5th Joint Call for Proposals to Foster Cooperation bewteen Québec and Nordic Countries
Deadline: 22-Nov-21
The Government of Québec and the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) invite you to submit an application for financial support to carry out a co-operation project in the fields of culture, society, and research and innovation between Québec and the Nordic countries.
Objectives
The joint call for proposals between the parties seeks to:
Promote sustainable development and a green recovery in each society, taking into account the cultural, social, economic, environmental and / or territorial factors of the projects and acknowledging the significance of 2021 as the year of COP26.
Encourage exchanges between the two regions by fostering knowledge to respective entity’s cultural presence;
Promote co-creation and co-dissemination of artworks and cultural products, namely through exchange programmes involving artists, directors and authors, the holding of public events and the development of partnerships between cultural institutions on both sides;
Favour a better mutual understanding through the consolidation of networks and sharing of expertise;
Promote cooperation between researchers in targeted fields of interest on both sides.
Sector of Cooperation
The present call for proposals is open to all sectors in society, culture, and research and innovation. Due to the impacts caused by COVID-19 pandemic, international collaboration is more important than ever. The joint call for proposals between the parties seeks to respond and contribute to the recovery efforts from COVID-19. Priority will be given to projects seeking to respond to these efforts and in particular related to the green recovery.
Culture
In general, projects meeting these criteria will be prioritized:
encourage collaborations, physical or virtual, notably through the exchange of artists, companies, businesses, directors and authors as well as through the holding of events with a collective scope;
Promote the co-creation and co-dissemination of cultural works and products;
Foster a better mutual understanding through the consolidation of networks and the dissemination of cultural expertise as well as through the development of partnerships between cultural institutions on both sides.
Projects related to nordic bridges 2022 are encouraged
Cultural projects are to be rooted in artistic disciplines, such as:
Digital Cultural Development
Performing Arts (Dance, Music, Circus, Theater, etc.)
Movie theater
Literature and Publishing
Visual and Digital Arts
Society
Those fields will be prioritized:
health
education
gender equality
youth
Research and Innovation
Those fields will be prioritized:
Digital innovation
Climate, environment and sustainability
Sustainable cities solutions and mobility
Life sciences
Innovative manufacturing
Funding Information
Co-operation project support must not substitute the support usually granted by other financing organizations. Please note that financial support per project per year granted by the Government of Quebec cannot exceed $ 10,000 CAD or 50,000 DKK.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant from the Government of Quebec, the projects must be submitted by Canadian citizens or permanent residents living in Quebec.
Projects must:
Involve at least two institutions and / or stakeholders from two different Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and / or Åland Islands) and one Québécois partner;
Begin at the earliest in January 2022;
Be submitted as a complete application file both at the Nordic Council of Ministers (for the Nordic partners) and the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie du Québec (for the Québec partner).
For more information, visit https://www.norden.org/en/funding-opportunities/5th-joint-call-proposals-foster-cooperation-bewteen-quebec-and-rhe-nordic