▣ Standard guidelines regarding the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund

• A. Who Cannot Apply (standard requirements of the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund shall apply)
  • - An individual who is not a citizen of the Republic of Korea;
  • - An organization subsidized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism;
  • - National or public (city· municipal) cultural institutions and organizations;
  • - Media group and its affiliated group – In case of an arts organization which is also involved in publication to promote artistic activities in a specific genre and segment, the Evaluation Committee will make a decision, considering the evaluation criteria for the concerned project;
  • - School and its affiliated group, and an organization made of primary, junior high or high school students;
  • - Religious organization and its related group;
  • - An organization or an individual who withdrew from a subsidized project in the previous round or previous year; provided that the scope of restrictions shall be limited the concerned project type, except in cases where the withdrawal was made within the set period or for a due cause recognized by ARKO;
  • - An organization or an individual who failed to return the grant by the due date, having received the notice for grant return from ARKO;
  • - An organization or an individual who is restricted from receiving the grant as per the relevant laws and regulations, and the Subsidy Management Policy;
  • - An organization or an individual who has been penalized for unfair practices prescribed by Article 6(2) of the Artist Welfare Act;
  • - An organization that includes a person or person sentenced to imprisonment or medical detention for an offense prescribed by Article 2 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes, except in cases where said person is a mere member of the organization with no representation, execution of duties, or involvement in the decision-making process;
    - A person or an organization who has been investigated or indicted in connection with a sex offense and whose case is still pending at the court, and thus deems difficult or uncertain to carry out the subsidized project;
  • - An organization or an individual who is stilling serving the sentence for reasons such as plagiarism, and overdue wages in connection with the proposed project;
    An organization or an individual whose disqualification was notified to ARKO by the Improper Receipt Review Committee for improper receipt of government subsidy;
  • - Application for the grant under a false identity; and
  • - Any organization, individual, or business that is restricted from applying and being selected for each project.  

    ※ However, there may be an exception taking into account the unique nature of each project, and this shall be clearly stated in the project notice when it is announced.

• B. Project not eligible for application
  • - Project to support expenses for the establishment of a new organization;
  • - Project for construction, purchase, or redevelopment of facilities; and
  • - Project to pay out, reserve, or extend a loan from the Fund.
• C.How to treat the applications by an ineligible person or an ineligible project
  • - The Evaluation Committee will inform the applicant of the reason for disqualification and give ‘0’; and  
  • - If the applicant is found to be subject to restrictions for application after the deliberation and decision at the Committee, the decision to award the project will be canceled, and the subsidy will be taken back.
• D. Restrictions on application
  • - One applicant or organization shall not apply for multiple project categories of the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund with virtually the same project, and if duplicate applications are found, then all the applications will be excluded from the selection process.

    ※ You can apply for the first and second round of an open call for the same project, e.g., failed in the first round open call for the international arts exchange program and then reapply for the second round open call

    ※ If another project with the same content is identified after the selection, a decision will be made on whether the two projects are ‘effective’ the same with the opinions from the concerned evaluation committee, and if that is found to be the case, the selection will be withdrawn, and the subsidy will be clawed back.

• E. Administrative grounds for disqualification
  • - Application submitted for other projects (incorrect NCAS category);
  • - Application or mandatory documents not submitted; or
  • - Non-compliance with the application form, such as the use of application form for other projects.
• F. Cap on the multiple grants
  • - The total subsidies for the same person or same organization shall not exceed KRW 300Mn in selecting the project at the Evaluation Committee for each project and field, and in the event where the selection would bring the total subsidy above KRW 300Mn, the final adjustment can be made at the plenary meeting of ARKO.
  • - The total subsidies subject to the cap include the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund projects and national treasury funded projects.
  • - However, in applying the cap, there may be exceptions as follow;
  • - Public organizations under the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, affiliated organizations of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, and public foundations established by the public organization and local authorities.
  • - Conditional subsidy
  • - In selecting a project whose organizer is operating and managing the subsidized project on behalf of another party, 10% of the subsidy is to be included in calculating the cap.
• G. Common matters
  • - The application shall cover how to use written agreements, including a standard contract form, if applicable;
  • - Once the selection is finalized, the recipient and ARKO shall conclude an agreement on subsidy, including the consent on the conditions for the grant payment;
  • - The applicant will be disqualified in the administrative evaluation if the application is made to another project, the application form is not submitted, mandatory documents for the concerned project are not turned in, or the format for the application form is not followed with such as the use of application form for other projects; and
  • - Accounting audit shall be conducted in relation to the settlement of subsidy for the subsidized project.

    ※ Guideline for accounting audit fee

▣ Guidelines on the operation of a subsidized project

• The Culture and Arts Promotion Fund projects are ‘government-subsidized projects' subject to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Budgeting and Management of Subsidies.
  • - Accordingly, you shall fully comply with the Act on the Budgeting and Management of Subsidies, the Guidelines on the Government Grant and Subsidy Management by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, and the Regulations on the Management of Projects Subsidized by the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund in carrying out the project.
  • - Furthermore, the regulations and guidelines specified above contain stricter sanctions and punishment in the event of a violation by a subsidized project as well as the obligations of settlement via the e-Naradoum system, the system for a government grant and subsidy management, and information disclosure upon the completion of a project, so please familiarize yourself with them prior to implementing the subsidized project.
  • - You can download the material from the Arts Council Korea website (www.arko.or.kr).
  • - The policy and guidelines specified above can be downloaded at the Arts Council Korea website www.arko.or.kr.
• An organization or an individual who has received a subsidy from the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund and failed to turn in the subsidy settlement report and project outcome report regarding the existing project in time by the deadline of this open call are not allowed to receive the subsidy until the settlement and outcome reports are submitted even if they are selected for this open call.

• The amount from the Culture and Arts Promotion Fund that has not been returned within the set period may be collected according to the “precedent of national tax collection” under Article 33 of the Subsidy Management Act.