On behalf of the Arterial Network and our partner Africalia, it is with pleasure that we congratulate the following organisations whose decentralisation projects have been awarded funding;

1. Dance into Space Foundation (Kenya)

2. Dhow Countries Music Academy (Tanzania)

3. Bushfire Festival (Swaziland)

4. Nanzikambe Arts and Development (Malawi)

5. Festival de Théâtre de la Fraternité (Togo)

6. Projet de Decentralisation Des Produits Culturels Dans Les Villes Secondaires de la Province du Kongo- Central (DRC)

Any organisations not listed above were not successful.

Call for Decentralisation Projects

In association with one of its funding partners, Africalia, Arterial Network hereby calls for applications for support for projects that decentralise access to African creative goods and service.

By "decentralisation", is meant
a. touring products or disseminating creative goods and services beyond the major centres of a particular country to second cities or rural areas;
b. touring creative products or disseminating goods and services from one country to another country or to a number of countries i.e. building regional markets, which at the same time facilitates exchange and/or collaboration between different artists;
c. providing access to the arts to people, communities or marginalised groups who may not traditionally have access to these.

Essentially, it's about building new audiences or markets on the one hand, and on the other, realising Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that affirms the right of everyone to participate in, and have access to the arts.

The maximum grant will be in the region of 12 000 Euros and should be regarded not as the sole support for the project, but to catalyse further funding if required. The project must be completed by 30 November 2011, although, hopefully, it will leave a legacy beyond that time.

We will seek to ensure that there is at least one project per African region, but ultimately, the best projects - those that most show the potential to realise the manifold aims - will be selected.

Only registered members of Arterial Network may apply.


Please send applications to info@arterialnetwork.org by 26 November 2010.