Beirut DC is a key player in an ecosystem of regional and global civil society organizations nurturing the power of film to achieve social impact and narrative change. Beirut DC was founded in 1999 when a group of Lebanese filmmakers and cinephiles, faced with a lack of funding, support, and emancipation opportunities, sought to create them for themselves.
L’Art Rue Created in 2006, by internationally renowned Tunisian contemporary dance duet, Selma and Soufian Ouissi, in defiance to the censorship of Bin Ali’s dictatorship, L'Art Rue is today one of the most established cultural organizations in Tunisia and North Africa.
BAYIMBA (Cultural Foundation) is a major force in Uganda's cultural life that seeks to bring about change in the status quo of arts and culture in Uganda and East Africa.
Hammana Artist House (HAH) Located in the beautiful village of Hammana, 1200m above sea level and 45 minutes away from Beirut, Hammana Artist House is a multidisciplinary art residency space with a focus on performing arts
Ettijahat-Independent Culture (Ettijahat) is a cultural institution that looks towards a plural, diverse, intellectually productive and artistically genuine Syria, where culture is the inalienable right of every citizen.
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Action for Hope (AFH) is a pioneering organization that offers innovative models for civil society work on the cross line between cultural rights, artistic creativity and social change. What about acces to artistic production as a cultural Right?
Culture Resource (Al Mawred Althaqafi) is a key player in the landscape of independent cultural organizations that enhance freedom of artistic expression and cultural rights in the MENA region. Al Mawred’s mission is to support artistic creativity in the Arab region and to encourage cultural exchange within the region and beyond.
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Nhimbe Trust
Nhimbe Trust is a Pan-African CSO based in Zimbabwe working within culture and development. They conduct research, monitoring, training and advocacy on human rights. Their budget is a category 2 budget, between $100,000 and $300,000. Reports to be supported by Africalia, British Council, UNESCO, the Daneford Trust, Artists at Risk Connection, Mimeta and the Swedish Arts Council.
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Marsa Foundation (Arabic for Harbour or Anchor) is a newly formed foundation based in the Netherlands that aims to support freedom of creativity and expression by financially and organizationally supporting the cultural, artistic, film and media activities and spaces in countries and/or areas where such support is lacking.
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Ishyo is a non-governmental organization dedicated to the development and promotion of culture in Rwanda. Guided by its fundamental mission of making culture accessible to all, the organization directs its activities towards a diversity of cultural & artistic projects and initiatives.
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Visa For Music is a cultural event carried by ANYA, an independent cultural engineering structure based in Rabat. Since its creation in 2014, it has been working to develop cultural and creative industries for the benefit of artists and society as a whole
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Arterial Network is a dynamic Pan-African, civil-society network of artists, cultural activists, entrepreneurs, enterprises, NGOs, institutions, and donors active in Africa’s creative and cultural sectors. Established as a member-based, non-profit organization, Arterial Network operates all across the continent in both English and French, and is led by an elected Steering Committee which represents the five regions of the continent
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KYA is the network of cultural organizations in Mali. It was born from the desire of its members to establish a space for reflection and analysis of issues relating to the culture of Mali.
Kuona Trust is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1995 at the National Museum of Kenya to serve visual artists and has since worked with over one thousand five hundred artists giving them skills and opportunities to advance themselves while increasing the profile and role of the visual arts in Kenya.
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By catalysing the growth of a vibrant cultural sector in Kenya and across the region The GoDown Arts Centre aims to “stimulate cultural self-assurance and confidence between Kenyan society and Kenyan creative and cultural resources.” All Kenyan communities boast a rich artistic and cultural heritage
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Racines is an international non-profit association working for the integration of culture in public policies for human, social and economic development.
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Since its inception in 1999, the HIFA had received recognition for its support of arts and culture in Zimbabwe and was seen as a major contributor to development in this area. HIFA was the largest cultural event in Zimbabwe and among the eight major festivals in Africa.
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CDEA’s work is aligned to the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity Cultural Expressions and the African Union Plan of Action for the Cultural and Creative Industries as well as the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Our programming is focused around research, incubation and acceleration of the creative industries, support of creative writers through our Writers’ Lounge and implementation of projects around preserving natural heritage, climate justice, peace and social cohesion, sustainable cities and tourism.
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Art Moves Africa (AMA) is an international not-for-profit organisation that aims to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continen
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Pamberi Trust is a Zimbabwean registered non-profit making organization. It was established in 2001 with the thrust of specializing in the promotion of local arts through financial assistance.
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