The Roberto Cimetta Fund is opening a call to fund professional travel for artists and cultural professionals from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen and Sudan, with a focus on countries and artists living through a crisis or a state of emergency.
Contracts will be issued in December 2026 and the first payment will be made between 2 and 15 January 2027. Travel can take place between 16 January and 30 June 2027.
In a crisis, the movement of artists stops before anything else. Tours are cancelled, residencies postponed, invitations left unanswered because nobody can pay for a plane ticket. This call has one purpose: to remove the practical obstacle that prevents a professional journey from taking place.
The call is restricted to performing arts and multidisciplinary practices. Three types of activity are supported: professional training, creation and residency, dissemination and networking.
The call is open to artists and cultural professionals from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen and Sudan, whether they live in those countries or come from them and live elsewhere. Individual artists and constituted groups are both eligible. Cultural structures can take part only as hosts or inviting partners, within a professional collaboration. There is no upper age limit, but applicants must be 18 or over.
Each grant can reach 600 EUR and covers international and national travel, visa and consular fees, and a basic daily allowance. Most of it goes to transport, which is where applications most often break down.
Where the host structure is able to provide it, accommodation is covered on their side. The Fund also introduces beneficiaries to its partners on the ground. Neither of these comes out of the grant budget, but both are part of the support.
