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DUTCH CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS
Mondriaan Foundation
Mondriaan Stichting
www.mondriaanfoundation.nl
The Mondriaan Foundation was created to stimulate visual arts,
design and the cultural heritage from the Netherlands.
We are committed to strengthening the international position of
contemporary visual arts and design, and we accomplish this by
offering financial support to enable institutions, companies and
authorities, both national and international, to reach their
audience and extend that reach.
Simultaneously we also believe it to be important that artists,
professionals and the public in the Netherlands are able to have an
accurate conception as to the latest international developments. To
this end we stimulate initiatives designed to bring foreign
projects of topical interest to the Netherlands.
Our international ambitions are in line with our primary goal of
increasing interest in, and demand for, contemporary visual arts,
design and cultural heritage from the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Fund for Performing Arts + (NFPK)
Fonds Podiumkunsten
www.fondspodiumkunsten.nl
The Fund for Performing Arts + is the national fund in the
Netherlands that gives grants to amateur artists and professional
performing artists, groups and ensembles whose projects contribute
to the quality, advancement and variety of the arts and their
dissemination abroad. The Fund also takes part in cultural and
political debates and promotes both sectors in the Netherlands and
abroad. The Fund for Performing Arts + works mainly on behalf of
the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and has a budget of approximately fourteen million
euros a year. The Fund encourages greater unity between the work of
amateur, semi-professional and professional artists working in the
performing arts and other artistic fields and promotes
international activities carried out in and in collaboration with
the artists' countries of origin, and supports cultural diversity.
Back to topThe Netherlands Architecture Fund
Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur
www.architectuurfonds.nl
The Netherlands Architecture Fund was set up in 1993 as a cultural
fund for the implementation of certain aspects of the cultural and
architectural policy. The Fund's central task is to award grants in
accordance with the rules regulating the Architecture Project
Grants Programme and the Belvedere Project Grants Programme. The
Fund's aim is to give grants in an accountable and transparent
manner supported by detailed insightful reports. Since 2003 the
Fund has also been responsible for carrying out the HGIS Programme
- a supplement to the Architecture Programme - for the
implementation of international projects financed by the Ministries
of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and Foreign Affairs through
the HGIS Cultural Fund.
Back to topFoundation for Production and Translation of Dutch
Literature
Nederlands Literair Produktie- en Vertalingenfonds (NLPVF)
www.nlpvf.nl
The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch
Literature exists to promote interest in Dutch-language literature
abroad. It maintains contacts with a large number of international
publishers, and has a stand at major international book fairs,
including the Frankfurt Book Fair, the London Book Fair and the
Children’s Book Fair in Bologna.
Back to topEuropean Cultural Foundation / ECF
www.eurocult.nl
The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) believes in the enriching
experience of diversity, and in the power of culture to promote
mutual understanding and respect. We therefore support cultural
cooperation and advocate strong cultural policies for Europe.
Netherlands Architecture Intstitut (NAI)
Nederlands Architectuurinstituut
www.nai.nl
The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) is more than a museum
of architecture. It is above all a cultural institute which is open
to the public and which uses a variety of methods for communicating
about the shaping of human space.
Back to topThe Netherlands Film Fund
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
www.filmfund.nl
The Netherlands Film Fund is the national agency responsible for
supporting film production and cinema in the Netherlands. It
focuses on the quality and diversity of feature films,
documentaries, shorts, animation en experimental films. The Fund’s
operations cover participation in development, production,
distribution and marketing. It is also responsible promoting
a good climate for the national film industry. The Film Fund was
founded in 1993 by merging two other funds. Its budget is provided
by the government. It operates under the aegis of the Ministry of
Culture and receives most of its funds on the basis of four-year
policy plans. In 2003 the Ministry of Finance provided an extra
budget for commercial film.
Back to topService Centre for International Cultural Activities
(SICA)
www.sica.nl
Assists cultural organisations with their international activities.
SICA was set up in 1999. Since then, they have established itself
as an independent information and co-ordination centre for
organisations involved in all kinds of cultural disciplines, both
within the Netherlands and abroad.
For more information on SICA click here.
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