The International Visegrad Fund is an international organization based in Bratislava founded by the governments of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries—the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, and the Slovak Republic—formed with the purpose to facilitate and promote the development of closer cooperation among V4 countries (and of V4 countries with other countries, especially but not exclusively non-EU member states in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus) through grant support of common cultural, scientific and educational projects, youth exchanges, cross-border projects and tourism promotion, and through individual mobility programs (scholarships, residencies).
Projects financed within Standard Grants should fall within one of the following six categories:
- cultural cooperation,
- scientific exchange and research,
- education,
- youth exchange,
- cross-border cooperation or
- promotion of tourism.
With the exception of cross-border cooperation, entities from at least three Visegrad Group (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) must be involved (e.g., a V4 organizer and at least two V4 partners); it is advised, however, to include partners from all V4 countries. Any organization or natural person in the world (with the exception of institutions directly funded from state budgets) is eligible for the funding provided that the proposed project has “Visegrad” features.
Deadline: 15 September 2012.
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