South Africa: Cav’ Platform Resilience Grant Program
Deadline: 23-May-21
The Goethe-Institut in partnership with the Gauteng Creative Industries Public Sector Steering Committee is seeking applications for its Cav’ Platform Resilience Grant Program to support South African Creative Small Enterprises and Creative Non-Profit organizations to implement resilient business structures in light of the changes and challenges brought by the COVID 19 pandemic.
Priority will be given to creative Small Enterprises and Non-Profit organizations owned or managed by women. Priority will also be given to activities that have a focus on youth development.
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The proposed project ideas must correspond with one of the following goals:
creative entrepreneurship development
sustainability
Youth development.
Funding Information
The grant amount is €22,000 to be awarded per creative social enterprise.
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Which activities can be funded?
They aim to support collaborative and interactive activities that will allow Small Enterprises and nonprofit organizations in the fields of film, music, craft, visual art, animation and gaming to implement resilient structures to continue their work during the pandemic.
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants should meet the following criteria to receive support:
They must be South African registered Small Enterprises and Non-Profit organisation operating within this particular sectors; film, music, craft, visual art, animation and gaming.
Enterprises are considered small enterprises if they have fewer than 50 employees.
They need to have been in operation for a minimum of 3 years.
They must have existing business and operational systems and experience in financial and/or grant management; including a Bank account in the name of the business or organisation, electronic banking system, annual audited financial statements or similar reports, information on experience with bookkeeping system/personnel, procurement and internal and external control systems.
The enterprise or organisation must have been negatively impacted by COVID 19.
Priority will be given to creative Small Enterprises and Non-Profit organisations owned or managed by women.
Priority will also be given to activities that have a focus on youth development.
Selection Criteria
A jury panel comprising of representatives from the partner organisation, the Gauteng Creative Industries Public Sector Steering Committee and external experts in Culture Creative Industries (CCI) Management and Entrepreneurship, will access and select the creative Small Enterprises and Non-Profit organisations to be awarded the grant. This process will be steered by the Cav’ Platform Project Manager.
The selection process will be as follows:
Submission of the application with all related documentation
Long-listing of applications that fulfil the criteria
Adjudication of the long-list by the jury panel
Awarding and contracting of grants by Cav’ Platform
The grant contract will include the planned activities, their timeframe as well as correlating budget
For more information, visit https://www.goethe.de/ins/za/en/ueb/kar/crg.html