Implemented by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the support of the European Union and in partnership with Culture Action Europe (CAE) and collaboration with the Marmara Municipalities Union (MBB), the Ortaklaşa: Culture, Dialogue and Support Programme’s first Call for Proposals of the 2026-2029 period has been launched.
The call made within the scope of the Ortaklaşa Sub-Grant Programme aims to strengthen the dialogue and fair cultural cooperations between municipalities and civil society organisations (CSOs) active in the field of arts and culture in Türkiye.
In its first phase, the Ortaklaşa Sub-Grant Programme was met with great interest from across Türkiye. We received 252 project proposals from 44 cities involving 187 local governments ranging from metropolitan to district municipalities.
In this process, we provided a total of 1.3 million euros in sub-grants to 13 projects realised in collaboration of 13 CSOs and 18 municipalities. These partnerships on the local level sowed the first seeds of a new working model based on trust.
