The Culture Bridges programme is inviting artists, cultural operators and organisation from Ukraine and all EU countries to apply for their grant calls.

Culture Bridges supports the development of the cultural sector in Ukraine and enables it to engage more effectively with cultural organisations and operators in the European Union (EU). The programme was launched in November 2017 and will run till October 2020.

The programme is funded by the EU as part of its support for the implementation of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, and is managed by the British Council in partnership with the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) network in Ukraine.

Applicants can get funding for international mobility, national and international cooperation projects:

• International Mobility – grants for representatives of the cultural and creative industries to travel from Ukraine to the EU (and vice versa)
• International Cooperation Projects – grants for cultural operators based in Ukraine and EU for the implementation of joint projects that promote cultural and creative exchanges between Ukraine and the EU, and / or result in the development of original cultural products.

Application deadline for Mobility Projects is 5 July, 2018 and for Cooperation Projects – 12 July, 2018. Please see the Culture Bridges website for further information and to apply here.