Invitation of tender for guest institutions 2009/2010
The Robert Bosch Stiftung is one of the major German foundations
associated with a private company and pursues non-profit-making
projects only.
The Robert Bosch Stiftung offers
Cultural institutions
in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Moldova
the opportunity to apply for the assignment of a Robert Bosch Cultural
Manager.
The program
The Robert Bosch Stiftung sends young cultural managers from Germany
for a maximum of two years to cultural institutions where they
concentrate on promoting dialogue with German language and cultural
areas. The cultural managers support their guest institutions
conceptionally and organisationally in fulfilling their tasks. The
projects they initiate should appeal above all to young people. The
main tasks of the cultural managers are to link-up their guest
institutions with other cultural institutions and to give support in
their conceptional development, fundraising and public relations work.
The start of the program year 2009/2010 is 1 August 2009.
The cultural manager
The cultural managers have completed corresponding studies, have
expe¬rience in project work and usually bring with them knowledge of
the guest country and its language. Parallel to their tasks at the
guest institutions they are qualified for international cultural
exchanges through their participation at regular seminars for young
managers. They receive a grant from the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The
costs for the visa and essential insurance (health, accident, personal
liability and baggage insurance) are also paid for by the foundation.
Conditions of application
In the program year 2009/2010 two or three grants are available for
establi¬shing new cultural manager locations. In order to qualify as a
guest institution the following minimum requirements must be fulfilled:
- the institution already has experience in cultural exchanges with
Germany or wishes to systematically create a similar field of activity
- the purpose of the institution is not solely to organise a festival
- the institution is not in a town that already has a Goethe-Institut
- the institution has been in existence for at least one year and has
solid basic financing at its disposal
- the institution already has the support of at least two active employees
- the institution is able to pay the cultural manager a standard local
salary, or offer something comparable (e.g. provision of free
accommodation) in return for his services
- the institution can provide the cultural manager with a workplace
equipped with the appropriate communication aids (free use of
telephone, fax, copier, computer with internet access, printer etc.)
- the institution aids the cultural manager in organisational matters
such as search for accommodation, residence permit, etc.
The Robert Bosch Stiftung and the program management of the Eastern
Europe Centre at the University of Hohenheim decide on the delegation
of a cultural manager. Upon successful application the guest
institution is included in the program and takes part in the choice of
the new cultural managers.
Information and application
Further information as well as the application form can be found at
www.kulturmanger.net  Application letter and completed application
forms can be sent by post by 15 October 2008 and in advance by fax or
e-mail to meet the required deadline.
Robert Bosch Kulturmanager in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Programmleitung
Frau Daniela Rathe
Universität Hohenheim
Osteuropazentrum (770)
70593 Stuttgart
Germany
Tel. +49(0)711/4592-3007
Fax +49(0)711/4592-3868
daniela.rathe@kulturmanager.net