Opportunities

OPEN CALL: JURY MEMBER NOMINATIONS

Sub-Saharan Africa Component

We invite nominations from cultural practitioners, researchers, and professionals across all creative disciplines to join our jury pool. We welcome both seasoned and emerging creatives willing to invest significant intellectual effort in shaping cultural innovation on our continents.

The Role
Jury members evaluate applications across four work packages (Individual Mobility, Arts & Culture Spaces, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts). You will assess applications,participatein deliberative evaluation sessions, and contribute to decisions that direct €8 million in support for cultural practitioners across Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.

Who We're Looking For
Sub-Saharan Africa and EU residents workingin: visual arts, performing arts (dance, theatre, music, circus), heritage, literature, film, design, crafts, digital culture, and emerging forms.We welcome all careerstages.

What We Value
- Intellectual rigour and critical engagement
- Recognition of African practitioners as innovators and knowledge creators
- Capacity to evaluate fairly across disciplines and geographies
- Commitment to gender equality and inclusion
- Language skills in English, French, Portuguese, or German (helpful but not essential)

Time Commitment
Approximately 15–25 applications per evaluation cycle. 2–4 evaluation sessions annually (online or in-person). Cycles run quarterly for WP1 and at fixed intervals for other work packages through 2028.
Compensation
Honoraria are provided. Details will be confirmed upon appointment.

How to Nominate
- Submit nominations by [DATE] at:Nomination for Jury Consideration – Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture: Sub-Sahara – Fill out form
- Include: name, contact details, current role, brief biography (250 words), creative disciplines/sectors you can evaluate, geographic context, and why you want to contribute (100–150 words). Self-nominations are welcomed.

Selection
Nominees will be reviewed forexpertise, commitment toequitablepartnership, and contribution to jury diversity (geography, discipline, career stage, gender, andAfrican–Europeanbalance). Successful appointees will receive an orientation on evaluationmethodologyand programme principles.

Our Approach
We use language that reflects genuine partnership: "peer learning exchange" not "capacity building," "continental innovation" not "development." As jury members, you will evaluate whether funded activities advance authentic partnership between African and European cultural practitioners. We acknowledge the tensions this creates within EU funding structures and invite jurors willing to engage honestly with these dynamics.

Link for nominantions