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Prince Bernhard Caribbean Culture Funds looking for projects for 2023

Prince Bernhard Caribbe- Bonaire, St. Maarten, St. Eu- sists of specific goals for the
an Culture Funds informed stasius and Saba—through culture and nature which
via social media that they the concession of subsidy aligns with the main goal of
opened a registry for cul- in order to maintain the cul- the organization.
tural projects, funds for ture and nature in these is- The people who create
talented kids and for the land countries. Their goal is a fund can do this in both
development and care of also to help further develop life and death, by creating
Aruba for their first round of the island and keep stimu- a fund in their name. The
2023. The deadline to com- lating improvement. rules of the funds will be de-
plete all requirements is Each year, they fund more termined by PBCCG.
April 1st. than 170 private and insti- To apply for funding, you
tutional projects in different need to be able to dem-
The Prince Bernhard Carib- areas. onstrate that your project
bean Culture Funds, bet- PBCCG is a modern way aligns with the specifics of
ter known as PBCCG, is a of cultural sponsorship, the fund. You would also
private and independent supporting especially the need to be living in any of
foundation with the goal to conservation and celebra- the 6 islands in the Dutch
support different activities tion of culture and nature, Kingdom and be able to
and funds within the 6 is- which can be described development projects in
lands in the Dutch Caribbe- as a good cause within a one or more areas.
an—like Aruba Curacao, good cause. A fund con- Those that are not eligible

for funding are the own orary board member Alice
government of the coun- van Romondt.
try, government depart-
ments, administrative de- Paola Koeman, represen-
partments and institutional tative for the Koeman fam-
education, especially if ily, indicated that her fam-
these are involved in politi- ily considers art and culture
cal activities. on Aruba as an important
In terms of the projects area to further develop
themselves, they must be and support. They have re-
related to any of the 6 fo- ceived many petitions for
cus areas, which include cultural initiatives. For this
History and Literature, Vi- reason, they have decided
sual Arts, Theater, Music, to lend a helping hand to
Dance, Cultural Educa- the area of culture in Aruba
tion, Cultural Conservation in a structural way.
and Preservation of Monu- Koeman informed that they
ments. These areas must have decided to give sup-
consist of qualitative and port to PBCCG, where they
sustainable characteristics will focus on stage art for
directed to the public that children, platforms for mu-
take part in the local cul- sicians, dancers and story
ture. tellers—especially those
In June last year, the groups that usually fade in
foundation announced the back ground.
that they have signed an Head of office for PBCCG,
agreement to create a Melanie Sloot, expressed
new ‘funds under a name’ that this organization sup-
(FON) in Aruba, which will ports art, culture and na-
be under their manage- ture projects on the 6 is-
ment. lands within the Dutch Ca-
June 2nd of 2022 was a ribbean. Other organiza-
special day for the foun- tions, families or individuals
dation, as they introduced who are able could also
this new project. The FON create a FON, so they can
project means a fund cre- give back to the commu-
ated with the name of a nity.
company or individual.
Currently, they have creat- To make a petition, those
ed a fund for the Koeman interested with a plan for
family, where they will be a specific project in Aruba
providing opportunities for and who check all require-
another group to receive ments can visit www.pbc-
subsidy, according to hon- caribbean.com.q