EUNIC Spaces of Culture 2026 Programme for cultural relations projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. (EUR 50,000 per project) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 21 June 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 EUNIC Spaces of Culture Programme. The Spaces of Culture funding scheme, part of the EU-funded Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture programme, is wanting for new and thrilling collaborative cultural relations projects going down in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Projects can take any format, specializing in arts, inventive industries, digitalisation, training, gender,
heritage, human rights, social inclusion, sports activities, sustainability, tourism, youth and others. Whether you
want to organise networking and information sharing actions, festivals, performances,
exhibitions, artist residencies, to arrange new networks to develop cultural infrastructure, or every other
cultural relations mission actions, the Spaces of Culture programme may very well be an thrilling alternative
for you and your companions.

The Spaces of Culture funding scheme helps cultural relations projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a powerful give attention to:

• Dialogue, co-creation, and mutual studying
• Fair and equal partnerships between Africa and Europe
• Local possession and relevance
• Social affect and long-term collaboration

A efficiently applied mission will:

• be co-developed and co-implemented by the totally different companions concerned;
• handle domestically related and pressing subjects;
• present innovation in its native context;
• construct robust partnership that lasts past the mission.

Requirements

• The name is open to projects going down in nations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Projects have to be co-developed and applied by a triangular partnership.
• Partnerships should embrace no less than three key native cultural and/or civil society companions, no less than three full EUNIC members (or two the place no EUNIC cluster is current), and involvement of an EU Delegation.

Budget

• Up to EUR 50,000 per mission.
• A minimal of 5% co-funding is required from mission companions.

Project timeline

• Projects must be applied between 1 September 2026 and 31 August 2027.

Application Timeline:

• Organisations ought to have interaction with one another on the idea and partnership earlier than 30 April 2026.
• This permits sufficient time to develop the mission collectively, alternate on the preliminary concept, and guarantee all companions are aligned and absolutely conscious of the mission goals.
• Application deadline: 21 June 2026 (23:59 CAT).
• Project proposals must be collectively outlined and co-developed by all companions.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the EUNIC Spaces of Culture Programme.