“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає”: Open-call for jury for evaluation applications for grants

“Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” is an EU co-funded project aimed at assisting people who have been forced to move to safer regions of Ukraine or abroad because of the Russia’s war in Ukraine. The project provides grant support to cultural managers and organisations that help displaced people integrate into new communities through culture. “Culture Helps” focus on (displaced) cultural professionals and organisations that can enable this process. Implemented by Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE).

“Culture helps / Культура допомогає” have launched it first grant calls in May-June. Each grant call received more than 500 applications, which were evaluated through nominated by Insha Osvita jury members. We would like to extend our pool of jury, who can work on the evaluation of next grant calls for individual and project grants. You can join the team, evaluating applications for individual, project grants or both types of grants.

The Individual grants program focuses on support of mental health of individuals. Cultural workers and activists, working with people who have been forced to move to safer regions of Ukraine or Creative Europe countries because of the Russia’s war in Ukraine, can receive financial support to take care of their mental health or wellbeing (for example: pay for a therapist or a stay in a health resort, take a course an art-therapy, etc.) The program aims to draw attention to the importance of mental health in cultural managers’ work.

Facts on evaluation of Individual grants program:

One application is evaluated by 3 jury members.
Each jury member works independently in a separate Excel spreadsheet, evaluating applications according to criteria, described in the call.
Dates of evaluation from 3, August till 28, August.
Language of the application – Ukrainian or English.
We expect from 50 to 65 applications for 1 jury member. The general volume of the text of one application is around 1 page, A4 format.
Information on jury members is communicated publicly on Insha Osvita and zusa webpages and social media
Fee for the evaluation is 4000 UAH.

The project grants program offers support for cultural organisations that emphasize work with people, who have been forced to move to safer regions of Ukraine or Creative Europe countries because of the Russia’s war in Ukraine. The project idea must be focused on displaced people or refugees, facilitation of their integration into new contexts through culture. Additional efforts should be put into involving families and children in the project activities. The proposed activities can have a form of workshops, co-creation processes, educational projects, art therapy or similar.

Facts on evaluation of project grants program:

One application is evaluated by a board of 3 jury members.
Each jury member works independently in a separate Excel spreadsheet, evaluating applications according to criteria, described in the call.
Dates of evaluation, from – November 2023, will be determined exactly dates closer to the starting.
Language of the application – Ukrainian or English.
We expect 50–65 applications for 1 jury member. The general volume of the applications is around 5 pages A4.
Information on jury members is communicated publicly on Insha Osvita and zusa webpage and social media.
Fee for the evaluation is 6000 UAH.

Qualification, skills and experience required from jury members:

Strong connections with the cultural community: professionals which provide and realize culture activities.
Experience in cultural management or management in NGO field or independent artists initiatives.
Experience in writing project applications.
Understanding of project and/or cultural management processes and impacts of implementing projects to the cultural sector and target group in Culture helps program.
Ukrainian and English language level should be no lower than B1.

Application and timeline:

Please, fill out the application form via link. Deadline for applications is July 16, 2023, 23:59 Kyiv time.
Applications can be submitted only in English.
The list of jury for both types of grant calls will be announced not later than July 27, 2023.

If you have any clarification, please, contact with us by email culture_helps@insha-osvita.org