I-Portunus

French professionals / Foreign professionals

The Institut français and its European partners, the Goethe-Institut (in Belgium) and Izolyatsia (in Ukraine), are launching the 2nd edition of the i-Portunus pilot project to support mobility of artists’ and professionals in the cultural and creative sectors in Europe. i-Portunus is a project co-financed by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.
More than ever, the i-Portunus programme undertakes to support mobility projects and meet the needs of creative sectors by offering a simple and flexible scheme. The main objective of i-Portunus is to put creators and culture professionals in contact with each other by supporting collaboration projects requiring mobility outside the country they live in, in countries eligible for the Europe creative programme. Virtual or hybrid mobilities can also be envisaged depending how the health conditions and instructions develop.
This project should allow about 200 artists’ and professionals’ mobilities to be supported for periods of 7 to 60 days, in all States eligible for Creative Europe.

DISCIPLINES COVERED

From December 2020, three cycles of call for applications will be open for artists’ and professionals in the cultural and creative sectors, in the sectors of music, books (translation), architecture and heritage.

MOBILITY LENGTH OF TIME

The mobility length will be from 7 to 60 days. Financial support will be as a set amount for international transport and a per diem amount provided according to the destination country.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives sought by projects include short term mobilities (non-exhaustive list, for information purposes):

Develop collaborations
Enhance practice
Produce / co-produce
Find new professional opportunities
Reach new publics

CALLS SCHEDULE (to be confirmed)

Music (1st session)

Call for applications: 9 December 2020 to 28 February 2021
Communication of results: 2 April 2021
Mobility periods: between 2 June and 30 November 2021

Literary translation

Call for applications: 9 December 2020 to 28 February 2021
Communication of results: 2 April 2021
Mobility periods: between 2 June and 30 November 2021

Architecture

Call for applications: 15 January to 15 March 2021
Communication of results: 16 April 2021
Mobility periods: between 16 June and 30 November 2021

Heritage

Call for applications: 15 February to 15 April 2021
Communication of results: 21 May 2021
Mobility periods: between 15 July and 30 November 2021

Music (2nd session)

Call for applications: 15 February to 15 April 2021
Communication of results: 21 May 2021
Mobility periods: between 15 July and 30 November 2021

Each call for applications will be open for two months. Each application will be evaluated by two experts.

The results will be notified one month after the application deadline and mobilities will be possible until November 2021.

CREATIVE EUROPE COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAMME

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Island, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, The Netherlands, North Macedonia,

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

As well as their overseas countries and territories: Greenland, New Caledonia and dependant territories, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Wallis and Futuna islands, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Sabo, Saint Eustatius, Saint Maarten), Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint-Helena and its dependent territories, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda.

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