Culture of Solidarity
Culture of Solidarity empowers European civil society with the resources, networks, and visibility it needs to thrive. By fostering cross-border collaboration and shared cultural spaces, it strengthens a culture of solidarity, inclusion, and civic engagement, helping to build a Europe that is more democratic, connected, and resilient.
Culture of Solidarity supports civil society actors, especially those working under pressure, by fostering timely, meaningful, and cross-border cultural collaboration. It confronts the urgent challenges of polarisation and social fragmentation, with a focus on vulnerable communities. At its core, CoS invest in Europe’s cultural democracy infrastructure: the networks, platforms, and shared spaces where diverse communities can come together, participate, and shape a more resilient and inclusive European future.
Culture of Solidarity works through three interlinked, flexible instruments:
Donor Collaboratives: deepening partnerships with likeminded funders and donor initiatives such as Civitates, Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts, LOKAL and Foundations for Ukraine to place culture at the centre of transformative change in European philanthropy.
Open Calls: Through regular open calls, CoS supports cross-border collaboration between civil society and cultural organisations. The process is kept simple and accessible, with space for peer exchange and networking. Our upcoming open calls are due to launch in January 2026 and will have special focus on Ukrainian creative professionals and their European peers fostering social engagement, integration, and cohesion among displaced Ukrainians.
Agility Fund: a flexible tool that allows CoS to back innovative ideas that fall outside regular calls, keeping it responsive and experimental.
Across these instruments Culture of Solidarity works with a priority focus on Ukraine.
