Registry of received applications for the programme “Creating an Innovative Cultural Product”

On March 1st , the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation closed applications for one of the six competition programmes "Creating an Innovative Cultural Product", which supports individual, national, international projects and targets all sectors except audiovisual. In total, 550 project applications were received.

By the number of applications submitted, the Kyiv region is leading with 213 projects. Also, among the leaders are Lviv (49), Kharkiv (28), and Rivne (21) regions. The same number of applications came from Dnipropetrovsk, Zakarpattia – 19. 18 applications were received from Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernihiv regions. Cultural and creative industries is on the first place among the sectors, followed by the cultural heritage, literature and publishing.

The technical selection of applications has begun. Applications that meet the technical criteria of competition will be submitted to the experts for evaluation. We remind that this year, each project will be reviewed by experts from the according sector of the Expert Council, as well as the Financial and Communications Councils. The highest possible sum score of the evaluation is 300. Projects that will score more than 210 points will qualify for funding from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. The next steps will be negotiation procedures, decision on financing and signing of a Grant Agreement.

The closest deadlines of other programmes are:

March 17 - "Training. Exchanges. Residences. Debuts”

March 22 – “Prominent Events”, “Ukrainian Cultural Monitor”, "Strengthening the Capacity of the Ukrainian Audiovisual Sector".