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🚨 Our Africa-Europe Spaces of Culture call for proposals is now open! Explore the full call document for details on eligibility, evaluation criteria, and how to apply. ✨ Projects must be co-developed through a partnership between: • Local cultural or civil society actors • EUNIC members • An EU Delegation 🤝 Start connecting with potential partners now! Partnerships and project concepts should be initiated before 30 April. Don’t forget to check out the guidance pack and join our upcoming webinar for tips and support on applying.

Our new publication featuring the 21 projects supported by the EUNIC Cluster Fund in 2025 is now online! 🌍 The interactive publication includes project highlights, visuals, key statistics, and inspiring stories of creative collaborations between EUNIC clusters and local partners around the world. We’re excited to see even more EUNIC cultural relations projects come to life throughout the year. ✨ Discover the publication on our website!

EUNIC Focal Points & Nordic-Baltic Cluster Meeting in Helsinki - hosted by @instituutit . 🇫🇮🇪🇺 We brought together over 40 European cultural relations professionals from cultural institutes and ministries of foreign affairs and culture, including representatives from EUNIC clusters across the Nordic and Baltic regions. We gathered at @hanaholmen.kulttuurikeskus — the perfect backdrop for meaningful exchange. As a Swedish-Finnish cultural centre with deep, lived experience of geopolitics, it stands as a powerful symbol of cooperation. 🤝 Surrounded by nature, we explored key topics shaping our work today: culture and climate action, culture and security, and responding to evolving national political contexts. We heard insights from EUNIC clusters and discussed how to strengthen collaboration in the region, with valuable contributions from @nordiskkulturkontakt and @ndpculture . Helsinki’s unique geopolitical position made it an especially relevant setting to go deeper into the links between cultural relations, security, and resilience during a panel discussion at Helsinki City Hall, featuring contributions from experts at @mfafinland , @helsinki , @ndpculture , and @turvallisuuskomitea . 💬 A sincere thank you to @instituutit for co-organising with @eunicglobal and for hosting such an inspiring meeting. 👏

Last week DutchCulture hosted fellow cultural professionals Shannon Latoyah Simon from @britishcouncil , Reem Fouad from @eunicinegypt and Christina Buck-Rieder from @ifa.de to exchange on “the project of flourishing” through decolonising institutions within the framework of @eunicglobal ‘s Mobility Scheme.🔵 Our programme started at @domo.culture , where Jacomine Hendrikse, DutchCulture’s advisor on European heritage, reflected on how Dutch institutions relate to the creative sectors of the six Caribbean islands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. We also explored funding strategies with @princeclausfund and @cultural.emergency.response to prioritise local knowledge and reduce language barriers while staying open to feedback. Then at @wereldmuseum.amsterdam Wayne Modest reminded us that restitution is not the finish line. Decolonisation must happen in the world, not just in collections. Extraction takes both objects and knowledge. Marian Duff, Manu Drenthem Soesman and Evelyn Imafidon at @oscamonline showed how to build a transformative space rooted in community and youth voices. Julie Nederkoorn of @moviesthatmatterfestival and Phaedra Haringsma of @decorrespondent shared how solidarity bonds activist storytellers and why international support is a lifeline for those at risk, while looking over Rotterdam at Nieuwe Instituut. We finalised the programme at @moezeum , an initiation of @a_wake.world , and heard from Shirin Mirachor on how they built connections between the SWANA diaspora and Rotterdam locals through humor, food and quiet acts of resistance. Reem and Shannon were also able to attend Rewire Festival in The Hague, and visited the ‘Proximity Music — The Ongoing Hum’ exhibition. After a discursive week, the humming and ambient soundscapes spread across The Hague offered exactly the right kind of ending, one you don’t analyse but simply inhabit. 🌿 We thank our visiting colleagues once again for their contributions, spirit and open minds. #EUNICMobilityScheme #DecolonisingCulturalRelations #EUNIC #FairCollaboration

Last night at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome! @witsdigitaldome The ACF is so proud to have supported the EUNIC Spaces of Culture project 2025 -2026 „Immersive Africa: Bridging Continents Through Digital Creativity!“ Local partners: @tshimologongprecinct @witsdigitaldome @prohelvetia_johannesburg @inkakendzia @xabisovili @habitatxr EUNIC member partners @eunicglobal @if_officiel @goetheinstitut_southafrica EU Delegation to South Africa

What does resilience mean for cultural relations in times of growing uncertainty, crisis and constant change? 💭 This was the question we explored with senior colleagues of EUNIC members in Prague during our Knowledge Sharing Workshop, hosted by @ceskacentra and co-led by @ifa.de . In a rapidly changing world, both on a domestic and international level, EUNIC and its members remain focused on a shared mission: sustaining international cultural exchange and strengthening democracy and open societies through our collective work. In Prague, we reflected on the evolving political landscape in Europe and beyond, exchanged perspectives on key challenges, and explored how we can respond more effectively together. 🤝 💬 “International cultural relations play a vital role in supporting freedom of art and culture and in safeguarding an open civil society. Now more than ever, stronger European collaboration is needed.” - Hanna Lämsä, Director, Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes. On behalf of the EUNIC team, our members, and all participants, a heartfelt thank you to @ceskacentra for their hard work in hosting this important workshop. 👏

