The Interest Group for Folk Culture (IGV), based in Altdorf, receives a performance mandate from the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, which is intended to benefit young talent in particular.
The Foundation makes an annual contribution of CHF 100,000 to a fund managed by the IHA. The fund is designed as a pilot project and is initially limited to three years. Over 300,000 active people are organized in ten national associations in the IG.
With the performance agreement, Pro Helvetia is transferring the support of nationwide projects of individual folk culture associations to IG Volkskultur in a three-year pilot project.
The IG Volkskultur has appointed an independent panel of experts to assess applications. The members of the jury are Isabelle Raboud-Schüle (Bulle), André Ducret (Pont-la-Ville), Josef Schuler (Altdorf) and Hansruedi Spichiger (Bern) as president. Pro Helvetia has a non-voting seat. The secretariat of the fund is run by the Haus der Volkskultur in Altdorf.
Individuals, groups or festivals continue to submit their applications for folk culture projects directly to the Foundation online via www.myprohelvetia.ch in.
More info: www.volkskultur.ch
