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Northern Dimension Cultural Partnerships
The
Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture(NDPC): A mapping of funding channels
and cultural projects in the Northen Dimension Area.
Report
for the Institute for
Russia
and
Eastern Europe
Introduction
This
report is based on Anneli Ojala's draft dated 11.2.2008. The written report is
an extension on Anneli Ojala's survey with appendices of the mapped out data
attached. The aim has been to extensively deliver information on projects and
funding channels within the Northern Dimension geographical area, in order to
have a clear idea of what type of projects have been completed and what
funding channels exist to support the cultural life in it.
The
report is a map of both larger scale projects and smaller scale personal
grants and projects. If the found material related to the sources has been
extensive then the mapping criteria has been evaluated per funding channel. If
the available data has been relatively compact then all available data has
been included. Should specific criteria exist, it is explained below each
funding heading in this summary. The main overlapping criteria has been to
look at sectors that are most bankable natured. The aim having been as
detailed and easily accessible material as possible. The material gathered is
based on internet research in Finnish, Scandinavian and English. All sums and
project numbers are approximate and based on information that has been
published and any errors in such data is due to a source error. Time has been
the main limiting factor in this project and hence the concentration has been
on primarly large governmental run funding bodies in the ND area and secondly
on some Finnish sector specific funding channels to deliver some helpful data
for the preparatory work with regard to NDPC.
This
summary of the material is constructed with an explanation of different types
of public funding channels; the mapped out funding channels attached as the
appendices; and explanations in relation to their construction. Some short
summaries of projects and sums granted have been included to show the
approximate sums moving around in these sectors. Noteworthy is however the
fact that approximately 30% of the material had no financial information
published in relation to the projects. To conclude, the report includes
suggestions for future actions and research in relation to the gathered
material and its analysis for consideration.
The
report has been completed 15 December 2008 for consideration by the Institute
for
Russia
and
Eastern Europe
.
Appendixes
to the report include the following:
International
project maps:
Nordiska
Kulturfonden
Nordisk
Film og TV fond
Nordisk
Innovation
Center
(NIC)
Culture
2000 - Northern Dimension Countries except
Germany
Baltic Sea
Region Interreg IIIB
Northern
Periphery Programme 2007-2013
Euregio
Karelia Neighbourhood Programme
Ars
Baltica
Finland:
Frame
Fund
Luses
Esek
In
addition: Two added material: two analytical
reports compiled by Paula Karhunen at the Central Arts Councils of Finland of
grants distributed by the Arts Councils.
Details
of previous mapping
The
participants of the inital survey conducted by Anneli Ojala represented
combinations of states, such as:
- EU
Member States and
Russian Federation
(North-West
Russia
)
- Baltic
and Nordic countries together with
Russia
/ without
Russia
-
Baltic Sea
region
- EU
Member States, Norway,
Iceland
and
Russian Federation
- Barents region
The
cultural projects included in Ojala's draft were grouped according to their
field of action: Art (Visual), Cinematography, Cross-cultural projects, Cultural
Tourism, Dance, Design, Fashion and Handicrafts, Literature, Media, Museums and
Cultural Heritage, Music, New Media (Electronic Games, Mobile contents),
Photography, Publishing, Theatre, Video Art and Seminars on Cultural Policy. The
limit was set at DKK50,000 and the survey looked at funding mainly given by the
Nordic Culture Fund.
Details
of current mapping
The
current mapping was created based on the criteria of mapping out actors in
applying funding within the above, and naturally most easily productified,
sectors. Seminars and other purely educational projects were not included in
this mapping as opposed to Ojala's survey. The funding limit was lowered to
DKK30,000 in regards to Nordiska Kulturfonden and less in national funding by
Frame Fund, Esek and Luses in order to provide as wide as possible a view of
potential cultural actors nationally and internationally to have a starting
point in relation to the preparative work on the Northern Dimension Partnership
on Culture. In depth details of projects can be found through the project
leaders. The mapping includes details of approximately 700 projects funded
internationally and details of grant recipients in
Finland
add up to approximately the same amount. Financially the report has a map of
ca. €50 million worth of completed projects which only scratches the surface
of all the activity in the cultural field and is by no means exhaustive.
The
information collected details projects between 2006 and 2008 with most funding
channels. In relation to larger scale international funds, such as Culture 2000,
the focus is on the Northern Dimension Area and projects that were started and
in most cases completed by 2006. An idea in relation to the selected projects
has been the assumption that organisers of them are likely to be active cultural
actors, and if presented with a financing machine, such as the NDPC, they could
be likely candidates and have interesting potentially bankable projects to
suggest.
