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The Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture is a grant scheme for cross-border cultural collaboration in the Western Balkans. The BIFC Regional Hub, based in Ljubljana, provides advice to project applicants on the application criteria and application forms, and helps to find partner organisations.

The BIFC is run by the European Cultural Foundation and finances projects of collaboration among cultural organisations from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo), and their collaboration with organisations in the rest of Europe, provided that the project, in terms of content and organisation, is based in the Balkans. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Both awarded and rejected applicants will receive an answer by e-mail within four months. More about BIFC and BIFC Regional Hub.

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We provide advice on application criteria and application forms as well as on searching for partner organizations. We advise grantees on the development and realization of their projects, and on solving unexpected problems which may arise therefrom. Answers to many of your questions may also be found in useful documents and among frequently asked questions. Please contact us by telephone Mondays through Wednesdays between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., or via our online contact form. We will provide an answer within 10 days.

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May 16, 2012

Presentation of the Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture (BIFC) and Workshop on Applying for a BIFC Grant Coming to Tirana

Representatives from the BIFC Regional Hub in Ljubljana (a BIFC advice and information center) and the European Cultural Foundation office in Amsterdam (the founder and manager of the fund) are organizing a presentation about the BIFC, as well as a workshop for people who are interested in applying for BIFC grants. The event will take place on Thursday, June 12 2012, at Qendra Multifunksionale TEN, Rr.Myslym Shyri, Ish-kinema Dajti, Tirana, Albania. As there are only a limited number of spaces available for the workshop, please apply by email at: info@bifc-hub.eu by June 7, 2012. Just send us your name and the name of your organisation.

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Democratisation of the Cultural Machine: A Conversation with Vesna Čopič

Democratisation of the Cultural Machine: A Conversation with Vesna Čopič

There are few conversation partners from the field of cultural policy capable of expert analysis, constructive critique and strategic thinking all at one and the same time. Vesna Čopič is certainly one of them. A lawyer who has gained valuable experience working at various jobs and projects, among others for two Slovenian ministries and the European Council, and an assistant professor at the Faculty for Social Sciences in Ljubljana, where she teaches cultural policy and cultural management, Vesna Čopič speaks to the BIFC Hub about the current state of Slovenian culture and cultural policy, unraveling its problems, dangers, possibilities and solutions.

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