From August to December 2010 PACT Zollverein is offering a residency programme.

This artist-in-residence programme aims to the development and the realisation of projects and productions, and is open to professional artists from both Germany and abroad who work in the fields of dance, performance or media art.

Awarded twice yearly by a jury, residencies provide artists with rehearsal space and local accommodation. By arrangement and subject to requirement, PACT Zollverein also offers its residents technical support and advisory assistance with press, public relations and dramaturgy.

The applicants must send:
- the completed application form (avalaible online)
- a short letter of motivation
- a project description
- a 10-line summary of your project description
- a curriculum vitae for everyone involved in the project
- only 1 DVD / CD-ROM of your own work

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2010 (post-marked).

For further details and information on the applications rules and conditions, please visit www.pact-zollverein.de (Working fields --> Residencies)

• Points of the 1997 Declaration related to this subject:
  - Parag. 18: (...) New means of private funding, from major foundations to small companies, must be encouraged as supplementary sources of funds, particularly with a view to supporting the creation, the expression and the dissemination of contemporary works.
  - Parag. 19: Public and private funding sources are invited to respond favourably to requests made by artists in developing countries or countries in transition. UNESCO’s intervention is particularly necessary in order to identify and publicize existing opportunities for private funding of the arts worldwide.

• 21-12-2009