Pro Helvetia supports and promotes...
Additional information, application deadlines, documentation
Discipline areas
- Visual Arts
- Film
- Music
- Literature and the humanities
- Theatre
- Dance
- Culture & Society
- International
- Inter- and Multidisciplinary Projects
Guide for Applicants 2003 (PDF file 188K)
International
Objectives
Pro Helvetia is committed to advancing efforts to bring Swiss artistic and cultural work to international audiences. Its overarching goal is to provide Swiss artists and cultural practitioners with the best possible conditions for the creation and dissemination of cultural products in an international context and to help Switzerland project a convincing international image.
To this end Pro Helvetia maintains
- an in-house agency service, which operates as a cooperation centre for federal bodies, particularly Swiss diplomatic missions;
- branch/liaison offices in Paris, Milan, Cairo, Cape Town, Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Cracow, which promote collaboration and dialogue between Swiss and foreign artists, cultural practitioners, promoters and organisations;
- the Swiss cultural programme for the advancement of local culture in south-eastern Europe and the Ukraine, with programmes and offices in Tirana, Sarajevo, Skopje, Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest and Kiev (assignment delegated by the SDC).
Activities
The International sector has a coordinating function and does not consider applications from Switzerland.
Applications from countries in which Pro Helvetia maintains branch or liaison offices
These applications must be addressed to the local branch or liaison office; they are evaluated according to the same criteria as employed at Pro Helvetia headquarters, with special attention to the additional requirements (see below). However, deadlines may differ.
Applications from countries without Pro Helvetia branch or liaison offices
These applications must be submitted to the appropriate department at Pro Helvetia headquarters. The general criteria and deadlines apply, but with the addition of the criteria listed below.
Criteria
The general Pro Helvetia criteria apply. In addition, the International sector requires the following:
- harmonisation with the interests, needs and potential of the country/countries in which the project is to take place;
- the principle of reciprocal cultural exchange;
- conception and realisation of the project in cooperation with recognised local partners.
Procedural rules
Applicants can obtain the appropriate forms from the Pro Helvetia branch and liaison offices or download under the category «Forms and information sheets». Please note the various application deadlines.
