Organizer Information
ZMINA:Resilience is co-organized by three institutions co-funded through the EU Creative Europe Programme: IZOLYATSIA (Ukraine), Malý Berlín (Slovakia), and Trans Europe Halles (Sweden).
IZOLYATSIA is a non-profit platform for cultural initiatives, founded in 2010 in Donetsk. Following Russia's seizure of its premises in 2014 — subsequently turned into an illegal prison — it relocated to Kyiv and continues operating across Ukraine and internationally, focusing on cultural decentralization, research, and support of the cultural and creative sectors.
Malý Berlín is an independent cultural center opened in 2018 in the historic center of Trnava, Slovakia. A member of Trans Europe Halles and the Anténa network, it hosts over 300 events annually and has actively supported Ukrainian artists and cultural managers displaced by the war since 2022.
Trans Europe Halles (TEH) is a non-profit international network of over 170 independent, grassroots arts and culture centers across more than 40 countries, headquartered in Lund, Sweden. Founded in 1983, TEH specializes in repurposing abandoned buildings for arts, culture, and activism, and facilitates Creative Europe cooperation projects across the continent.
Title & Description
ZMINA:Resilience – Support for International Showcasing of Co-creation Projects
ZMINA:Resilience is a rolling open call for cultural and arts organizations seeking funding to bring co-created artistic and cultural works to wider audiences through public showcasing and presentation events. Funded projects must involve co-creations produced by partnerships that include at least one organization from Ukraine and at least one from another Creative Europe country. The call aims to maximize audience reach, visibility, sustainability, and the future showcasing potential of these works. Selected organizations are expected to actively collaborate in adapting works for new audiences — through contextualization, translation, engagement of local artists and communities, and parallel programming.
Categories
- Visual Arts
- Contemporary Art
- Performance Art
- Theatre
- Dance
- Music
- Literature
- Poetry
- Cultural Heritage
- Interdisciplinary Arts
- Community Arts
- Socially Engaged Art
- Public Art
- Design
- Architecture
- Photography
- Textile Art
- Crafts
- Cultural Research and Public Programs
- Not Eligible: Audiovisual projects (film, television, and similar audiovisual productions).
Eligibility
- Open to cultural and arts organizations registered in Creative Europe countries (EU and eligible non-EU countries)
- Ukrainian applicants must be registered in territories under the effective control of the Ukrainian government
- Applications are submitted by a single lead applicant on behalf of a consortium
- The project must involve at least two partner organizations from at least two countries, one of which must be Ukraine
- All creative and cultural sectors are eligible, except the audiovisual sector
- All partners hold equal rights and joint responsibility for submitted data and future reporting
- Registered organizations only — individual artists are not eligible to apply directly
Program Benefits & Awards
- Grant: up to €50,000 per project, covering up to 90% of total project costs
- Total strand budget: €950,000; expected 19–25 grants awarded
- 70% of funding paid upon signing the grant agreement; the remainder upon approval of the final report
- Project implementation period: up to 7 months from grant agreement signing
- Supported cost rates include: artists' working time (€75/day), international travel (€350/round trip), accommodation and subsistence (€75/night), local travel (€65/round trip), visa costs (€80), green travel support (€300)
Application Fee
None
Application Requirements
- Application form and budget completed directly on the IZOLYATSIA online platform
- For each partner organization, upload separately in PDF: signed guarantee letter (template provided on the platform), national registration documents with English translation if applicable, and current Statute or equivalent document — all pages
- For Ukrainian organizations: full extract from the Unified State Register dated after the announcement of this call, in the original language
- All materials must follow standard templates available on the platform
- Application language: English; submitted by one lead representative of the consortium
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Call announced: 15 June 2026
- Round 1 deadline: 14 September 2026, 23:59 Kyiv time
- Round 2 deadline: 14 December 2026, 23:59 Kyiv time
- Round 3 deadline: 15 March 2027, 23:59 Kyiv time
- Round 4 deadline: 14 June 2027, 23:59 Kyiv time
- Round 5 (final) deadline: 14 October 2027, 23:59 Kyiv time
- Announcement of results: approximately two months after each round deadline
- Project implementation: up to 7 months from grant agreement signing
Location
Ukraine
Additional Details
- Applicants must contribute a minimum of 10% of total project costs in monetary form (not in-kind)
- Double funding within the EU budget is not permitted
- Compliance with EU branding and visibility requirements is mandatory
- Final selection considers geographical, sectoral, and thematic diversity across the available budget
- All decisions are final; individual justifications for selection outcomes will not be provided
- Contact: hi@zmina.eu (response within 2 working days); weekly online consultations available via the platform
Relevant For
Cultural Professionals, Curators, Producers, Arts Managers. This call is open to registered organizations only, not individual artists. It is particularly suited to arts managers, producers, curators, and cultural professionals working within eligible Creative Europe organizations.