German-Polish cultural exchange

Program description

To promote projects based on the German-Polish Treaty of 17 June 1991, the Federal Government provides €300,000 annually from the budget of the Minister of State for Culture. Among other things, the projects are to contribute to the preservation and cultivation of the Polish language, culture and tradition in Germany in order to deepen mutual knowledge of the cultures of the two countries through dialogue. The technical evaluation is carried out by an external and independent jury which meets twice a year.

Institution

Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)

The Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media was created in 1998 to bundle the cultural and media policy activities of the federal government in one government agency. Monika Grütters is currently the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. As the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, her responsibilities include continuously developing and improving the legal framework for the cultural and media sector through federal legislation, promoting cultural institutions and projects of national importance, promoting the cultural representation of the state as a whole in the public sphere, and promoting the cultural and media policy of the Federal Republic of Germany.cultural representation of the state as a whole in the federal capital Berlin, to represent Germany's cultural and media policy interests in various international bodies, to promote nationally significant memorial sites in memory of the victims of Nazi terrorism and, in cooperation with memorial sites and institutions, to commemorate injustice in the former GDR.

Funding types (non-commercial)

Guest Performance Funding

Topic

Europe, Integration, intercultural exchange

Target Groups

Children & Youth

Funding criteria

Applications must relate to an artistic or cultural project with nationwide relevance. Projects must have a clear German-Polish or Polish context. The projects should provide a forum for Polish culture and history in Germany. In doing so, the cultural life of Polish fellow citizens should have an integrative effect on the German cultural scene. The projects should make a significant contribution to German-Polish understanding and, if possible, be noticed in the German and Polish media.The BKM can only fund projects if there is a substantial federal interest in their implementation which cannot be fulfilled without this funding, or not to the necessary extent. Ongoing or already completed measures cannot be funded with federal funds. Therefore, the projects must not have been started before the application was submitted. In justified exceptional cases, exceptions may be permitted on application in accordance with the regulations on the early start of measures without prejudice to funding.

Application type

Download form, by mail

Funded by

Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Funding area

Germany

Funding source of the institution

federal government