Tandem Ukraine: Application Closed

• a newly developed or a more established cultural initiative, public institution, (civil society) organisation or socially engaged company?

• is it based in Ukraine or its neighbouring regions: e.g. Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Baltics or Balkans*?

(* Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey)

• develop your initiative or organisation through building international collaborations?

• explore and prototype a cultural project idea with local and international partners?

• gain professional and personal contacts to networks in Ukraine and abroad?

Tandem is a learning-by-doing-it-together programme that supports social change through cultural action. It’s a platform for project initiators to develop new skills, innovate practices and connect to international networks.

Tandem offers a space to build sustainable partnerships that  grow through shared values.

Our vision is to see networks of creative communities emerge from this programme, and our mission is to support the impact of their ongoing efforts.

The goal of the Tandem Ukraine upcoming round is to support newcomers in entering the international cultural stage and allow more experienced actors to reinvent their roles. The programme design invites you to connect locally with new and existing stakeholders, while at the same time establish lasting connections with partners on the international level.

The first Tandem meeting, the Partner Forum, provides the space and a framework for invited applicants to form cross-border collaborations (Tandems). Each Tandem will consist of between two and four partners which represent different levels of experience. One or two of the partners will be based in Ukraine and the others in a country from the neighbouring regions.

After the Partner Forum, Tandems go on a working placement, to explore and gain an insight into the local context of the partner(s) in Ukraine. With this inside knowledge, the collaboration partners will develop a joint pilot project, which will serve as a space for learning, innovation and engagement.

Tandems get the opportunity to receive funding to implement the pilot project in the framework of the programme. Throughout the year, participants meet for networking, workshops and peer-to-peer exchange.

At the end of the programme, there is a final presentation, time for reflection and the opportunity to connect with the growing Tandem network.

See how the programme works step-by-step in the FAQ document.

• representing a newly developed or a more established cultural initiative, public institution, (civil society) organisation or socially engaged company

• based in Ukraine or its neighbouring regions: e.g. Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Baltics or Balkans*

• someone who has a clear idea of what you can offer to and learn from an (international) partnership

• ready to engage in an intense international learning, reflection and innovation process that requires an open mind and flexibility

• able to provide a minimum time investment of 8 working weeks throughout the one-year-long process

• able communicate in English, Ukrainian or Russian and available to attend every program element mentioned in the timeline

For this Tandem round, it is possible to apply without a pre-established partnership, or together with an already existing local and/or international partnership. This does not influence your chance to be selected. All partners need to apply separately.

Check the FAQ document here.
We will upload a print version of the call in English and Ukrainian soon.

The application process takes 30-45 minutes.
You can fill in the application form in English. If it is easier for you, you can submit some of the questions also in Ukrainian or Russian.

Based on the quality of the application and matching potential, we select a balanced mix of up to 32 applicants for the Partner Forum.
We will inform applicants about the selection in the second week of May 2019.