Anhar: Culture and Climate Platform begins with a three-tiered open request for projects that meaningfully connect with the climate emergency. Individual artists, collectives, and cultural organisations based in eligible MENA countries are invited to submit suggestions.
It builds on findings and important priorities from the Culture and Climate Summit, a two-day workshop and seminar exploring culture’s role in addressing the climate emergency, jointly organised by Art Jameel and the British Council in March 2023. It is specifically designed to diversify and increase support for practitioners in the Arab world.
Programme Objective
The program’s objectives are to:
- Assist artists creating cultural initiatives that address the climate issue, spread knowledge, and encourage participation. A
- ssist cultural groups with the renovation of premises for the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency, as well as the installation of procedures meant to monitor and cut waste and carbon emissions.
- Encourage innovative and imaginative methods of producing culture that prioritise intersectional, local, and community-based viewpoints.
- Build a regional network of cultural practitioners involved in the climate emergency while promoting peer-to-peer exchange, meaningful connections, international cooperation, and multidisciplinary work.
Programme Levels
Three award levels are available through the Anhar: Culture and Climate Platform.
- Tier 1: To lone artists and groups engaged in concepts and projects pertaining to climate change.
- Tier 2: to assist cultural organisations in lowering their waste and carbon footprints by creating and putting into action a decarbonization plan that includes investments in renewable energy infrastructure and material works.
In order to establish a large-scale artistic response to the climate emergency. - Tier 3 supports partnerships between UK and MENA artists, collectives, networks, and/or cultural organisations; at least part of the project must take place in a MENA nation.
Financial Details
- Tier 1: Gives out grants between $1,000 and $5,000 ($1,000 and $6,000).
- Tier 2: Gives out grants between £5,000 and £10,000, or $12,000 and £6,000.
- Grants of £25,000 to £50,000 ($30,500 to $70,000) are awarded in Tier 3.
Eligibility criteria
- Tier 1 for artists and collectives working on climate-related projects requires applicants to be based in an eligible country, demonstrate local creative community commitment, demonstrate integrity of purpose, and prioritize sustainable practices. If applicants have received previous British Council funding, this application must be a new, unrelated proposal.
- Tier 2 of the British Council’s decarbonisation strategy is open to cultural organisations aiming to reduce their carbon and waste footprint. Eligible countries include Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen. Applicants must demonstrate commitment to local creative communities and have completed at least two years of public operation.
- Tier 3 funding is available for collaborations between UK and MENA artists, collectives, networks, and cultural organizations aiming to develop large-scale artistic responses to the climate emergency. Eligible countries include Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Applicants must demonstrate active participation in local creative communities, integrity of purpose, originality of thinking, and at least two years of public operation. Independent MENA-based organizations can apply for both Tier 2 infrastructure grants and consortium partners.
Click here to apply.
https://artjameel.org/sustainability/anhar-culture-climate-platform/
Application deadline.
15 December 2023
