Call 2024

Call for grants to support the external projection of the edition and the promotion of literature, thought, comics and illustration of the Balearic Islands for 2024

Budget: €240.000

Submission period: from March 1 to September 15, 2024.

1. Subsidy lines

a) SUPPORT TO MOBILITY

Support for the mobility of authors, heads of publishers, researchers and cultural agents linked to the field of literature, thought, comics and illustration to attend fairs, festivals, presentations and professional conferences outside the island of residence (see further conditions in point 1.2.a) in the official text).

Beneficiaries

Authors, those responsible for publishing houses, researchers and cultural agents of the Balearic Islands. Organizers of literary festivals that have Balearic authors as guests can also apply for a grant.

Eligible expenses

— For travel, tourist class tickets and hiring vehicles are accepted.

— Accommodation expenses with the maximum stipulated, as long as they can be justified with invoices.

— Accreditations or registrations in fairs or professional events.

— Mileage for road trips that are not made by public transport, with a maximum price of €0,262384 per kilometre.

Maximum amounts for mobility

The eligible expenses must be justified with invoices. Only the justified amount will be paid (without VAT) until the maximum indicated.

b) SUPPORT TO PUBLISHING

Support for the edition of editorial projects linked to the external projection of the book, regardless of its medium, whether physical and/or digital, and its format, which are specified in:

— edition of translations of works by natural or resident authors in the Balearic Islands with distribution outside the Balearic Islands,

— edition of originals by natural authors or residents of the Balearic Islands,

— edition of translations into Catalan of universal works that are published by publishers of the Balearic Islands, publishers that certify that 50% of the employment contracts or contracted services have been made in the last year in the Balearic Islands or publishing projects in which the subsidised activity takes place in the territory of the Balearic Islands,

— digitisation of works by authors from the Balearic Islands that are part of the literary heritage of our community.

These publishing projects must be accompanied by a project to promote the book abroad (national or international distribution, promotion in a digital environment, promotion on social networks, participation in remote and/or face-to-face meetings, presentation outside the island of residence, distribution in trade shows, etc.).

Beneficiaries

Legal or natural persons that are registered in the tax census and/or business activity tax (IAE) in sections related to the publishing sector are beneficiaries, or whose corporate purpose is the development of professional activities related to the publishing sector.

Eligible expenses

— Copyright

— Translation

— Correction

— Design and layout

— Printing (can include sub-concepts such as binding and transportation)

c) SUPPORT TO PROMOTION

You can apply a grant for:

— The production of graphic and audiovisual material associated with the promotion of Balearic authors, including the preparation of promotional dossiers consisting of translations of extracts from one or more works, the author's biography and other related material (press articles, reviews, etc.). The purpose of these dossiers must be the international promotion of transformation rights (translation and/or adaptation).

— The organisation of presentations of a work or an author from the Balearic Islands, as well as conferences, round tables, seminars and poetic recitals, outside the island of residence or in digital format.

— The participation of professionals from the Balearic Islands in fairs and festivals within the field of literature, thought, comics and illustration, in face-to-face or digital format.

Beneficiaries

Legal or natural persons that are registered in the tax census and/or business activity tax (IAE) in sections related to the publishing sector are beneficiaries, or whose corporate purpose is the development of professional activities related to the publishing sector.

Eligible expenses

— The production of graphic and audiovisual material. Translations of extracts from a work to be part of a promotional dossier cannot exceed 15% of the work.

— Personal fees and the hiring of professional services.

— The movement of people and cargo. Tourist class tickets and car rental are accepted.

— Accommodation, as long as it can be justified with invoices, with a maximum of €100 per person per night.

— Mileage for road trips that are not made by public transport, with a maximum price of €0,262384 euros per kilometre.

In the case of the attendance of companies from the Balearic Islands to fairs or events dedicated to direct sales to the public, the following are eligible:

— The cost of renting a booth.

— Travel costs of workers of the applicant company, with a maximum of two.

— Accommodation of workers of the the applicant company, with a maximum of two, as long as it can be justified with invoices, with a maximum of €100 per person and night.

For both lines b) and c), the payroll of workers can be subsidised, if they are registered in the general Social Security scheme and if the cost of Social Security is paid by the company, up to a maximum amount equivalent to 30% of the eligible expenses.

2. Number of applications that each beneficiary can submit in this call and maximum amounts

— Line a): three applications (see the table of maximum amounts above).

— Line b): there is no limit. There there is a maximum amount per project €6,000 and, a total of €15,000, for all the projects.

— Line c): there is no limit. There is a maximum amount per project €2,000 and, a total of €5,000, for all the projects.

3. Submission of applications

Submission period: from March 1 to September 15, 2024.

The submission of documentation electronically is mandatory for all legal persons with tax residence in Spain (companies, cooperatives, civil societies, associations and foundations), and recommended for natural persons (individuals, persons registered in the special regime of self-employed workers and community property). You will find access to the electronic procedure at the electronic headquarters of the CAIB.

Non-Spanish beneficiaries must submit applications by administrative mail or courier. Address: Ca n'Oleo. C. de l'Almudaina, 4. 07001 Palma (Spain).

4. Period for executing the project and payment of expenses

The granted activity must take place in the following period:

• lines a) and c): between September 16 2023 and September 15 2024.
• line b): between December 1 2023 and December 31 2024.

Invoices must be issued and paid before the justification period ends.

5. Application

— Application (Annex 2): it must be correctly filled out and signed.

— All administrative and technical documents required (see point 8 of the call).

— A responsible declaration (Annex 3): it must be correctly filled out and signed.

6. Justification

— The deadline for justifying the grand is as follows:

• lines a) and c): October 14 2024.
• line b): January 30 2025.

If the final resolution granting the subsidies has not been published on this date, the period to justify the subsidy will end twenty business days after publication.

— Submission of justification: by administrative mail or courier. Address: Ca n'Oleo. C. de l'Almudaina, 4. 07001 Palma (Spain).

— Documentation (this is a SUMMARY - see point 19 of the call):

• Annex 7 filled out and signed.
• Supporting financial report (following the model). This supporting financial report must also be sent to justificacio@iebalearics.org in digital format as a spreadsheet.
• Action report certifying that the conditions imposed for the grant of aid have been met. It must include all the information necessary for the correct interpretation and understanding of the justification of expenses.
• Copies of invoices and proofs of payment.
• For line b), five copies of the subsidized book with the IEB logo of the Conselleria de Turisme, Cultura i Esports (Council of Tourism, Culture and Sports).
• Minimis annex.

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Call 2023

Call for grants to support the external projection of the edition and the promotion of literature, thought, comics and illustration of the Balearic Islands for 2023

Justification

— Deadline: March 8 2024.

— Submission of justification: by administrative mail or courier. Address: Ca n'Oleo. C. de l'Almudaina, 4. 07001 Palma (Spain).

— Documentation (this is a SUMMARY - see point 19 of the call):

• Annex 7 filled out and signed.
• Supporting financial report (following the model). This supporting financial report must also be sent to justificacio@iebalearics.org in digital format as a spreadsheet.
• Action report certifying that the conditions imposed for the grant of aid have been met. It must include all the information necessary for the correct interpretation and understanding of the justification of expenses.
• Copies of invoices and proofs of payment.
• For line b), five copies of the subsidized book with the IEB logo of the Conselleria de Turisme, Cultura i Esports (Council of Tourism, Culture and Sports).

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