Open Call | Northern European Mobility Opportunity (NEMO) Programme from the Nordic Culture Fund
What is NEMO? – Aims of the Open Call
As near neighbours, the Nordic countries, the UK and Ireland constitute a shared international space with fertile ground for creative collaborations.
However, several developments in recent years, including the pandemic, growing economic uncertainty, and the UK’s exit from the European Union, have contributed to making international working across the region more difficult. The call therefore builds on a reciprocal wish to broaden the possibilities for practitioners across the Northern European cultural scene.
The shared aims of this programme are to:
Foster international collaboration.
Develop artistic networks across the region.
Encourage more artists and arts practitioners to work confidently with international partners.
How much is available?
Who is it for?
The focus of the call is on individual artists and arts practitioners who are in the early stages of their artistic careers, reflecting our shared experience that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunity in the current climate.
Artists and arts practitioners based in the Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Åland Islands), as well as those in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) and Ireland, are eligible to apply.
Artists and arts practitioners in the Nordic countries can apply to develop a partnership or collaboration (e.g. with individuals, groups, or organisations) in one of the five nations comprising the UK and Ireland – and vice versa. All parties involved in the application must have clearly agreed on the scope of the partnership before the application is submitted.
We want to ensure that opportunities are open to all. We particularly welcome applications that reflect the full diversity of identities and communities across all partner countries.
These are the criteria for applicants to be eligible to apply:
You are an individual artist or arts practitioner resident in one of the Nordic countries, in one of the four nations of the UK, or in Ireland.
You want to work with one or more artist(s), arts practitioner(s), or an organisation that is based outside your country of residence and in one of the other eligible partner countries outlined above (artists in Nordic countries can apply to work with a partner in the UK or Ireland and vice versa).
You can only be involved in one application to this fund.
You have a bank account in your country of residence.
You have a background and track record of working as an artist or arts practitioner and can provide a CV which shows this.
You have had limited opportunities to work internationally so far in your career – this could even be your first step towards working overseas.
You are applying for a new partnership or collaboration.
You have approached the person with whom you want to work and can provide a letter to prove this.
You can complete your collaboration within one year of receiving an award.
Who cannot apply?
Organisations cannot apply – Only individuals can apply; however, organisations may be included in granted initiatives.
Individuals with an established track record of working internationally – this fund is for artists and arts practitioners in the early years of their career.
Individuals not based in, or not intending to work with, the eligible partner countries.
Students in full-time education (undergraduate or postgraduate).
Individuals planning to attend residencies abroad.
Artists’ collectives involving multiple individual artists.