Supporting Travel for Engaged Partnerships

STEP stands for ‘Supporting Travel for Engaged Partnerships’. The STEP travel grants funding programme has been initiated and managed by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo (CdSP). STEP travel grants support creative and critical individual cultural workers who are travelling across Europe and neighbouring countries, to help foster a society with greate solidarity, equality and a stronger sense of social justice. It supports culturally active and engaged individuals for international return travels within Europe or to/from its neighbouring countries to a partner organisation for a professional cultural collaboration that serves a wider community.

Eligibility

• Applications are considered only by cultural practitioners who:
  • are at least 18 years old at the time of travel
  • have had no/few professional travel opportunities
  • are travelling to the destination country professionally for the first time
  • are collaborating with the partner organisation for the first time
  • are not currently in any other contractual agreement with ECF
• The applicant should have (at least) one committed partner organisation in the destination country that:
  • is from the independent cultural, or social sector (but working with culture)
  • is committed to engaging in reciprocal knowledge exchange and equal partnership with the applicant
  • will acknowledge the STEP support in any communication material deriving from the travel

Benefits

• Funding specification
  • Round trips within Europe and to/from its neighbouring countries are funded. All travel directions are eligible, except for travels between Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and Tunisia
• Grant Sums

*The amount of the grant sum is based on the calculation of the journey for one direction. The awarded grant,
however, is meant to cover the full round trip (both ways).

Application Process

• Only complete applications written in English by the person travelling will be considered. Applications should include
  the following:
  • a completed application form
  •  a completed budget
  •  a personal CV, including travel history (max. 2 pages)
  • a digital copy of the invitation letter(s) in English, personally addressed to the traveller, including:
    • full name, address and official logo of the partner organisation
    • a signature by the representing contact person
    • name and address of the traveller
    • acknowledgement of the collaboration
    • an activity plan for the applicant’s visit
    • an indication if, any costs will be covered by the partner organisation (cash or in-kind)
    • acknowledgement of the STEP travel grants support in any communication material deriving from the visit

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