Mentorship program for project development

We invite organizations and institutions from the culture and education sectors in central and southern Serbia to join us for a three-day course, which will be held over three Saturdays in December, with the aim of strengthening the capacities of organizations from this region for international cultural cooperation and participation in projects within the Creative Europe programme.

The Creative Europe Desk Serbia, in cooperation with AKC Gnezdo, is organizing a mentoring program (course) for the development of project proposals for Creative Europe cooperation calls, open until January 23, 2024.

On the first Saturday, December 9, in cooperation with the Slovenian Desk, the guest lecturer will be Mateja Lazar, who leads the Slovenian Desk and is a specialist in international cultural cooperation.

On the second Saturday, December 16, participants will work with Sara Machado, a cultural manager and representative of the Creative Europe Desk Portugal.

On the third Saturday, December 23, the program will be joined by Jelle Burggraaff from the Netherlands, who leads mobility programs for the Dutch Creative Europe Desk and has more than 15 years of experience in international cultural projects.

The guests will present successful projects from organizations in their countries and will work with participants on developing partnerships between cultural organizations and institutions from Serbia and their respective countries.

Participation is expected from organizations from the following districts: Rasina, Šumadija, Pomoravlje, Raška, Zaječar, Niš, Toplica, Jablanica, Pirot, and Pčinja.

The application deadline has been extended until December 7 at 11:59 PM.