STEP Travel Grants support creative and critical individual cultural workers who are travelling across Europe and neighbouring countries, to help foster a society with greater solidarity, equality and a stronger sense of social justice. The aim is to support culturally active and engaged individuals for international return travels within Europe or to/from its neighbouring countries to […]
IED Master Scholarships 2019/20
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) has launched a call for 14 scholarships covering 50% of the tuition fees for Master Courses in Design, Fashion, Visual Arts and Communication held in Milan, Florence, Rome, Turin and Venice. Eligibility The competition is open to all international students aged over 18 years at the moment of application, in possession of a bachelor degree or, equivalent […]
Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme
The programme’s objective is to enhance human capital development in Africa, while strengthening intra-African collaboration as called for by Agenda 2063. More specifically, the programme aims to: – increase the employability of students; – improve the quality of higher education in Africa and its relevance to Africa’s development vision; – strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African […]
Mobility First! – ASEF Cultural Mobility Initiative 2019
Mobility First! is an initiative by Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) aimed at supporting the mobility of artists and cultural professionals for cross-border activities including participation in workshop/training, conference/forum, festival/biennale, residencies, partnership meetings, research trips, short-term exploration/networking. Mobility support is provided to individuals to travel from Asia to Europe, Europe to Asia and within Asia, Australia or New Zealand to Europe and […]
EUROPEANA: From earth goddess festival to family feast: the roots and guises of ‘Mother’s Day’
Throughout the world, the love, patience, dedication and commitment of mothers are honoured yearly on ‘Mother’s Day’. Many countries and cultures celebrate their mothers in the month of May, and treat the ‘leading lady’ of the family to a day of pampering, presents, festive food and extra doses of hugs. But did you know that […]
European Education and Culture Executive Agency
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) manages funding for education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering. Website www.eacea.ec.europa.eu Responsibilities EACEA manages most parts of the following EU funding programmes, in close cooperation with other Commission departments: Creative Europe Erasmus+ European Solidarity Corps Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values EACEA continues to manage the projects selected during the 2014-2020 programming period and the 2007-2013 programming period.EACEA also manages the Eurydice network (providing analysis […]