Diversity & Equality

The German Commission for UNESCO (DUK) invites tenders from qualified experts, researchers and practitioners to develop three policy-oriented Discussion Papers on the concrete implementation of the Fair Culture initiative, with content as expressed in the Fair Culture Charter.

Who Walks Here is a 28-day residency in May 2027, hosted at OvestLab, Amigdala’s civic centre in the Artisan Village, Modena, Italy. The open call invites three artists to explore the neighbourhood’s ongoing transformation through a transfeminist urban lens, in dialogue with local communities.

Festival Commons is an initiative that supports the next wave of IBPoC (Indigenous, Black and People of Colour) festival-makers, curators and cultural conveners in Greater Sydney and the Asia Pacific. Four participants from Greater Sydney and two participants from the Asia Pacific will be selected, forming the next intake of Festival Commons: a collective of cultural disruptors reshaping what festivals can be.

IDRA Teatro has launched a call for artists: ‘Residences of Change – Harnessing the Transformative Power of the Creative Practice’. This is a 31-day international residency supported by the Culture Moves Europe programme and hosted in Brescia, Northern Italy, across January and February 2027.

Urban Bodies is an international artistic residency hosted by Spazio13 in Bari, Italy, from 1 October to 27 November 2026.

The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) is a transformative Indigenous and Pacific-centred fellowship programme based at the University of Melbourne and supported by Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. AFSE is building a network of Indigenous leaders and allies committed to driving Indigenous-led social change across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Pacific Island nations.

PERFORMA-Q is a transnational European platform dedicated to surfacing erased queer stories from Europe’s periphery. For Cycle 1 of its Residency Programme, it is selecting six artists or collectives from the fields of theatre, dance, performance art, and performative writing for residencies between October 2026 and April 2027 (2–4 weeks).

The CultureAndHealth Platform project is welcoming two international (EU) for a three-day shadowing programme designed to explore the intersection of culture and health in Tampere, Finland, with activities spread across Tampere region.