Creative support and funding: Where to start and what to apply for?

  • 09/05 12:45 - 14:00
  • Amphitheater small Conference

Creative support and funding: Where to start and what to apply for?

Exploring ideas, testing concepts, and building projects often requires time, support and the right partners. Across Europe, a wide range of funding programmes exist for artists, entrepreneurs and creative professionals, but knowing where to begin is not always straightforward.

This session offers a practical introduction to what is available and how to approach it, helping participants identify which opportunities make sense for their stage and what they are trying to develop.

It looks at how funding works in practice, from travel and international collaboration to project development, partnerships and cross-sector work. What these programmes are there to support, what they expect in return, and how to approach them in a realistic and achievable way.

Designed for artists, collectives and emerging professionals, it offers a clearer starting point for turning ideas into funded activity and connecting with opportunities across Europe.

Moderated by Andreas Stefanidis

Marc-André Schmachtel (DE/FR)
Head of Cultural Department, Goethe-Institut Athens & Region Europe I (Eastern Europe)
Andreas Stefanidis (GR)
President - Academy of Entrepreneurship
Virginia Vasilakou (GR)
Project Manager, Sploro
Aimé Besson (FR)
audiovisuel attaché, Institut Francais in Greece