Sources
for Funding
1. Nordic
Cooperation
Nordic
Council of Ministers
Russia
programme 2006-2008
Ministers
for Nordic Cooperation adopted on December 2004 new guidelines for cooperation
with Baltic countries and North-West
Russia
for 2006-2008. These guidelines are designed to provide a framework for
developing cooperation and increasing the level of cooperation initiatives in
North-West
Russia
.
In the
Barents region Nordic Council of Ministers collaborate with key organizations
including Barents Euro Arctic Council, Barents Euro Arctic Regional Council and
the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
The Nordic
Culture Ministers did adopt a new structure for Nordic cultural co-operation in
2006. As a consequence of this change in structure, a number of the Nordic
Council of Ministers’ co-operation bodies in the Nordic arts and culture field
were closed. The structure consisting of permanent institutions and committees
for the individual art fields are replaced by temporary programmes.
As a
result of the culture reforms, NordScen, NIFCA and Nordbok, among others, were
closed by January 1st, 2007. The closure of these institutions should free up
funding for the intensification of cultural co-operation. The Council of
Ministers did also decide to maintain the most important functions relating to
artists’ mobility and professional cultural exchange. NordScen put forward a
proposal that two of the institution’s activities will continue within the new
structure, namely: All
NordScen’s other projects did discontinue during the course of 2006.
NB:
NordScen's funding activities were shut down in connection with the closure of
NordScen. The last application deadline for 2006 was March 20, 2006.
Nordiska
kulturfonden (Nordic Culture Fund )
The Nordic
Culture Fund is a Nordic body of cooperation whose task is to support
cultural cooperation in the broad sense between the Nordic countries. The
projects must have a clear connection with art and culture. Nordic Culture
Fund awards ca. €24 million to cultural projects in the Nordic Region or
Nordic projects outside the Nordic Region. The projects that are granted and
have been granted support reflect the entire cultural life, and includes
everything from visual art, theatre, music and dance to literature and new
media.
The
attached file includes data from the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 as well as a
short visual summary of the data. The projects selected are listed and filtered
to enable sector, country or other specific criteria searches. The lists are in
ascending order starting from the lowest amount.
Nordisk
Film og TV Fond
Nordisk
Film og TV Fond was established in
Oslo
in 1990 and the Fund's primary purpose is to promote film and TV productions of
high quality in the five Nordic, by providing support for top-up financing of
feature films, TV-fiction and series as well as creative documentaries. The
fund also supports a range of other initiatives to assist their productions to
travel further throughout the Nordic region (Distribution and Dubbing). In
addition the Nordisk Film og TV Fond assists professionals in developing and
improving their knowledge and skills through Master Classes and Workshops plus
support a range of film events of Nordic importance such as festivals, seminars
or forums, through the funds Film Cultural Initiatives. Nordisk Film & TV
Fond is also the administrator of the prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize and
arranges and hosts the annual Nordic Talents held each autumn.
The data
collected is arranged per month and ranges from January 2007 to October 2008.
The below details include data from the projects funded in this time frame.
NOK Amount of
projects
TOTAL
118954500
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Nordisk
Innovations
Center
(NICe)
The Nordic
Innovation Centre is the Nordic Council of Ministers` single most important
instrument for promoting an innovative and knowledge-intensive Nordic business
sector. The basic assumption of the centre is that each of the Nordic countries
possesses knowledge, which through increased co-operation can significantly
improve innovation capabilities and competitiveness of Nordic businesses.
Today, the Nordic Innovation Centre is an important player in Nordic
knowledge platforms within the areas of:
1)
innovation policy,
2)
creative industries,
3)
biotechnology,
4) micro-
and nanotechnology,
5)
technology foresight,
6) food
safety,
7)
innovative building & construction,
8)
environmental technology and
9) venture
capital
Establishing
common Nordic knowledge platforms on strategically important areas gives
businesses access to a larger knowledge basis, greatly enhance their innovation
capabilities.
Creative
Industries
The
centre currently has six Nordic-Baltic projects running within the
thematic area Creative Industries. The projects develop both policy
recommendations and strategies for implementation at national and regional
levels as well as user-friendly concrete actions on how to professionalise
the Creative Industries. The projects are only listed with a short
description. For further information on financial or other details with
regard to this contact: Petra
Nilsson-Andersen in
Norway
,
Mobile
: +47 902 71 233.
2.
