The €4.4 million Cultural Exchange Fund has been established under the EEA and Norway Grants to strengthen cultural ties between Poland and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
The fund is supported with a €4 million grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and €0.4 million from the Polish government.
Grants are awarded to cultural projects carried out in partnership between Polish players and entities from the donor states. The cooperation activities can be within the fields of music and performing arts, cultural heritage, plastic and visual arts, or literature and archives.
Project proposals can be submitted to the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage until 30 November 2009. All projects supported under the fund are required to have partners from Iceland, Lichtenstein or Norway. The application needs to be submitted by a Polish entity.
Further information is available in the open call text and at the Cultural Exchange Fund website.