saso Dukoski, Cinema association of Macedonia, Skopje | 37. National Festival of Non-professional Film | Kicevo, 18 – 19. April 2008 | CHF 2 000.- |
| Zarko Kujundziski, Antolog, Skopje | Translation of the book “The Sound and the Fury” | Skopje, June 2008 | CHF 800.- |
| Dejan Spasovic, Skopje | Solo exhibition “Parpetium Morbide (Machine – Does Nothing – Machine)” | Skopje and Bitola, October 2008 | CHF 3 000.- |
| Dalibor Trencevski, Skopje | Solo exhibition “Monolith 2” | Skopje, October 2008 | CHF 1 600.- |
| Suzana Milevska, Visual and Cultural Research Centre, “Euro Balkan” Institute, Skopje | Summer School “Collaborative Curating” | Ohrid, 22. June – 2. July 2008 | CHF 6 432.- |
| Kire Miladinoski, Dance Studio “Zodijak”, Prilep | Street performance “Grand Effect” | Prilep, Bitola, Ohrid, Skopje Veles and Kavadarci, 11. June – 19. September 2008 | CHF 600.- |
| Sasho Tatarchevski, Skopje | Participation at the conducting master class in Moscow, Russia | Moscow, 9 - 14. June 2008 | CHF 2 840.- |
| Kuzman Markoski, NGO Forina, Gostivar | New Vision for the Music Scene in Gostivar | Gostivar, June 2008 | CHF 2 700.- |
| Vlatko Galevski, AsterFest, Skopje | Movieland-Romania | Bucharest, April 2008 | CHF 530.- |
| Maja Bojadzievska, Publishing House “Sigmapres”, Skopje | Translation and publication of the novel “Baba Yaga” by Dubravka Ugresic | Skopje, 1. May – 1. November 2008 | CHF 4 900.- |
| Ekrem Kadri, Radio Vati, Skopje | Culture needs more attention | Skopje, April – June 2008 | CHF 2 000.- |
| Yane Calovski, Skopje | Surface growth, local versions | Bolzano (Italy), Skopje, Prilep, Stip, Ohrid and Strumica, July - November 2008 | CHF 3 000.- |
Small Actions 2007
The Swiss Cultural Programme (SCP) is run by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, upon mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The SCP supports activities in the field of culture and arts. It has entered a new and final phase lasting from 2008 to 2012. Its focus is on regional cooperation projects in the Western Balkans with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia as priority countries. From July 2008 SCP is managed by a Regional Office in Sarajevo.
The overall goals of the Swiss Cultural Programme are to contribute to the promotion of democracy and freedom of expression, to conflict resolution, to intercultural cooperation and respect for minorities. The programme fosters regional cooperation through capacity building, empowerment and promotion of cultural initiatives and organisations, which offer innovative and diversified cultural services and products. Its thematic priorities include youth, gender equity and the creation of structures for broad cultural participation while taking into account good governance principles.
The Swiss Cultural Programme announces an open call for submitting concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects.
Invited for Participation are the following Actors:
§ cultural organisations, initiatives, networks and/or associations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, both from the public and the non-governmental sector. Applicants from Montenegro – which is not a priority country for SDC – are entitled to submit concepts under certain conditions mentioned in the guidelines.
The submitted Project Concepts have to:
§ have a regional orientation by involving organizations from at least two of the above mentioned countries
§ contribute to the development of culture and arts in the field in which they are operating
§ offer innovative approach and diversified services and products
§ aim at improving the situation in the region by strengthening culture and cultural life as an essential element of a participatory, open and dynamic civil society
§ be of relevance within the regional context of the Western Balkans
For further information about conditions and criteria for this call, please refer to the SCP’s regional website www.scp-ba.net, where you can download the guidelines as well as the template for submitting project concepts.
Submission: Concepts for Regional Cooperation Projects are to be submitted according to the template, either by electronic mail to mail@scp-ba.net or by regular mail service to:
Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans
Regional Office
Potoklinica 16
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Deadline for submission of concepts is September 1, 2008. Later applications will not be taken into consideration. Applicants will be notified by email that their submitted concept has been received.
The SCP’s Regional Steering Committee will select the concepts to be developed further into project proposals at its meeting end of September 2008.
