The Arts and Culture Program of the Open Society Institute aims to promote collaborative artistic and/or cultural efforts by offering support to individuals and organizations in order to foster cross-border partnership and cooperation and to contribute to intercultural understanding. The program seeks innovative ideas, projects, and partnerships that further free expression, exchange, and dialogue.

The program welcomes applications for initiatives that involve artists and cultural operators from the following target countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Turkey, and Afghanistan. The deadline is August 31, 2007.

For more information and an application, please see the Partnership for Development guidelines.