The Asia-Europe Foundation and its online platform culture360.org are conducting a research on Funding Opportunities for International Cultural Exchange in Asia, which is building on the OTM and Practics Guide to Funding Opportunities.

The research will focus on mapping resources for funding in Asian countries which allow individuals or organizations to engage/take part in international cultural exchange. The aim of this research is thus to make it easier for artists and cultural organizations to search for funding and for funders to show the gaps in funding the arts in Asia.

The desk research will be conducted by Marie Le Sourd who from January 2012 on will be the new OTM Secretary General. This research is done in cooperation with Japan Center, Pacific Basin Arts Communication (PARC),  Japan Foundation, Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) , Arts Network Asia (ANA) and India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) . 

In addition to this desk research, culture360.org platform also launches an online survey  to enable the study to cover as many funding opportunities as possible. The survey will be available online until the 15th of January 2012. Culture360.org would be grateful to all those engaged in the arts and culture in Asia if they could fill out the questionnaire.