Culture Moves Europe Call for Residency Hosts

The residency project should pursue two of the following objectives:

• Explore: conduct research, to investigate and work on a specific theme or a new concept.
• Create: engage in a collective creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic/cultural work.
• Learn: enhance the participants’ competences and skills through for example through collaboration with a specialist.
• Connect: develop a professional network, to strengthen the participants’ professional development, to engage with new audiences.
• Transform: contribute to societal change in line with the New European Bauhaus values and principles.

Legal entities that:

• are registered and based in one of the Creative Europe countries, including the overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
• have the capacity to host the proposed residency project with artists and cultural professionals from other Creative Europe countries
• regardless of being a newly or well-established entity, applicants must be active in one of the eligible sectors: architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts, and visual arts.

Location of the residency

• Your residency project must be implemented only in the Creative Europe country where your legal entity is registered and based.
• You should define a main geographical location (e.g. city or village) where the residency is implemented and where the residents are accommodated. However, you can also implement a part of the residency in other locations within the same country (including temporary accommodation there), if this is necessary to achieve the residency’s objectives and is clearly justified in the application.
• The residency project must take place in a country where there is no serious threat to safety and security.

Duration

• The duration refers to the number of days of implementing the residency project with the residents. It does not include the
  host’s preparation days before the start, or the residents’ travel days to and from the residency location.
• The residency duration can range between 21 and 90 days. Based on the number of days, the residency can be categorised as short-term (21 to 31 days), medium-term (32 to 62 days) or long-term (63 to 90 days).
• The implementation of your residency must be in one continuous period; it cannot be uninterrupted and split into two or more separate phases.
• All residents must be present for the entire duration of the residency. Their period of stay cannot be interrupted.

Services and activities

• Your legal entity must provide adequate working space equipped with the necessary material, tools, and equipment for the implementation of the residency project.
• You must provide the residents with appropriate and safe accommodation, either on your premises or at an externally rented location.
• The residency must include at least one mentor (with no limit in number) who is a staff member or collaborator of the legal entity. The mentor should provide artistic guidance to the residents and must have expertise related to the residency. There
  are no restrictions regarding the mentor’s nationality or place of legal residence.

Hosted artists and cultural professionals (the residents):

• Invited artists and cultural professionals must legally reside in a Creative Europe country other than the host’s country, regardless of nationality.
• They must be 18+ years old. There is no upper age limit.
• You may host between 1 and 5 residents.
• Residents can can be emerging or established artists and/or cultural professionals from all educational backgrounds and levels of experience.
• The earliest start for a residency project is 8 June 2026.

The residency grant offers financial support to the host and each resident.

• Support for the host:
  • Hosting allowance €50 per day, per resident.
  • Accessibility support (if applicable).
  • A fixed amount of €375, €675 or €1.200, based on the residency duration category, to help cover possible extra costs related to the resident’s accessibility needs.
• Support for each resident:
  • Daily allowance €30 per day, per resident.
  • Travel allowance: €400-> for travel distances under 5000 km; €800-> for travel distances from 5000 km. The travel distance is calculated automatically in the application form, based on a one-way straight line.
• Additional funding, if applicable:
  • Top-ups:
    • Green mobility top-up: €400
    • Overseas countries and territories / Outermost regions top-up: €175
    • Family top-up: €200 per child
    • Visa top-up: €120
  • Accessibility support:
    • A fixed amount of €375, €675 or €1.200, based on the duration of the project.
    • Financial support for personal assistance or sign language interpretation.
    • The possibility to request air travel for distances below 600 km.

• A concept for a residency project to host between 1 and 5 residents. It should follow 2 of these objectives: to learn, to create, to explore, to connect, or to transform.
• The capacity to implement the residency project and provide adequate accommodation and workspaces.
• At least one mentor to provide artistic guidance to the residents
• Supporting documents:
  • Proof of legal entity
  • Legal entity’s artistic portfolio or promotional report
  • Mentors’ short Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • If the application is selected and passes to Phase 2, applicants must submit a residency info card with information about each chosen resident. This includes their official national identification, short Curriculum Vitae (CV), artistic and creative portfolio, and proof of legal residence.