{"id":23324,"date":"2025-09-29T08:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartefact.org\/culture-for-democracy-supported-projects-within-the-boost-grants-call\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:28:06","slug":"culture-for-democracy-supported-projects-within-the-boost-grants-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartefact.org\/en\/culture-for-democracy-supported-projects-within-the-boost-grants-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture for Democracy: Supported Projects within the Boost Grants Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Culture for Democracy (CfD) project, Heartefact launched the Boost Grants call on June 9, 2025, to support established cultural and artistic organizations in Serbia. The goal of this call was to strengthen the organizational capacities and resilience of independent cultural actors through long-term support, enhanced strategic development, and improved financial sustainability.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The call was open until July 19, 2025. Following the evaluation of an independent commission and the approval process by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), four projects were selected for support within this grant line. Over a three-year period, each organization will have the opportunity to develop its internal structure, diversify funding sources, improve communication and production capacities, and strengthen national and international partnerships.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Boost Grants scheme has been designed as a flexible support instrument for strategic initiatives and programs that contribute to the long-term stability of organizations and their ability to respond to social and cultural challenges.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following projects (organizations) have been supported:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Art Aparat<\/strong> \u2013 Svi Uglas (All Together), support amount for three years: 7,499,000 RSD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fakiri sa juga<\/strong> \u2013 Simbol neodustajanja (Symbol of Not Giving Up), support amount for three years: 7,489,868 RSD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Filmart<\/strong> \u2013 Film Forward \u2013 Capacity Building, support amount for three years: 7,500,000 RSD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UDUS<\/strong> \u2013 UDUS for the Future in Three Acts, support amount for three years: 7,500,000 RSD<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched in October 2021, the <strong>Culture for Democracy (CfD)<\/strong> Project is Switzerland\u2019s first comprehensive, long-term initiative dedicated to arts and culture in Serbia. The first phase (2021\u20132025), implemented by Heartefact, <strong>supported 89 projects with a total value of 1,021,185 CHF<\/strong>. Building on these achievements, the project continues to strengthen the independent cultural sector as a driver of social cohesion and tolerance at the local level. The <strong>second phase<\/strong>, supported by the Government of Switzerland with <strong>1,940,000 CHF<\/strong>, runs from March 2025 to December 2028 and is implemented by Heartefact Fond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Culture for Democracy (CfD) project, Heartefact launched the Boost Grants call on June 9, 2025, to support established cultural and artistic organizations in Serbia. 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