Fine Acts is launching the Brave New Futures: MENA Strategic Imagination Labs – a 24-month experiment in bold thinking, radical creativity, and collective transformation. They are looking for a small cohort of 12 visionary civic organisations from across the MENA region to take part from January 2026 to December 2027.
The MENA Strategic Imagination Labs is a place to step outside the grind, reconnect with purpose, and dream together – about what could be, and how we get there. Over 24 months, the selected organisations will join a multi-phase programme designed to strengthen imaginative capacity and spark new futures for civic space in the region.
- Online and in-person gatherings across MENA – offering respite and insight through peer learning, shared discovery, and co-creation.
- Prototyping creative solutions as a foundation for future strategies.
- Pilot ‘future/s-building’ grants (10,000 USD) to experiment with creative actions or activations in each context.
- Creative collaborations with artists and thinkers from the region and beyond.
- Ongoing coaching, reflection, and peer support.
- A co-created, open-licensed toolkit on applied imagination.
Civic organisations – including those working in arts and culture, human rights, climate, peacebuilding, social protections, justice, youth, or other cross-cutting fields – based in and primarily serving the MENA region, with a strong focus on Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon are eligible to apply. Organisations active elsewhere in the region are also welcome to apply, as long as one or more of these five countries is a key area of engagement. They are specifically looking for mid- to senior staff within these organisations.
In addition to the 10,000 USD grant, the programme is fully funded (all travel, lodging, and materials covered).
