PAJ Europe

Overview

Performing Arts Japan Program for Europe (PAJ Europe) was star­ted by the Japan Foundation in 2006 to revi­ta­lize and faci­li­tate the exchange bet­ween lea­ding artists in Europe and Japan. The main fea­ture of this scheme is that this grant will be made avai­la­ble to those orga­ni­sers based in Europe who are plan­ning to orga­nise Japan rela­ted per­for­ming arts pro­jects. The appli­ca­tions will be scree­ned by an annually appoin­ted panel of advi­sors who are spe­cia­lists in the area of per­for­ming arts in Europe. Successful appli­cants will receive grants as part of the cost of imple­men­ting their pro­ject.

Application Schedule

Deadline for appli­­ca­­tions is November 4th, 2011. The appli­­ca­­tions must be recei­­ved by mail November 4th, 2011 at the Japan Foundation office assi­­gned to your coun­­try as sta­­ted below.

U.K. (Applications from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the U.K.)
The Japan Foundation, London
Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square
London WC1B 5EH
United Kingdom
TEL : 44-20-7436-6695
FAX : 44-20-7323-4888
Email:paj@­jpf.org.uk

France (Andorra, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Monaco)
Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris (The Japan Foundation))
101 bis, quai Branly
75740 Paris Cedex 15, France
TEL : 33-1-44-37-95-00
FAX : 33-1-44-37-95-15
Email:pajeu­ro­pe@mcjp.asso.fr

Italy (Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, San Marino and Vatican City)
Istituto Giapponese di Cultura (The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome (The Japan Foundation)) Via Antonio Gramsci 74
00197 Roma, Italia (Italy)
TEL : 39-06-322-4754 / 39-06-322-4794
FAX : 39-06-322-2165
Email:info@­j­froma.it

Germany (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and Switzerland)
Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne (The Japan Foundation))
Universitätsstraße 98, 50674 Köln
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany)
TEL : 49-221-9405580
FAX : 49-221-9405589
Email:jfco@jki.de

Hungary (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia)
The Japan Foundation, Budapest
Aradi u. 8-10, Budapest 1026, Hungary
TEL : 36-1-214-0775 / 36-1-214-40776
FAX : 36-1-214-0778
Email:info@­ja­pa­na­la­pit­vany.hu

Spain (Portugal and Spain)
The Japan Foundation, Madrid
Calle Almagro 5, 4ª planta, 28010 Madrid Spain
TEL : 34-91-310-1538
FAX : 34-91-308-7314
Email:info@­fun­da­cion­ja­pon.es

The Japan Foundation PAJ Europe Advisory Committee will review appli­ca­tions in January 2011. Based on the recom­men­da­tions of the Committee by scree­ning, the final selec­tion of awar­dees is made by the Foundation’s Headquarters. Written noti­fi­ca­tion of awards will be mai­led at the end of March 2011.

Awards

To date, PAJ Europe has fun­ded 57 pro­jects (inclu­ding 25 tou­ring and 19 col­la­bo­ra­tive pro­jects) of Japanese per­for­ming arts in both tra­di­tio­nal and contem­po­rary art forms. In the 2010-2011 year, 11 pro­jects (8 tou­ring and 3 col­la­bo­ra­tion/co-pro­duc­tion) were selec­ted under the pro­gram, for a total amount of 174,937eu­ros. PAJ Europe is advi­sed by an annually appoin­ted panel com­po­sed of approxi­ma­tely ten per­for­ming arts spe­cia­lists from throu­ghout Europe.

For more infor­ma­tion about eli­gi­bi­li­ties, assess­ment cri­te­ria and etc, please read the gui­de­line atta­ched above. List of grant awar­dees of PAJ Europe 2010-2011 and wide range of infor­ma­tion about per­for­ming arts in Japan are avai­la­ble online at : http://www.per­for­min­garts.jp/

PAJ Program Guidelines

PAJ Application Form

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