European Union
The
Northern Dimension supports the existing multilateral co-operation within the
Northern Regional Councils and aims to maximize their synergies as well as those
of all other Northern Dimension participants and actors.
The
Northern Dimension is a regional expression of the four EU / Russia Common
Spaces with participation of
Norway
and
Iceland
. It also focuses on issues of specific relevance in the North, such as its
fragile environment, public health and social issues, culture and indigenous
peoples’ issues. Cross-border cooperation is a cross-cutting Northern
Dimension theme, producing added value at the sub-regional and trans national
level.
Culture is
among the priority sectors: “Research, education and culture, including
increased cooperation in research and education exchange programmes, youth
policy, promotion of people-to-people contacts, links between cultural and
economic life, visibility of regional and local cultural identity and
heritage.” CULTURE 2000
Culture
program 2007-13 - 'Crossing Borders – Connecting Cultures'
The EU’s
Culture programme (2007-2013) has a budget of €400 million for projects and
initiatives to celebrate
Europe
’s diverse cultures and to enhance appreciation of our shared cultural
heritage. It will help construct a shared European cultural space by developing
cross-border co-operation between cultural creators, players and institutions
across
Europe
. Projects from this period have not been mapped as the concentration was on the
material from the previous and completed season as per below.
Culture
program 2000
The
mapping of this material has been divided per Northern Dimension country, and
excludes
Germany
. The below graphs show a short summary of the mapped out projects that have
been limited to projects of possible bankable potential. The projects total
between 2000-2006 to 142 and have received approximately €20 million in
funding based on the calculations, noting that many projects have had inaccurate
or no financial information available.
1
Denmark
1624017
2
Estonia
983458,58
3
Finland
4867115,2
4
Iceland
653989
5
Latvia
658360,43
6
Lithuania
874485
7
Norway
2659650
8
Poland
1700656
9
Sweden
5952674
19974405
The
Northern Periphery Programme
The
Northern Periphery Programme 2007-2013 aims to help peripheral and remote
communities on the northern margins of
Europe
to develop their economic, social and environmental potential. The success of
the programme will be built on joint projects creating innovative products and
services for the benefit of the programme partner countries and
Europe
as a whole.
The
diverse regions of the Northern Periphery Programme area share common features
such as harsh climate conditions, sparseness of population and remoteness.
Transnational cooperation provides excellent opportunities for finding new ways
to address shared challenges and explore new opportunities. The Northern
Periphery Programme 2007-2013 (NPP) is part of the European Commission’s
Territorial Cooperation Objective. The
Programme 2007-2013 covers a vast area: the EU Member States of
Finland
,
Ireland
,
Northern Ireland
,
United Kingdom
and
Sweden
and Non EU Member States Faeroe Islands,
Greenland
,
Iceland
and
Norway
.
Two
priorities have been defined based on the visions and objectives of the Northern
Periphery Programme 2007-2013. Each project that applies for funding must
address one of these priorities: 1) Promoting innovation and competitiveness in
remote and peripheral areas and 2) Sustainable development of natural and
community resources.
Between
2007 and 2013, the Programme will allocate €45 million to projects, of which
€35.115 million in European funding (ERDF) will be available to partners in
Member States (Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sweden) and
€10.155 for partners in the Non Member States (Faroe Islands, Greenland,
Iceland, Norway).
A
percentage of 60% of the funding is available for projects applying under
Priority 1 and 40% for projects under Priority 2.
Euregio
Karelia Neighbourhood programme
The
Neighbourhood programmes operates at the external borders of the European Union.
It aims at promoting sustainable economic and social development and good
neighbourhood in the border areas. The neighbourhood programmes replace the
former Interreg III A and Tacis CBC programmes.
Finland
has four neighbourhood programmes, three of them focusing on the Russian
border. The Finnish regions of Kainuu, North Karelia and
Oulu
and the
Karelian
Type
Republic
have a joint neighbourhood programme, the Euregio Karelia Neighbourhood
programme, which supports economic and social cross-border cooperation in the
area of the Russian border. In business activities also the city of
St Petersburg
and the areas of
Leningrad
,
Murmansk
and
Archangel
can be cooperation areas. Also actors from the Finnish regions of Lapland and
North Savo
can participate in the projects of the Euregio Karelia Neighbourhood programme.
European
Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
This
programme was designed to target sustainable development and approximation to EU
policies and standards - supporting the agreed priorities in the ENP Action
Plans (as well as the Strategic Partnership with
Russia
, which was previously also covered by the TACIS programme.
