About Thomassen Fund

The Thomassen Fund is a mobility fund aimed at widening and strengthening the participation of Central and Eastern European cultural management training institutions in ENCATC activities, providing a concrete opportunity to co-operate and to develop collaborative projects, by taking part in networking activities.

The Fund was officially launched in May 1999, following a proposal of the Board that was approved by the General Assembly held in Uppsala, Sweden in May 1998. It was named in honour of Arild Thomassen, a former Board member who died in a tragic accident several years earlier.

The objective of the Thomassen Fund is to support and encourage mobility of cultural management educators in Europe, and to create conditions for better collaboration and partnerships between individuals and/or organizations. The Fund is open to individuals and organizations based in countries with significant structural financial challenges.

The Thomassen Fund is addressed to ENCATC members and to those entering membership. It allows colleagues to work together, to learn from each other and to improve their respective skills and competences i.e. participation in training the trainers seminars, development of new educational tools, participation in thematic conferences, etc.

The Thomassen Fund provides three types of grants:

• Travel grants to attend the General Assembly (open to member and exceptionally to non-member institutions, particularly those on their way to Full Membership).
• Travel grants to attend other ENCATC meetings (for support of member institutions only, to facilitate the development of projects and to attend network meetings, workshops and working groups).
• Matching grants towards membership fees (open only to full member institutions), especially those who have early financial difficulty in meeting their obligations as members.

For more details on the Thomassen Fund project feel free to contact the Fund Coordination Office in Brussels (GiannaLia Cogliandro, Fund Administrator and Coordinator, phone: +32.2.201.29.12; or e-mail: g.cogliandro (at) encatc.org ) We will be very glad to assist you.