Open Call for New Partner Organisations
With the Open Call for New Partner Organisations, we seek to invite Open House organisers from across Europe to join the project! This is an exceptional opportunity to engage in a continent-wide collaboration and knowledge exchange. In addition, selected organisations will gain international visibility, have the opportunity to participate in the Annual Summit, and receive a grant of 10,000 euros.
Grant
Two new Partner Organisations will be selected in 2024 for the 2025 Open House Europe programme. Each new Partner Organisation will receive a grant of 10,000 euros to implement the Open House Europe programme in 2025. The grants will be awarded to the applicants that will best align with the goals of Open House Europe and contribute to the overall outcomes of the project.
The organisations receiving the grant must be able to secure a minimum of 40% of financial support from other sources on top of the grant they will receive, for the execution of the whole festival.
Obligations
Organisations selected to join the Open House Europe project will receive a grant and become partners in the project. Following are the obligations that you, as a New Partner Organisation, would have to fulfil:
- Organise the Open House festival in 2025, as described in the application form.
- Respond to the 2025 Annual Theme of Open House Europe, ‘Future Heritage’, in the programming of your festival. Highlight buildings in your programme that complement or best illustrate the theme and organize at least one complementary event (such as a workshop, a lecture, or an exhibition) that responds to the questions and ideas raised by the Annual Theme. Any additional actions to expand on the theme are also welcome.
- Host five volunteers and send three volunteers to the Volunteer Exchange Programme. The travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs of the five hosted volunteers are to be covered by the sending organisation and the costs of the three volunteers you send are to be covered by the received grant.
- Execute the Open Call for Visual Stories during your festival, follow the communication guidelines provided by the project coordinator, and select the three best creatives to be featured in an exhibition, catalogue, and online.
- Make your festival more lingually accessible, organise some of the guided tours in English, and organise some tours and/or additional activities for people with disabilities and/or mobility issues.
- Attend the Annual Summit in Dublin in January 2025 (costs of travel and accommodation will be covered by the project coordinator) and in Athens in December 2025 (all travel costs are to be covered by the received grant).
- During the preparation period for your Open House festival, organise educational activities for your volunteers.
- Share the information across your communication channels that the project coordinator has provided about the common activities and actions of Open House Europe.
- Indicate participation in the Open House Europe project and the co-funding statement of the European Union in the communication and advertisement of your festival as instructed in the guidelines provided by the project coordinator.
- Participate in the coordination meetings of the project as well as monitoring, feedback and other surveys necessary for the successful implementation of the project.
- Submit a financial report and activity report to the project coordinator after the local festival.
Eligibility
To qualify as an Open House Europe New Partner Organisation, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- be established as companies, associations or organisations that are organising local Open House events (at least once);
- be established in countries eligible for Creative Europe funding (the current list can be found here: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/about-the-creative-europe-programme);
- be members of the Open House Worldwide network;
- possess sufficient financial and human resources to fully implement Open House Europe activities.
Application
All eligible organisations can apply by completing the form below. The deadline for submissions is August 16, 2024.
Evaluation and selection process
Evaluation will be based on: the proposed integration of Open House Europe activities, their relevance, and quality; the added value brought to the Open House Europe project by the applicant (reach, diversity, specific expertise); motivation and commitment.
For the Open House Europe project, geographical dispersion is an important criterion for achieving the desired goals. Applicants from countries not yet included in the project will be prioritized to some extent, with the quality of the application and integration of Open House Europe activities remaining the primary decisive factor.
The representatives of current partner organizations will select the New Partner Organizations to join the project in 2025. Applicants will be informed about the decision by September 30, 2024, at the latest.