📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Culture has announced a new multi-year public tender for the development of cultural and artistic education in the amount of 2.5 million euros.The purpose of the public call is to select a national cultural and artistic education project (KUV) for better integration of educational institutions (VIZ) and cultural institutions. The purpose of the call is also to enable the development of regional KUV networks and to ensure better cooperation of cultural institutions and creators, VIZ and local communities in the national KUV network with the aim of improving accessibility to quality KUV content and activities at the regional and national level. Information workshop for potential applicants An information workshop for potential applicants will be held on Friday, May 30, 2025, at 10 a.m. in the large hall on the ground floor of the Ministry of Culture (Maistrova 10, Ljubljana) and online. At the workshop, we will present the public call and tender documentation in more detail. Link to participate in the online workshop: https://shorturl.at/aG74x The subject of the public call is the co-financing of one consortium partnership consisting of five organizations: the applicant or the lead consortium partner and four consortium partners based in different NUTS 3 statistical regions (Pomurska, Podravska, Koroska, Savinjska, Zasavska, Posavska, Jugovzhodna Slovenija, Primorsko-notranjska, Osrednjeslovenska, Gorenjska, Goriska, Obalno-kraska). The registered operation must include at least the following content sets of activities: establishment of five regional KUV points in the five selected regions in which the organizations are based, and in which five regional KUV coordinators are employed (one in each region); establishment and implementation of the KUV+ program and preparation of guidelines for the implementation of the KUV+ program in the five selected regions; establishment and construction of regional KUV networks in the selected regions and inclusion of regional KUV networks in the national KUV network; inclusion of VIZ participating in the KUV+ program in the national KUV network and preparation of KUV development plans for VIZ in development programs or annual VIZ work plans. The following can apply for the public call as an applicant or participate as a consortium partner: a public institution entered in the register of public institutions in the field of culture, managed by the Ministry of Culture, or a non-governmental organization that has been granted the status of being in the public interest in the field of culture. The direct target groups of the public call are students of the third educational period of primary school (3rd VIO OS) and secondary school students, professional and managerial workers in VIZ, cultural institutions and local communities that are responsible for the field of education, culture and youth, artists and other workers in culture, as well as VIZ, cultural institutions and local communities. The Ministry of Culture provided the funds within the framework of the European Social Fund + (ESF+) and the state budget. The public call is implemented as part of the Programme for the Implementation of the European Cohesion Policy in the period 2021-2027. TITLE PUBLICATION DATE APPLICATION DEADLINE Public call for the selection of a national cultural and artistic education project for connecting educational institutions and cultural institutions at the regional level (JR ESS REG_KUV 2025-2029) 23. 5. 2025 11. 7. 2025 News on the announcement of the public call 15. 5. 2025 From schools to cultural institutions - we are expanding cultural and artistic education throughout the country