ENPI
Eastern Regional: People to People 1.1.2007 – 31.12.2010 for EU countries and
Ukraine
,
Belarus
,
Moldova
,
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
and
Russia
- has
been developed to enhance cooperation between people and civil society
organizations from different countries in the region, and between them and the
EU – civil society organizations at regional and sub-regional levels.
The
Programme Kolarctic ENPI CBC
is one of the EU’s new ENPI financing instruments, which are going to be
implemented on the EU’s external borders during the programme period 2007 –
2013. Kolarctic ENPI CBC promotes cross-border co-operation on a
programme area that includes the northern parts of
Finland
,
Sweden
and
Norway
and a large area of North-West
Russia
. The programme will be implemented by financing projects, by which
organisations can develop their own activities with cross-border partners. The
Regional Council of Lapland works as the administrative authority of Kolarctic
ENPI CBC Programme.
Karelia
(Republic of Karelia, Finland: Kainuu, North Karelia,
Oulu
regions
Southeast
Finland –
Russia
,
Leningrad
oblast,
City of St. Petersburg
,
Finland
Baltic
Sea Regional Program 2007-2013 – Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Nothern parts of Germany,
Norway, Northwestern regions of Russia (Republic of Karelia, City of St.
Petersburg, Murmansk, Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Kaliningrad and Archangel
Counties, Nenets District and Belarus, Estonia/Latvia/Russia and
Lithuania/Poland/Russia -
Kaliningrad
3.
Arctic Cooperation
Barents
Euro-Arctic Council
The
Barents cooperation was formally established in 1993. The Barents cooperation is
organized on two level. The Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) operates on
government level and the Regional Council on regional level.
Finland
acted as chair of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council from November 10, 2005 to
autumn 2007.
Russian Federation
is chairing the BEAC for the following two year period 2007-2009. The priority
of the Russian Chairmanship will be to ensure sustainable development in the
Barents Region with emphasis on social and economic factors, linking it closely
to the compliance with environmental requirements, and also to support for the
indigenous peoples. The purpose of
the Barents Cooperation is to strengthen east-west infrastructure, establish
people-to-people contacts and thereby contribute to the economic, cultural and
social development of the Region.
Norwegian
Barents Secretariat
The
cooperation between
Norway
and the Barents region of
Russia
:
The
Norwegian Barents Secretariat's funding programme
The
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has placed regional funds at the disposal
of the Barents Secretariat. The Secretariat gives financial support to the
Norwegian-Russian Joint Venture Project in the Barents Region, or to Norwegian
and Russian participation in multilateral projects in the region. The Barents
Secretariat’s funds are granted for project collaboration within five areas of
priority:
1)
Industrial and commercial development
2)
Competence/education (all levels)
3)
Environment
4)
Welfare/culture
5)
Indigenous peoples
6)
Democracy
The
Finnish Barents Secretariat
The
Finnish Barents Secretariat operates in Rovaniemi, by the Regional Council of
Lapland. It has been started in cooperation with Lapland,
Oulu
and Kainuu Regions. The establishment of the national secretariats to every
Barents country is part of the reorganization of the Barents cooperation.
New EU
programmes support moving to the new phase. The responsibility of these is
mainly on the regions of
Finland
. In the Northern Dimension policy Barents cooperation and European
Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) have remarkable position. The
Regional Council of Lapland administers ENPI Kolarctic programme and Oulu Region
administers
Karelia
programme.
Barents
Institute
Related to
its main business of research the Barents Institute takes an interest in
cultural issues. The regional cultural interest is well established in the
Barents north. It has been successful in bringing people together crossways
borders and language barriers for planning and collaborating on common projects
such as: exchanging visits of musician and artists, organisations of sports
tournaments, learning from each other on handicraft, and in reviving and
sustaining folk and indigenous culture.
3.
Baltic Sea
Cultural Cooperation
Council
of the
Baltic States
BEN-EAST
project (2007–2008) aims at accelerating the transfer of knowledge and
experience of cross-border cooperation using the BEN project’s potential. It
wants to increase the triple-helix partnership and the dialogue within each of
the triple-helix sectors, and to make activities of cross-border cooperation
structures/Euroregions in
Russia
and
Belarus
more visible. The Lead Partner of the BEN-EAST project is the Nordic Council of
Ministers Information Office in
St. Petersburg
. The project joins together 13 partners from 3 countries (
Belarus
,
Lithuania
,
Russia
) – who are partly also project partners of the original BEN project.
