Travel grant
Guest performances in Germany

Festivals, theatres and organizers in Germany that wish to invite ensembles to Germany from “cooperation countries” receiving German development assistance.
This gives performing artists an opportunity to present their works to German audiences and to engage with the German arts scene.

The Theatre and Dance Department provides support for guest performances by theatrical and dance ensembles from “cooperation countries” receiving German development assistance. The funding covers only the travel expenses and shipping fees of theatrical and dance ensembles from German development assistance countries. The list of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is binding. Note for aggregative applications: If you want to invite several guest performances or artists to your festival / event, one application is sufficient. The corresponding query pages contain information on how the queried data should be recorded in the case of a collective application. Often the costs can only be funded on a pro-rata basis.
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• Criteria for support are the quality of the production and the relevance of the organizer and a superregional visibility.
• The funding covers the travel expenses and shipping fees of theatrical and dance ensembles from German development assistance countries. Furthermore, sustainability criteria are taken into account when choosing the means of transport: For travel times of up to seven hours and/or 600 km, we prefer to support rail travel. We check the eligibility of additional costs compared to airfares.
• At the time of application, no firm bookings (flights, hotels) may have been made for the requested parts of the trip.
• Travel to German-speaking countries is not eligible for funding.
   

• Description of the festival or the context of the planned guest performance
• Information about the applicant
• Complete contact details of the applicant(s)
• A detailed financing plan (income, expenses, grants, etc.) with information on residual financing (possibly with the note "requested") and information on possible financing from public funds
• Three comparative offers (travel agencies, railroads, forwarding agencies, etc.); if the costs are less than €1,000, two offers are sufficient.
• For air travel, additionally include an offer with the lowest CO2 emissions.
• Note whether the applicant has already received funding from the Goethe-Institut for previous projects.
• In the case of an acceptance: Indication of the bank details (with IBAN and Swift code) and naming of the contracting person.