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CALL FOR PROJECTS “UNESCO-ASCHBERG PROGRAMME FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL PROFESSIONALS”

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Application Deadline: 23 February 2026 (23:59 UTC+1)

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launches a call open to governments and public institutions, as well as civil society organizations, to support initiatives aimed at protecting and promoting the status of the artist and artistic freedom.

ELIGIBILITY:

This call for projects aims to support government- and civil society-led initiatives that protect and promote the status of the artist and artistic freedom in its broad sense, as recognised by UNESCO—that is, encompassing a bundle of rights protected under international law, including:

The right to create without censorship or intimidation

The right to have artistic work supported, distributed, and remunerated

Artists’ right to freedom of movement

Artists’ right to freedom of association

The protection of the social and economic rights of artists

Everyone’s right to participate in cultural life 

To advance these rights, the call for projects offers two tracks:

TRACK 1 – FOR GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: Technical assistance to revise or design laws, regulations, policies, and measures that promote and protect the status of the artist and artistic freedom.

TRACK 2 – FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS: Financial assistance for innovative projects that advance the status of the artist and artistic freedom at the local, national, regional, or international level. These may encompass, for example, capacity building, advocacy, monitoring and research, etc.

To find out more about each of the two tracks, including the eligibility criteria, please read the call for projects document carefully.

Track 1—For Governments and Public Institutions: Project proposals under track 1 may be submitted by governments and public institutions of UNESCO member states.

Priority will be given to developing countries, those whose governmental and public institutions have not yet been supported under the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme, and projects that respond to UNESCO’s strategic priorities—Africa, gender equality, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), youth, and fostering an intersectoral approach.

Applicants should be government/public institutions whose mandate is relevant for the advancement of the status of the artist and cultural professionals and artistic freedom, for example, national ministries (Culture, Finance, Labour, Tourism, Communication, Social Affairs, etc.)

Track 2 – Financial Assistance to Civil Society Initiatives: Applicants should be local, national, regional, or international civil society organizations that operate on a not-for-profit basis.

Applicants may include: Non-governmental organizations that promote the status of the artist and artistic freedom, and associations and foundations active in the cultural and creative industries, including cultural and professional associations, Networks or unions of artists and cultural professionals, Academic institutions and research centers.

To be eligible, applicants must: Have at least two (02) years of legal existence (proof of legal registration required); Have directly implemented, over the past two years, at least one project in the cultural and creative sector (provide activity reports and financial statements for the past two years, 2023- 2024).

Priority will be given to CSOs that have not previously received support under the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme and projects that benefit artists and cultural professionals from developing countries and that respond to UNESCO’s strategic priorities—Africa, gender equality, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), youth, and fostering an inter-sectoral approach.

BENEFIT:

Track 1—For Governments and Public Institutions: Financial Support for Logistics: While technical assistance offered under track 1 is primarily expert-driven, applicants may request up to 30,000 USD in order to support the logistics of the project’s implementation (e.g., logistical organization of meetings/consultations/capacity-building activities, funding of communication activities, etc.). Applicants are therefore invited to present a preliminary budget for the planned activities, as indicated in the application form.

Track 2 – Financial Assistance to Civil Society Initiatives: Applicants may request financial support for up to USD 50,000 to implement their proposed project. This funding can cover costs directly related to project delivery

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12TH INTERNATIONAL AWARD ON SCIENTIFIC AND NATURE ILLUSTRATION ILLUSTRACIENCIA

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Application Deadline: 31.03.2025 (23:59h Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC +2).

LOCATION: Spain

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), through the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) and its Deputy Vice Presidency for Scientific Culture and Citizen Science (VACC-CSIC), and the Catalan Association of Science Communication (ACCC) organize the 12th “International Award on Scientific and Nature Illustration ILLUSTRACIENCIA”, an initiative that promotes scientific culture and scientific illustration as well as that encourages the development and knowledge of this discipline, long linked to science and scientific dissemination.

ELIGIBILITY:

This award is open to individuals and teams made up of adults 18 years old or older, regardless of their nationality and country of residence. The winners of the previous edition, the organizing committee, the members of the jury and the Illustraciencia Academy teachers are excluded from this call.

Each participant (single or team) may submit one single work, using the web form at the link www.Illustraciencia.info/participa, indicating their personal data and the details of the presented work, as well as the category in which it is registered. In the case of teams, the name and personal data of every member of the team must be indicated. It is also mandatory to indicate if Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used for the presented work.

The work must have been created between January 1st 2024 and March 31st 2025. The subject of the illustrations must be related to science or nature and the technique is free. It is mandatory to indicate if Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used for the presented work.

The size of the illustration must be uploaded at A4 (210 x 297mm) 100 DPI in RGB and it should not include any watermarks or text (except signatures, numbers, figure letters or symbols included in the art work).

The image file of the illustration should be named with the title of the proposal submitted. Example: Loligo-vulgaris.jpg

The participation form must include an informative text in Spanish, English or any other official Spanish language. In the case the text is not in Spanish, it must be provided also the corresponding Spanish version. The text must respond to the following characteristics:

The text must have an extension of 100 to 150 words.

The texts must be totally original and rigorous. The proposals which include plagiarism or a copied text from external not mentioned authors, will be excluded.

It must rigorously describe the species or elements represented and explain the scientific, informative or artistic interest with which the artwork has been created, as well as any scientific curiosity or relevant characteristic shown in the illustration.

Languages: the text may be written in Spanish, English, or any other official Spanish language. If it is not written in Spanish, the corresponding revised translation into Spanish must be included.

These requirements, as well as the quality of the texts, will be taken into consideration at the jury’s assessment.

BENEFIT:

The Illustraciencia Award will give a prize of 1,000 euros per winning work in each of the two categories, while the author of the Jury Mentions and the Mention of the public will receive a diploma. The 40 selected artworks will receive a digital accrediting certificate. 

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