Overview
Eligible mid-sized festival organizations in Côte d’Ivoire can apply for the West Africa culture programme, which plans to select 42 festivals across six cultural sectors.
Complete grant details
The Goethe-Institut’s Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture programme is selecting 42 mid-sized festivals across cinema/audiovisual/animation, heritage, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts, with seven festivals selected in each sector. Goethe’s official call page states that each selected organization receives a €50,000 grant. The programme is funded by the European Union and aims to strengthen festival capacity, regional and international collaboration, mobility and partnerships.
Eligibility requirements
The Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Culture’s official notice lists Côte d’Ivoire among 15 eligible West African countries. Applicants should be organizers of qualifying mid-sized festivals working in one of the six listed cultural sectors and must satisfy the complete Goethe-Institut call rules and application-portal requirements.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
The current Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Culture notice and Goethe-Institut official West Africa call page were checked. The ministry explicitly lists Côte d’Ivoire and gives a deadline of 20 September 2026 at 22:00 GMT plus the official Goethe GAP application portal. Goethe states 42 mid-sized festivals, seven per cultural sector, and a €50,000 grant for each selected organization; the ministry summarizes the benefit as up to €50,000. The exact GMT deadline is normalized directly to 22:00 UTC.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Culture and Francophonie ↗