CREATIVE FORCE
APPLICATION DOCUMENT: SEED FUNDING MAY 2015
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
You must answer all questions in this document for the application to be complete. The application may
not exceed 5 pages (using font size 11). NB: Please see the Guidelines at the end of this document for
explanations of the most important terms used in the application.
REGIONAL PROGRAMMME APPLIED FOR
Tick the regional programme you are applying for. Please note that you cannot submit more than
one application per regional programme.
Creative Force Eastern Europe (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).
Creative Force Western Balkans and Turkey (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia,
Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey).
Which of the following are you applying to work with? (Tick only one box.)
Culture
Media
Which of the following Creative Force programme objectives will your project contribute to?
(You may tick up to three boxes.)
A more pluralistic civil society.
Improved conditions for democratic accountability to the people.
Free and more independent media.
Stronger rights and greater respect for/recognition of vulnerable groups such as children and
LGBTQ persons as well as ethnic and religious minorities.
Greater awareness and reduced levels of discrimination and intolerance.
Women and men have increasingly equal power to shape society and their own lives.
PROJECT DETAILS
Title of the project: Answer here
Location(s): Answer here
Duration: Answer here
Sum applied for (in SEK): Answer here
Swedish Institute
Svenska institutet
Slottsbacken 10
Box 7434
SE-10391 Stockholm
Sweden
P +46 (0)8 453 78 00
[email protected]
www.si.se
www.sweden.se
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes
interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI
seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other
countries through strategic communication and exchange in
the fields of culture, education, science and business.
2 (5)
APPLICATION SUMMARY
Fill in the boxes below to briefly summarize the main information about your project.
Specific objective(s) Answer here
Partner(s)
Answer here
Target group(s)
Answer here
Final beneficiaries
Answer here
Estimated results
Answer here
Main activities
Answer here
PROJECT BACKGROUND
1. Describe the planning process of the project. How did the project idea arise? Who will be
responsible for what?
Answer here
2. Why is it relevant for the Swedish partner to take part in the project? What
knowledge/expertise will you bring to it?
Answer here
3. Why is it relevant for the local partner(s) to take part in the project? What
knowledge/expertise will they bring to it?
Answer here
PROBLEM AND TARGET GROUP ANALYSIS
4. A). What is the specific problem that the project seeks to address?
Answer here
B). Why is this problem relevant with regard to democracy or freedom of speech?
Answer here
5. Describe your target group(s) and explain why you have chosen to target it/them specifically?
Answer here
Swedish Institute
Svenska institutet
Slottsbacken 10
Box 7434
SE-10391 Stockholm
Sweden
P +46 (0)8 453 78 00
[email protected]
www.si.se
www.sweden.se
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes
interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI
seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other
countries through strategic communication and exchange in
the fields of culture, education, science and business.
3 (5)
OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED RESULTS
6. What are the specific objective(s) of the project? (Max 500 characters)
Answer here
7. What are the expected results of the project? (Max 500 characters)
Answer here
8. Specify three indicators which will indicate whether that change has been achieved at the end
of the project.
1. Answer here
2. Answer here
3.
Answer here
9. How will you measure whether these changes stated in the indicators have been achieved?
Answer here
10. Explain why your expected results are relevant for the Creative Force programme objective
(s) you have ticked on page 1 of this application.
Answer here
IMPLEMENTATION
11. List the project’s main activities in the table below. Where will the activity take place?
Explain clearly the purpose of each activity and why each activity is necessary to reach the
expected results of the project.
Activity
Purpose (obligatory)
Time and place
(obligatory)
Swedish Institute
Svenska institutet
Slottsbacken 10
Box 7434
SE-10391 Stockholm
Sweden
P +46 (0)8 453 78 00
[email protected]
www.si.se
www.sweden.se
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes
interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI
seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other
countries through strategic communication and exchange in
the fields of culture, education, science and business.
4 (5)
RISK ANALYSIS
12. Describe potential risks/obstacles to achieving the expected results and how you will deal with
them.
Answer here
SUSTAINABILITY/EVALUATION
13. After the end of the project, how do you plan to evaluate whether or not you have achieved
your expected results?
Answer here
14. Explain how you will secure sustainability when the project period has come to an end and
funding from the Swedish Institute has ceased?
Answer here
GUIDELINES
Project objective(s): The concrete change that the project will have achieved when it has been
completed.
Target group: The target group refers to those who will be most immediately strengthened and
empowered by working with the project and its activities. These are chiefly agents of change who will
continue to work in society with the methods and objectives of the project.
Final beneficiaries: Final beneficiaries are individuals, groups or organisations who are directly
positively influenced by the project outcome. Are the final beneficiaries especially marginalized or
discriminated against in some way? If so, explain.
Stakeholders: Stakeholders are individuals or institutions in society at large that may, directly or
indirectly, positively or negatively, affect or be affected by a project. Examples of stakeholders in the
field of culture and media are public authorities, decision makers, sectorial organisations etc.
Indicators: An indicator is an instrument which is used to measure how well the project has succeeded
in bringing about the proposed change(s).
Swedish Institute
Svenska institutet
Slottsbacken 10
Box 7434
SE-10391 Stockholm
Sweden
P +46 (0)8 453 78 00
[email protected]
www.si.se
www.sweden.se
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes
interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI
seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other
countries through strategic communication and exchange in
the fields of culture, education, science and business.
5 (5)
Gender analysis and non-discrimination: Comment on the project and the target group with regard to
gender equality and discrimination (including sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion
or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age)? How do you plan to work with gender equality
and non-discrimination in the project?
Risk analysis: Risk is the likelihood of an event occurring which has consequences for achieving the
expected results of the initiative; risk is always about future uncertainty.
Sustainability: Sustainability is the capacity of the project to continue after Swedish Institute funding
has ceased.
Swedish Institute
Svenska institutet
Slottsbacken 10
Box 7434
SE-10391 Stockholm
Sweden
P +46 (0)8 453 78 00
[email protected]
www.si.se
www.sweden.se
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes
interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI
seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other
countries through strategic communication and exchange in
the fields of culture, education, science and business.