We were delighted to welcome colleagues from the European Union National Institutes for Culture to Arts Council Malta for a dynamic few days of exchange, collaboration, and discovery as part of the Mobility Scheme Malta 🇲🇹 Over three days, we hosted four guests from fellow EUNIC member organisations, sharing insights into our work, discussing cultural strategies, and exploring opportunities for future collaboration. The programme also included visits to some of Malta’s leading cultural spaces, including St John's Co Cathedral and the Malta Biennale, offering a closer look at the vibrant creative scene in Valletta and beyond. From meaningful discussions to inspiring cultural visits, this exchange highlighted the importance of international cooperation in strengthening the arts and cultural sector. We look forward to continuing these conversations and building lasting connections across the EUNIC network 🤝✨ #ArtsCouncilMalta #EUNIC #CulturalExchange #Malta #Valletta #MobilityScheme

🚨 New call for proposals! We have launched Spaces of Culture 2026, supporting new cultural relations projects in Sub-Saharan Africa 🌍 💶 Grants up to EUR 50,000 📅 Apply by 21 June 2026 🔗 Find out more about the call for proposals on our website!

“Communication is essential for meaningful system change.” @danishculturalinstitute and @eunicglobal brought together communications leaders from across Europe for a workshop on strategic communication for cultural relations organisations. 👏 From storytelling in complex information spaces and navigating international networks to the growing impact of AI, one thing is clear: communication is more than support, it’s strategy. 2 days, 11 cultural relations organisations, 14 colleagues, and a shared commitment to strengthening how we communicate our work. ✨ We closed our programme with a visit to an inspiring creative and civic space - @thoravej29 - that brings cultural collaboration across sectors to life. Thanks to our hosts, speakers and participants for the openness, insights and energy throughout. 🫶

If we want to build more just and prosperous societies, empowering women is essential. 👏 International Women’s Day, celebrated every year on 8 March, has been observed for over a century. It is a global day recognising the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - and a reminder of the work still needed to advance gender equality. To mark IWD, we spoke with members of our currently all-women Board of Directors to explore the role international cultural relations play in advancing the rights, lives, and experiences of women and girls. 📷 Photos are taken from EUNIC-supported cultural relations projects around the world.

𝐃𝐢́𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Del 2 al 4 de marzo, el cluster EUNIC Madrid y el Instituto Cervantes recibieron a algunos representantes de instituciones culturales europeas en el marco del programa Mobility Scheme 2026, una iniciativa que fomenta el intercambio de experiencias y buenas prácticas entre miembros de la red EUNIC. Los participantes fueron Marika Goldman, consejera cultural en la Embajada de Estonia en Londres; Sybilla Britani, Cluster Network Manager en el EUNIC Global Office (Bruselas); Judith Mirschberger, directora del Goethe-Institut en Estocolmo; Kiros Langston, English and School Education Cluster Lead para el Magreb en el British Council (Túnez); Kristýna Halounová, directora de los Czech Centres en Bruselas; y Tereza Kazdová, coordinadora de programas en el Slovak Institute en Praga. Durante su estancia, los participantes asistieron a la reunión mensual del cluster EUNIC Madrid, participaron en sesiones de trabajo con distintos departamentos del Instituto Cervantes y visitaron varias instituciones culturales de referencia en la ciudad. Entre ellas, la Fundación Canal, donde fueron recibidos por Mar Osorio, directora de Relaciones Institucionales, y realizaron una visita guiada junto a su equipo. En el Círculo de Bellas Artes, el grupo fue recibido por su director Valerio Rocco Lozano, quien presentó la amplia actividad de la institución. Los participantes también pudieron disfrutar de las exposiciones y performances organizadas con motivo del centenario del Círculo. El programa incluyó asimismo una visita al Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque, donde el director Jorge Volpi y el equipo de programación compartieron la visión cultural del centro, sus instalaciones y su oferta artística. El programa fue coordinado por Isabel Valladolid, por parte del Instituto Cervantes, y Maria Floarea Pop, directora del Instituto Cultural Rumano y actual presidenta del cluster EUNIC Madrid. #EUNICMadrid #EunicGlobal #MobilityScheme

👾KOUMAN a traversé Yamoussoukro, Abidjan, Bouaké et Korhogo, révélant des talents, des voix et des idées qui résonnent à travers chaque étape. Un voyage créatif au cœur de la Côte d’Ivoire. 🎤✨ Porté par le Goethe-Institut Côte d’Ivoire et soutenu par EUNIC dans le cadre de l’initiative GamesConnect Africa, KOUMAN continue d’inspirer, de former et de donner un espace d’expression aux jeunes. Un immense merci à tous nos partenaires, institutions, écoles et équipes techniques qui rendent KOUMAN possible à chaque étape. Votre soutien donne vie à ce projet. 🌟 Découvrez le récap complet via le lien en bio. EN : 👾KOUMAN traveled through Yamoussoukro, Abidjan, Bouaké, and Korhogo, revealing talents, voices, and ideas that resonate at every stage. A creative journey to the heart of Côte d'Ivoire. 🎤✨ Led by the Goethe-Institut Côte d'Ivoire and supported by EUNIC as part of the GamesConnect Africa initiative, KOUMAN continues to inspire, educate, and provide a space for young people to express themselves. A huge thank you to all our partners, institutions, schools, and technical teams who make KOUMAN possible at every stage. Your support brings this project to life. 🌟 Check out the full recap via the link in bio.