The European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Hivos (the Dutch Humanist institute for cooperation with developing countries), the Open Society Institute (OSI), and Foundations in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, have made a fund available for cultural cooperation projects in and with South East Europe.
The BIFC is managed within the ECF's grants programme and follows its guiding principles but with a special focus on the Western Balkans. The deadlines are aligned with the ECF grants programme.
All applicants are asked to create an online profile of their organisation on rhiz.eu, our new intercultural internet community for all those active in arts and culture.
For more information on Hivos, the Open Society Institute and the other supporting Foundations please check their websites: