Visegrad Fund - Cooperation among V4 Countries

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Visegrad Fund

The Visegrad Fund supports cooperation among the V4 countries - Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary. It funds projects in culture, education, sports, research, and civil society, while strengthening regional partnerships.

Information about the programme:

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Visegrad Fund - Goals and Focus

The International Visegrad Fund focuses on strengthening cooperation among Central European countries.

  • Innovation, research, and entrepreneurship to enhance economic cooperation and development
  • Educating citizens to boost regional competitiveness
  • Supporting culture, sports, and a shared regional identity in Central Europe

Visegrad Fund - Budget 2000- 2028

Since its establishment in 2000, the Visegrad Fund has supported cooperation among the four countries.

  • Since 2000, the fund has approved thousands of projects totaling over €140 million

  • The grant programme runs annually and can cover up to 100% of project costs

  • Cooperation primarily takes place among Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia
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Visegrad Fund - Budget 2021-2028

The total budget for the annual grant period is €11 million. The programme has four main types of calls:

  • Visegrad Grants – Grants up to €50,000 for multilateral projects addressing seven priority areas among V4 countries

  • Visegrad+ Grants – Projects involving V4 partners plus countries from the Eastern Partnership or Western Balkans, up to €50,000

  • Strategic Grants – Large-scale 36-month projects up to €100,000, focused on strategic priorities defined each year

Lublin Jazz Festival

Lublin - Poland

Lublin Jazz Festival is one of the most important jazz events in Poland, held annually in Lublin for 15 years. The festival presents a wide spectrum of jazz – from classics, through modern forms, to experimental sounds with electronics, ambient or free improv. It is a meeting space for legends of world jazz with young, innovative artists.

Lublin Jazz is also a year-round concert activity, support for young musicians, international cooperation and CD releases under the Lublin Jazz brand. The festival, combining high artistic quality with openness to new phenomena.

JazzFest Brno

Brno - Czech Republic

The international jazz festival JazzFestBrno was established in 2002. Since then, it has grown to become the most significant jazz showcase in the Czech Republic, annually attracting over 10,000 spectators.

The festival charts the current state of the jazz genre and presents not only its mainstream but also modern trends. Its diverse and carefully curated program, in addition to dominant jazz, spans across genres and offers a wide range of styles from avant-garde to alt-pop.

We are excited to join Artunio and support the European jazz community even more.

Joshua Milo

Musician, Performer - Germany

I’ve tried Artunio before the app was even launched, and it has helped me and my band get gigs we wouldn’t have performed otherwise.

If you’re a solo musician, in a band, or even part of an orchestra, whether you’re starting out or already established, you should definitely check it out.

Canjazz

Cangas - Spain

The Canjazz, one of the oldest jazz festivals in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, has been celebrating jazz in the coastal town of Cangas, Galicia, since 1979. Organized by a non-profit association, this annual event transforms the historic old town into a unique open-air stage, offering four days of concerts, jam sessions, workshops, and other activities.

The festival showcases a diverse range of styles, from classic jazz to contemporary and experimental trends, featuring international artists alongside some of the most outstanding Galician projects.

Jazz Festival Leibnitz

Leibnitz - Austria

The Leibnitz International Jazz Festival is based on the forms and trends of international, innovative and creative jazz in an Austria-wide exclusive program on the borderline to new composition techniques and fresh sounds with ethnic, electronic or experimental references.

This international platform for networking of so many people in the jazz industry represents great added value for all of us.

In this form it  is a new, previously non-existent project and can promote international collaboration and offer new opportunities for artists. 

Eixo do Jazz

Vila Nova de Famalicão - Portugal

Eixo do Jazz is a non-profit cultural association and the main organiser, programmer, and producer of the Jazz na Caixa festival that features musicians from Portugal and Galicia (Spain).

All our other activities are also targeting the inclusion of Galician and Portuguese professionals in the music sector.

While we already work with musicians from Spain, we would love to extend our relationships to musicians, and other music professionals, to other countries in Europe!