The submission of the applications for our Open Calls Legacy II is now closed!

We are excited to have your ideas for the legacy of Plovdiv European Capital of Culture. The submission of the applications for our Open Calls Legacy II is now closed!

We received in total 121 applications, of them 42 are for the Creative Plovdiv call, and 79 for Festival and Creative Activities, of which for the big events are 29 and for small scale events are 50, in which Plovdiv is represented with 22 applicants, the applicants from Sofia are 37, the interest from the rest of the country is of 16 applicant, while from abroad the Legacy II open call has registered 4 applications. 71 of all the projects are focused in public presentation in 2021 and 50 for 2022.

The total amount sought for funding under both open calls is BGN 3 387 466,81, respectively: In the Creative Plovdiv, for which the Foundation Plovdiv 2019 allocates up to BGN 500,000.00, the applications are for 1 034 344,98 BGN, for "Festivals and Creative Activities", for which the open call allocates BGN 1 million, the distribution is as follows: For small projects, for which the limit is BGN 300 000,00 has registered proposals seeking funding in the total amount of BGN 377 689,33, and for "Festivals and Big Events" the candidates are seeking funding of a total of 1 975 432,50 BGN.

The board of the directors approved the selection committee for the two open calls: For the “Creative Plovdiv“ these are: Angel Geshev, Vladislav Sevov, Micho Dimitrov, Nina Dimovska and Antoaneta Dimitrova. For the “Festival and Creative Initatives“ the members are: Krastyu Krastev, Anastas Badev, Mariya Lutzova, Plamena Terzieva and Antoaneta Dimitrova.

According to the indicative schedule of the open calls, the results of the competition are expected in early April.

Until then, follow our information channels for additional news and invitations for interesting events and happenings.

Good luck to all!