The Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust in partnership with Hivos Foundation is pooling mobility funds that will assist artists to travel to fairs, festivals, exhibitions workshops and other arts and culture sector related activities around the country facilitating the exchange of Zimbabwe’s diverse culture and heritage. The Arts Mobility Fund will stimulate artistic movement through the generation of new exchange opportunities thereby enabling as many artists as possible access to new markets, audiences and freedom of expression platforms. The Culture Fund and Hivos Foundation see the availability of this mobility fund, as a means of assuring the feasible movement of not only products, but cultural heritage and traditions of different communities from one part of the country to another allowing access and exposure.
One of the most frequent requests from artists to the Culture Fund and Hivos Foundation grants programme is support for moving not only their products and ideas but themselves to places of business and trade. Mobility is one of the main priority areas for the Zimbabwean arts and cultural sector. For an artist, mobility is a fundamental part of the creative process and the distribution of work.
The Mobility Fund will be used between June 2013 and December 2013 for the movement of artists and their goods and products within Zimbabwe. Mobility projects will be assessed on a month by month basis through an application form detailing the requirements which can be can be obtained from the Culture Fund and Hivos Foundation Offices in Harare. The form will be made available on the partner organization websites in due course. Culture Fund and Hivos Foundation representatives and an independent technical assessor will meet monthly to decide on the travel grants.
Mobility Fund Access Conditions:
- The funds are only available for Zimbabwean citizens working within the arts and culture sector.
- The minimum amount to be requested is pegged at US$ 500.00 and maximum at US$ 2,000.00.The fund will only be used to fund accommodation, a per diem of not more than US$50.00 a day (covering all meals), 10% of transport costs for goods and equipment and human transport costs that include, air and road travel within Zimbabwe.
- Funds are available for individuals, groups, associations and organisations.
Application for funds is limited to once every year except in exceptional cases.