For
the BENefit of Cross-Border Cooperation in the
Baltic Sea
Region
In 2007,
the BEN project was complemented by the BEN-EAST project (2007–2008) aiming at
accelerating the transfer of knowledge and experience about cross-border
cooperation using the BEN project’s potential, to increase the triple-helix
partnership and the dialogue within each of the triple-helix sectors, and to
make activities of cross-border cooperation structures/Euroregions in
Russia
and
Belarus
more visible. The Lead Partner of the BEN-EAST project is the Nordic Council of
Ministers Information Office in
St. Petersburg
. The project joins together 13 partners from 3 countries (
Belarus
,
Lithuania
,
Russia
) – who are partly also project partners of the original BEN project.
Ars
Baltica
ARS
BALTICA is a network, which has been connecting the
Baltic Sea
states in a cultural cooperation since 1991. Created on the initiative of the
Ministries of Culture of the Baltic Sea Region, the network maintains tight
links with the Council of the Baltic Sea States (the CBSS).
Member countries are
Denmark
,
Estonia
,
Finland
,
Latvia
,
Lithuania
,
Norway
,
Poland
,
Russia
,
Sweden
.
National
funding channels
Frame
Fund
FRAME
stands for Finnish Fund for Art Exchange and provides services as well as acts
as an expert body in international exchanges relating to the visual arts. It
gathers and disseminates information in relation to Finnish contemporary art.
FRAME works both on collaborative projects with Finnish or international
partners and also independently produces contemporary visual art projects,
exhibitions and publications.
FRAME
Visitors' Programme invites dozens of foreign curators, critics, art historians
and scientists to
Finland
every year, which is an efficient way of expanding the international contact
network and exchanges. FRAME was established in 1992 and works within the
Finnish Fine Arts Academy Foundation and is primarily funded by the Finnish
Ministry of Culture.
The map
included is of all grants and projects FRAME has supported in 2007 and 2008.
ESEK -
THE FINNISH PERFORMING MUSIC PROMOTION CENTRE
The
promotial activities are mainly funded using those remuneration funds of
performers and phonogram producers, which on the basis of international
reciprocity agreements, can be used for national promotional activies. Funds
from the levy on private copying are also used for promotional activities. The
main areas of ESEK promotion are
1) the
support for Finnish phonogram production/phonogram production with Finnish
artists
2) Support
for live music projects with Finnish artists, both in
Finland
and abroad
3) Support
for production of audiovisual music programmes about Finnish artists or Finnish
composers
The
Foundtion for the Promotion of Finnish Music (LUSES)
The
Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music (LUSES) was established in
1970 to promote and support the composition of music either by Finnish
citizens or by composers permanently resident in
Finland
. From 1971 to 1994 it maintained the Finnish Music Information Centre
(FIMIC); in 1995 FIMIC was annexed to the Finnish Composers’ Copyright
Society, Teosto. Since then LUSES has concentrated mainly on the
distribution of grants.
Suggestions
for future
The
mapping of this area has showed the activity on the field and as stated
previously this report only scratches the surface of all available data. For
instance the Barents region and the
Russia
related projects were not mapped out here due to lack of time.
Suggestions
for future mapping projects are as follows to name but a few possibilities:
1) A
continued mapping of projects in the
Northern Dimensio
n area initially mapping out the international sources, then continuing to
national sources including major funds such as the Finnish Cultural Fund,
Swedish Cultural Fund and so forth in each member state.
2) An
analysis of the currently mapped out materials bankability and potential as well
as the creation of concrete project examples determining the actions for a
project to become bankable,. This in order to help the work of for instance
ProductID="Marianne Mller"
Marianne Möller
in concretising the NDPC idea to potential cultural actors developing possible
future projects.
3)
Sector specific data analysis and continued project and business/organisation
mapping
References
Nordic
Resort (Artist-in-Residence pro-gramme
for Nordic performing artists),
www.scenerum.org (Digital working platform
for Nordic performing artists)
http://www.nordiskkulturfond.org
http://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/
http://www.northernperiphery.eu
2007-2013
http://www.northernperiphery.net
2000-2006
http://www.euregiokarelia.fi/files/List%20Of%20Projects.doc
http://ec.europa.eu/world/enp/funding_en.htm
http://www.barentsinfo.org/?deptid=15507
http://www.barentsobserver.com/
http://www.barents.fi/?DeptID=24531
http://www.barentsinstitute.org/cultural-exchange.373663-40911.html
http://musex.fi/mxf/player/links/grants
Presentation 0909 » (pdf)
TC Transnational Fund Culture 2000 » (pdf)
Northern Periphery programme » (pdf)
NICE Creative Industries » (pdf)
Interreg III B Baltic » (pdf)
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