Main aims:
Facilitating culturally diverse community life; using the positive role of art and culture in the development of an immigration-rich society
Promoting greater openness to diversity among cultural institutions; talking about immigration and cultural diversity in cultural institutions and urban society; reducing structural exclusion from cultural life
Target groups:
General public; cultural actors; political decision-makers; cultural institutions; associations; trade unions; foundations; civil society; professional artists; focus on refugees
Expected results:
Seeing the cultural diversity of the cities' societies reflected in the programmes, staff and audiences of their cultural institutions; drawing up proposals and measures for diversifying institutions and helping to foster an open society; having participating institutions share their experience and expand their skills
In the two rounds of applications in 2017 and 2018, some EU13.9 million was allocated to 39 cultural institutions: 16 museums, 13 theatres, eight libraries, one music school and one symphony orchestra; information and consultation events held in several German towns and cities in 2017 and 2018
Funding of EU13.9 million for the 2017 and 2018 rounds of applications; total funding of EU21 million for 2016 to 2024; funding for one project-related job in the cultural institution in question plus additional project funds of up to EU100,000 per institution through the German Federal Cultural Foundation - contingent on co-financing of at least EU50,000 for each institution from its own or third-party resources