Call for proposals

Local news, 04.10.2023

The Swiss Cooperation Office Tajikistan (SCO), in the context of its Central Asia Arts and Culture Program, announces a call for proposals for two types of grants: 

Institutional Support grants aim to support the institutional development and the core activities of competent art and culture institutions that provide open spaces, where artists can create artworks reflecting societal issues as well as a diversity of cultural expressions, opinions and voices.

Project Support grant are awarded to governmental and non-governmental culture organizations, individual artists as well as initiative groups to realize short-term projects in different fields of arts and culture that increase the access for people to artistic productions reflecting socio-economic realities.

One applicant can submit one proposal only; recipients of either project support or institutional support are excluded from being awarded the other type of grant.

Please send your documents to: dushanbe.culture@eda.admin.ch

Deadline for the submission of applications is 3 November 2023, 17.00

Information on selection and eligibility criteria can be found below:

Call for Institutional Support:

Call for Project Support:

A Regional Call for Proposals with the aim to support regional networks and partnerships between art and culture institutions based in Kirgizstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will follow at a later stage in October 2023.