I. IVF BUDGET RAISE
The raise of the budget of the International Visegrad Fund was officially approved by the V4 Prime Ministers on the Summit in Visegrad on 10 October 2006. From 2007 the overall budget of the Fund increases from €3.2 mil. to €5 mil.
As part of the raise of the Fund's budget, the budgets of all grant schemes and scholarship programmes are increased. Furthermore, a new program, Visegrad Artist Residency Programme, is introduced for 2007 (details further).
II. GRANT SCHEMES - OVERVIEW
II.1 Small Grants:
2007 Budget: €512,000
Deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
Supported amounts: up to €4,000 (covering max. 50% of the total budget)
II.2 Standard Grants:
2007 Budget: €2,200,000
Deadlines: March 15 and September 15
Supported amounts: from €4,001 (covering max. 50% of the total budget)
II.3 Visegrad Strategic Programme:
2007 Budget: €300,000
Deadline: February 15, May 15
Supported amounts: usually €40,000 - €200,000 (max. 50% of the total budget)
For more information and for the 2007 Strategic Program Priorities, please see
http://www.visegradfund.org/grants.html.
II.4 Artist Residency Programme:
Exchange programme for V4 artists to work in the other V4 countries (i.e. 3-month residencies in art institutions)
2007 Budget: €108,000More Mo
2007 Deadline: January 15
For more information on new grant schemes, please see the
IVF website (Grant Schemes).
III. SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 Total Budget: €1,306,000
Deadline: January 31, 2007
Both graduate and postgraduate (Master's and Doctoral)
III.1 IVF Outgoing Scholarships
The following hosting countries are eligible for the IVF Out-Going Scholarship Programme: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.
III.2 Intra-Visegrad Scholarships
Scholarships for students studying in one of the other three V4 countries.
III.3 IVF In-coming Scholarships
The following countries are eligible for the IVF In-Coming Scholarship Programme: Belarus, Croatia, Moldova, Russia and Serbia.
III.4 Ukrainian Scholarships
For students from Ukraine studying in the V4 countries.
For more information on the scholarship schemes, please see the
IVF website (Scholarships).
IV. NEW WEBSITE
On 10 October 2007, the V4 Prime Ministers officially opened the new website of the Visegrad Group. Available at
www.visegradgroup.eu, the website features the basic information about the cooperation and the V4 member states in all V4 languages and in English, and offers over 700 links to various institutions in the Visegrad countries. Also, the website contains many articles and essays concerning the history, present and the future of V4 and a unique on-line dictionary which translates among Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak and English.
V. "MEETING WITH VISEGRÁD"
On 14 November, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the International Visegrad Fund organize the first of a series of meetings with the media and representatives of NGOs which will take place from 14 o'clock in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Entrance upon reservation. The meeting will describe the concept of the Visegrad cooperation and will present the programs of the International Visegrad Fund.
Chaired by: Deputy Foreign Minister Tomáš Pojar, V4 Coordinator and Director of the Dept. of Central Europe Tomáš Kafka and Deputy Exec. Director of IVF René Kubášek
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14 November 2006, 14 o'clock |
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Hudební salónek, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Loretánské nám. 5, Praha 1 - Hradčany |
RSVP:
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mailto:jana_rathsamova@mzv.cz
(+420) 224 183 188 |
VI. APPROVED PROJECTS
In the September deadline, the Fund approved 84 projects within the Standard Grant scheme in the total value of €799,825. For a list of approved projects, please see
http://www.visegradfund.org/approved/standard2006_09.pdf.
The next deadline for Standard Grants is March 15, 2007.
Also, 25 projects within the Small Grant scheme were awarded in the total value of €97,689. For a list of approved projects, please see
http://www.visegradfund.org/approved/sgs2006_09.pdf.
The next deadline for Small Grants is December 1, 2006.
VII. CALENDAR OF SUPPORTED EVENTS IN NOVEMBER
03/11/2006 - 03/11/2006
*sittcomm.award*
/presentation/
Bratislava, SK
E-mail:
photofund@sittcomm.sk
More:
www.photofund.sittcomm.sk <http://www.photofund.sittcomm.sk>
05/11/2006 - 07/11/2006
*
The Ways to the Freedom in the Culture of Central and Eastern Europe 1956-2006*
/conference/
Poznań, PL
More:
www.kde.edu.pl <http://www.kde.edu.pl>
06/11/2006 - 23/11/2006
*Music of Today*
/workshops/
Bratislava, SK / Ostrava, CZ / Krakow, PL / Paris, F
More:
www.ocnmh.cz <http://www.ocnmh.cz>
07/11/2006 - 12/11/2006
*
5th Wroclaw Industrial Festival*
Wroclaw, PL
Contact: Tel.: +48 508 630 530
23/11/2006 - 25/11/2006
*Wind Instruments*
/International Contest/
Jastrzebie Zdroj, PL
Contact: Tel.: +48 32 476 37 05
24/11/2006 - 25/11/2006
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Visegrad Countries Perspectives on Language Policy and Language Rights in the EU*
/conference/
Bratislava, SK
More:
www.domeuropy.sk <http://www.domeuropy.sk>
25/11/2006 - 30/03/2007
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International Sculpture Symposium Project "We, You or Together"*
Oronsko, PL
For further projects, please see the
IVF website.
To download IVF or V4 logos, go to
http://www.visegradgroup.eu/main.php?folderID=1059.
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