DOEN Foundation – Power of Imagination
Tunisia / SWANA · Variable amount · Rolling — cultural/social practice framing required
6 / 10
FIT SCORE
Fit (cultural framing)
6/10
Conditional on arts/social-practice concept
Fit (business framing)
3/10
DOEN will not fund manufacturing growth
Review time
~4 months
Apply 4+ months before project start
Deadline
Rolling
No fixed deadline — year-round
Overall readiness15%
Eligibility - 50%
Cultural concept - 0%
Partners - 0%
Application - 5%
Hard rules - do not miss
- Applicant must be the Tunisian entity — European-based organisations are excluded from SWANA grants except exceptionally
- Project must be a genuine arts/cultural initiative — business growth, export, or manufacturing expansion will be disqualified
- One-off exhibitions or exchanges not embedded in a broader structural-change strategy are excluded
- Submit at least 4 months before the intended project start date
Bottom line
Possible if Suddart builds a genuine cultural and social-practice programme. Not suitable as a business grant. Develop the concept first.
Eligibility gates
Eligible in principle — Tunisia is in the SWANA scope. Suddart Tunisia is the correct applicant. Real gate is the project concept: must be a genuine arts/cultural social-practice initiative.OKApplicant is based in Tunisia (SWANA scope) — not a European entity
?Project is a genuine arts/cultural initiative with social-practice methodologyNo cultural concept yet designed
?Project involves community participation in the artistic/design processNo participatory programme design yet
?Project aims for structural change, not a one-off eventSustainability and replication logic not yet defined
Compulsory documents
0 of 4 documents readyDocument
Owner
Status
Cultural programme concept: activities, participants, cultural logic, change theory
Mariem + creative team
Not started
Partner list: cultural organisations, community groups, design educators involved
Mariem
Not started
Budget and project timeline
Finance
Not started
Organisation profile — Suddart as cultural and artisan platform
Mariem
Not started
Missing information - gating items
2 core prerequisitesConceptA genuine cultural programme concept with radical imagination, social practice, and community participationMariem + creative team
PartnersAt least one local cultural, educational, or community partner willing to collaborateMariem to identify
Application drafts
0 of 3 sections draftedCultural programme concept and social-practice design
0/3
Organisation narrative (cultural framing)
0/2
Application form and budget
0/2
Next 7 days
3 actions1Design a participatory cultural programme concept: craft lab, design residency, or heritage co-creation initiative
2Identify local cultural and community partners in Tunisia
3Only apply once the cultural concept is clearly defined — do not submit a business-growth application
Agent advice
Do not frame this as a business grant. DOEN's Power of Imagination is for cultural and artistic projects. Suddart's craft environment becomes interesting to DOEN only as a platform for community participation, cultural expression, and social inclusion — not as a manufacturing site.
A strong working title: 'Women, Craft, and Collective Futures: A Participatory Design Lab in Tunisia.' Lead with imagination, co-creation, and community — follow with the artisan and craft context.