This document outlines a partnership project between cultural organizations in Poland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Turkey that aims to: 1) Exchange experiences on fundraising mechanisms and share best practices in daily work. 2) Acquire and disseminate knowledge on fundraising to other organizations working with disadvantaged groups in culture. 3) Create a cooperation network and provide training to representatives of other institutions. 4) Develop a practical fundraising guidebook for cultural organizations for the 2014-2020 financial period.

1. “YES, YOU CAN!
HOW TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS”
GRUNDTVIG PARTNERSHIP PROJECT – 2013-2015
First Project Meeting
Kraków, 17-18.12.2013

2. Partners:
• The National Museum in Krakow, Poland - Coordinator
• Cap Ulysse, France
• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen (BAGSO),
Germany
• Stichting Art-Age, The Netherlands
• Bratislava - Old Town District, Slovakia
• Milli Eğitim Gençlik Spor Kulübü Derneği- Turkey

3. The objectives of our project:
- to exchange internationally the experience on the mechanisms of
fundraising,
- to share good practices in daily work
- to acquire, gather and supplement the knowledge available on
fundraising
- to disseminate it among the interested organisations operating in the
sector of culture.
- to cooperate with local partners (mostly local organisations working
with disadvantaged groups in the field of culture) and create the
cooperation network, in order to train other institutions representatives
- to create the practical guidebook for fundraisers on programmes and
funding opportunities in the new financial perspective of 2014-2020

4. We plan:
- Create the network of local cultural organisations
- Questionnaire to gather the knowledge about the needs of local
cultural organisations in terms of fundraising and needs for other forms
of support.
- Study visits to exchange practices of adapted/innovative funding
mechanisms providing incentives for institutions to develop easy
access to culture of persons with special needs or fewer opportunities
- Transnational workshops to empower cultural organisations (e.g. new
topics for fundraising)
- Local conferences and meetings to share experiences

5. We plan:
„The Practical Guide on Funding for Culture in the years 2014-2020”
created within the project, will support active citizenship by providing
new information/experiences on the domestic and international funds,
funding trends and methods to empower small cultural organisations to
develop community based cultural initiatives.

6. Our motto:
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

7. Thank you 
Lidia Kozieł-Siudut
The National Museum in Krakow