{"id":12178,"date":"2025-02-24T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/?post_type=funding&#038;p=12178"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:26:36","slug":"access-support-programme","status":"publish","type":"funding","link":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/funding-and-grants\/access-support-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Support Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This programme is aimed at enabling the cultural and creative sectors to become more<br>accessible and adopting the highest standards of good practice, combining equity with<br>quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This programme invests in accessibility plans, with a special focus on people, resources,<br>facilities, training, mentoring, technical assistance, services, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In line with Strategy 2025, and with ACM\u2019s commitment to support the arts, adopting a<br>sustainable and accountable approach to public investment, ACM would like to draw<br>applicants\u2019 attention to the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the development of their proposal, applicants are required to follow the guidance<br>provided in the <a href=\"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/resources\/\">Right to Culture \u2013 Resource Pack<\/a>, with particular regard to community<br>engagement and the adoption of a rights-based approach to their work.<br><br>The resource pack is aimed at increasing awareness with regard to diversity, equity,<br>inclusion, accessibility, and belonging, and at supporting the implementation of cultural<br>rights in day-to-day practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When proposing operational and programming activities, applicants are also required to<br>give due consideration to the <a href=\"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/resources\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charter for the Status of the Artist<\/a>, to ensure acceptable<br>and decent working conditions for artists and practitioners in the cultural and creative<br>sectors, embracing artistic freedom, accessibility, formal\/informal\/non-formal skill<br>recognition, decent socio-economic conditions, non-discrimination and equity, ethical<br>considerations, and adherence to intellectual property rights and international labour<br>law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Charter for the Status of the Artist is meant to provide a dynamic frame of reference<br>for any legislation, policy, or initiative which directly or indirectly impacts artists and<br>cultural and creative sectors, ensuring that any action is aligned with the ultimate long-<br>term vision of elevating the status of artists in Malta in line with their tangible value to<br>society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Access Support programme forms part of a portfolio of initiatives designed to<br \/>\nfacilitate creative and cultural engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12201,"template":"","funding_category":[24],"class_list":["post-12178","funding","type-funding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","funding_category-closed-for-applications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funding\/12178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/funding"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funding\/12178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12199,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funding\/12178\/revisions\/12199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"funding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funding_category?post=12178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}