Caribbean Heritage Employees

For whom?

This grant is intended for publicly accessible heritage and visual arts institutions such as museums, archives with a public function and art platforms on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.

For what?

A contribution can be requested for hiring an employee. Applications can be made for any position within the organisation. This concerns a new employment contract. With this grant, the Mondriaan Fund wants to contribute to the deployment of heritage and visual arts professionals in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom and stimulate knowledge development, transfer of knowledge and cooperation between the islands.

How much?

The contribution from the Mondriaan Fund is a maximum of 95%, which is € 50,000 per position. The own contribution is at least 5%, which is € 2,632.

At least € 40,000 from the contribution of the Mondriaan Fund must be spent on the employee’s gross salary costs and related employer charges. The remaining part of the fund contribution may be spent on professional development costs (maximum € 5,000) and travel and accommodation costs (maximum € 5,000) for the employee during the subsidy period. The available budget for the open call for Caribbean Heritage Employees is € 1,000,000.

How and when to apply?

Applications for a contribution for Caribbean Heritage Employees can be made via the online application system of the Mondriaan Fund. The deadline for submitting an application is 5 September 2024, before 10 AM (timezone Caribbean)/ 4 PM (timezone the Netherlands). You can request an account on the Mondriaan Fund website. You need this to submit an application. This only applies if you do not have an account yet. Applicants must take into account a processing period of 3 months after the deadline of the application round. A contribution cannot be awarded retroactively.

Conditions

• A contribution can be requested by publicly accessible heritage and visual arts institutions, such as museums, archives with a public function and art platforms in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
• To be eligible for this contribution, the employee must be employed on a contract. It is not possible to hire the employee on a freelance basis or on a secondment basis.
• The applicant determines the duration of the appointment, but the maximum duration of the subsidy period for an appointment is 4 years.
• The employment on contract must be for at least 24 hours per week.
• Cultural institutions endorse the Fair Practice Code, the Governance Code Culture and the Code Diversity & Inclusion. Application of the Fair Practice Code automatically means that the institution puts the artists’ fees guideline into practice.

Assessment

The submitted application and attachments will be checked for completeness by employees of the Mondriaan Fund. If complete, the application will be submitted to an advisory committee that will advise on awarding a contribution to Caribbean Heritage Employees.

Procedure

A Caribbean Heritage Employees contribution will be awarded if the board of the Mondriaan Fund assesses the application positively. In the event of a positive assessment, a reservation is made for the contribution. An advance payment will be made after receiving of and approval of the documents below:

• A signed declaration of consent from the employee in which they give permission to be nominated under this grant.
• A financial statement clearly stating: gross salary, employer’s contributions (think of: social security contributions such as unemployment insurance premium and pension premium), own contribution, percentage that the employee is employed by the employer compared to a full-time employee (part-time percentage), start date and (expected) duration of the subsidy period.

Checklist

To process your application, the Mondriaan Fund needs information. All of this information can be submitted in the application form itself, together with the documentation that you can upload. Below you will find a checklist that follows the layout of the application form and contains all the information required.