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INOV-ART ATTRACTS RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS

The second edition of the INOV-Art Programme attracted an unprecedented number of applications, in excess of three thousand. In this current edition, INOV-Art is awarding 220 professional internship scholarships in 26 countries in five continents.

The number of vacancies allocated to each disciplinary field was calculated in proportion to the number of eligible applications received for each field, and the distribution was as follows: Architecture and Urbanism (39), Performing Arts (14), Visual Arts (23), Cinema and Audiovisual (36), Arts Interdisciplinary Projects (10), Design (64), Writing and Editing (5), Management of Creative Industries and Cultural Marketing (15), Heritage (7) and Education Services (7).

Applications were ranked based on the points obtained by applicants in the pre-selection process. After evaluating the placement organizations, the profiles of the applicants with the highest scores were matched to the characteristics of the available vacancies. Of the 705 placement organizations applying to the 2nd edition of INOV-Art, 379 were deemed suitable for the objectives of the Programme, following their evaluation by experts in the corresponding disciplinary fields.

After the pre-selection process was concluded, 500 applications, from a total of 3169 individual applications received, were chosen as having unquestionable quality. The applications were subsequently graded according to the scores obtained in the three stages of tests (language test, personal and social competences test and interview in the applicable disciplinary field), and it was this ranking that enabled the awarding of the scholarships.

According to results, between May 2010 and March 2011, interns with ages ranging from 18 to 35 years will carry out their professional internships in placement organizations located in 26 countries over the five continents.


Additional information:
Directorate-General for the Arts
Av. da Liberdade, 144 - 2º floor, 1250-146 Lisboa
T: (+351) 211 507 010 | F. (+351) 211 507 261
E. geral@dgartes.pt

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