The primary purpose of the award is to enable Irish organisations that have secured funding for artistic activities under the Co-operation Projects and European Platforms strands of the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027 to apply for co-funding.

Funding will be considered to support those elements of Irish arts activities that align with the objectives and priorities of this award.

The award is only open to arts organisations based in Ireland that have received an offer of funding, either as Lead Co-ordinator or Partner, from Creative Europe’s Support for Platforms in 2021 and for Co-operation Projects in 2021 and 2022.  

The objectives and priorities of this award align with the Arts Council’s strategy, Making Great Art Work 2016-2025 and are:

• Projects that recognise the value of international practice and relationships for both the applicant organisation and for individual artists

• Projects that demonstrate the promotion and development of good practice in the area of audience development along with deepening and growing public engagement;

• Projects that contribute to ensuring the arts sector is skilled, resourceful and committed to its own renewal.

Applications from non-arts organisations will be eligible only where an Irish arts organisation has been identified as a participant in the project and where Arts Council support will be used for the benefit of the arts organisation’s Irish art activities. Applications for a Co-funding Award for Co-operation Projects or European Platforms must be made in the same calendar year in which an offer of funding is received from the EACEA.