Deadline: 30 May 2025
The Caribbean Stock Photography grant call invites qualified entities to design and operationalise a business model and digitised solution dedicated to Caribbean stock visual content.
The intention is to centralise resources, enhance commercial viability, improve multimedia archiving and boost the overall competitiveness of these subsectors.
The grant provides funding for solution development and testing activities and is intended to be a launch pad for attracting future investment and sustained operations.
The grant opportunity simultaneously promotes digital innovation and enterprise development, while supporting and promoting visual arts and audio-visual subsector stakeholders. The grant is supported through the CIIF Enabling Environment Grant Stream.
Objectives
- To award an entity with funding to design/procure a business model for a Caribbean Stock Photography digital business solution; coordinate the implementation of a testing phase in collaboration with Regional multimedia professionals/bodies including Photographic Societies/Membership.
Priorities
- CIIF has five priority sub-sectors:
- Fashion & Contemporary Design
- Visual Arts
- Audio-visual (Film, Animation, Gaming)
- Festivals and Carnivals
- Music
Funding Information
- Up to USD100,000 will be awarded through CIIF’s Enabling Environment Grant stream; Entities applying should be able to contribute co-financing (in-kind, etc.) amounting to at least 10% of the total project budget. Grants will be disbursed in tranches with payments tied to project component deliverables and reporting requirements.
- The project design and launch should be completed in one (1) year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants should have a formally registered business.
- Applicants should be citizens of CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries
- Applicants/Entities should have at least five (5) years’ experience in software development including the design and development of digital e-commercial platforms.
- Entities should have experience designing and operating digital e-commerce platforms
- Entities are expected to source/provide adequate cross-sectional skillsets required for the project for example, creative software development, business development and marketing skills.
- Entities should include testing and training components with supporting instructional content as part of the project to serve as a CIIF Additionality Mechanism.
- Applications must include a business plan/model framework that will enable long-term growth and investment beyond the 1-year grant funded period of implementation.
For more information, visit Caribbean Development Bank.