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THE FUNDING AND NETWORK PROJECT OF THE MIGROS CULTURE PERCENTAGE FOR FAIR PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES IN CULTURAL WORK
Do you care about structural change in the cultural landscape? Migros Culture Percentage m2act connects you with like-minded people and promotes your project for change in the culture scenes. Together with you, we endeavour to adopt fair practices and sustainable structures and foster open knowledge transfer with a view to creating future-oriented living and working realities in cultural work.
Funded projects
m2act supports co-creative projects that promote fairer and more sustainable practices in the fields of performing arts, film, games, music, visual/fine arts, literature, comics, and digital culture – ranging from tools and processes to activist initiatives.
Ideas and projects currently being funded:
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2028-2025 FIT for the Future
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2027-2025 EWA_Empowering Women in the Arts
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2027-2021 FAIRSPEC
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2025-2024 Residency Le Carnet Rose
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2026-2025 ZÜRICH TANZT: Team Wiki – sustainable knowledge management as the basis for flexibility & resilience in festival work.
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2026-2025 Belluard Bollwerk: Intersectional guidelines for and voluntary commitment to cooperation based on a critical examination of power structures
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2026-2025 The Collective: An infrastructure project for greater visibility, access and change
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2026-2025 Arts_Sainement: For a healthy climate in the performing arts
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2026-2025 TOBS! theatre: Creating a Culture of Feedback
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2025-2023 Dampfzentrale Bern
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2025-2024 Zirkusquartier Zurich
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2025-2024 Fair Practice Coordination Office
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2026-2025 Costumières & Cie: From thread to needle – building sustainable governance
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2024-2023 Kleintheater Luzern
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2025-2023 Swiss Theatre Meeting
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2024-2023 Tasty Future
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2022 – 2023 Towards an ‘Economy for the Common Good’ in the independent performing arts
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2025-2021 reflector
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2024 PrA Culture Maker
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2024-2021 Art+Care
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2024-2022 StuFF in Cycles
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2024 Theater Chur
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2024-2022 Biography & Stage. Questions about the ethical handling of personal stories
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2024 TU – Théâtre de l’Usine
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2024-2021 Vert le Futur
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2024 Experi_Betriebsbüro (E_BB)
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2023 A:Practice
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2023 FemaleAct Kalkulator
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2023 Group50:50
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2023 Festival de la Cité Foundation
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2023 produktionsDOCK
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2022 – 2023 x-change
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2021 – 2023 Revision of «Indicative fees/wages for professions in the independent theatre scene»
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2021 – 2023 FemaleAct Checkliste – für Gleichstellung und Diversität in Schweizer Kulturbetrieben
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2020 – 2023 Blackbox
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2022 KlimaKontor Schweiz
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2022 PERMA-CULTURE
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2020 – 2022 KlimaKontor Basel
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2021 MESHRUM
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2021 Criptonite: ACCESS
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2022 Tanzworkshop.Kreation – Tanzvermittlung.KörperBildSinnSprache
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2021 Praxis der Fürsorge
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2021 Disrupting Harm in Dance: How to Feel Safe, Connected, Empowered
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2020 #BigDreams
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2020 Parlament der Dinge, Tiere, Pflanzen und Algorithmen
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2020 Décentrer les pratiques et les postures: une recherche sur la blanchité à l’œuvre dans la création culturelle romande
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2020 home made climate conference
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2020 Kit de Survie en territoire masculiniste
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2020 Schwar zenbach Kompl ex – eine andere Zukunft erinnern
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2021 Swampy Rituals
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2020 This is not theatre, this is a f*** protest!
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2021 TIB meets FIT
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2020 PARASITE
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2020 WALLMAPU EX SITU
Network
m2act network events bring together cultural professionals and experts from various disciplines and sectors of society. The events focus on facilitating knowledge exchange and the joint development and testing of new ideas in order to promote a fairer and more sustainable future of the Swiss cultural sector.
Toolbox
The m2act toolbox offers practical tips and solutions developed through co-creative projects, which can be used to meet current challenges across all disciplines. We expand the toolbox continually with findings and insights from the networking events and projects that have received funding. The tools are available to everyone for unrestricted use and further development.
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Action Matrix Sustainable Impact Tool
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Action Matrix More Impact with Culture
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concept Biography.art: Questions About the Ethical Handling of Personal Stories
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publication PERMA-CULTURE, for more sustainable performing arts
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Documentary «Alle inklusive – ein Kleintheater will mehr»
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self-assessment Les bonnes pratiques
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Guide produktionsDOCK: Guide – Producing in the Swiss independent performing art scene
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Action Matrix A:Practice
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Online course Disrupting Harm in Dance
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Guide Green Rider
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Calculator FemaleAct Calculator
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glossary Talking Diversity
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Calculator t. Standard wages and fees
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action platform Tatenbank
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Material catalogue StuFF
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Solidarity game Values of Solidarity
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Guide Green Guide for cultural organisations
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guideline Impact Guide
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publication Supporting Relevance
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Codex FAIRSPEC Codex
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guideline g3 method
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glossary Cooperation in the performing arts sector
Dialogues
We regularly engage in dialogues regarding co-creative processes, fair practices and sustainable structures with experts from the arts, culture, and other areas.
- Article AOI: m2act x Helvetiarockt 2025: A networking event against silence
- Listen to the Radio X broadcast: m2act x Helvetiarockt 2025: keynote by Agota Lavoyer and panel dialogues featuring, among others, Naomi Chinasa Bögli (Federal Office of Culture), Noemi Grütter, Mattia Iacobelli, Agota Lavoyer, Agathe Raboud, Themis (Trust Center against Sexual Harassment and Violence), and Andrea Zimmermann.
- Article Ensemble Magazine 2025: produktionsDOCK: Endlich ein Profi-Leitfaden für Bühnenprojekte!
- Input#1: Rohit Jain, m2act x forum dance 2024: Allianz, Kollaboration, Teilhabe? Praktische und theoretische Denkanstösse für eine Kunst der Solidarität
- Interview, November 2023: Conversation with Lucrezia Perrig and Noemi Grütter about Das Rosa Heft.
- Listen to the Radio RaBe broadcast: m2act x burning issues 2023: the reporters Soya the Cow and Maja Brönnimann reported in a live broadcast on Radio RaBe.
- Listen to the Radio RaBe: m2act x burning issues 2023: Burning topics in the performing arts
- Interview, 2022: In conversation: The magazine Theater heute with Matthias Baumgartner.
- Dialogue #02, 2021: Discussion with Björn Müller about transformation processes.
- Dialogue #01, 2021: Exchange with Moritz von Rappard about co-creation.
We have news for you!
From 2026 onwards, you will find us on our new Instagram channel!
Even better for you, there you will not only find all the news about our upcoming call, you can also discover all other funding opportunities by Migros Culture Percentage. Join us now @migros_culture_funding
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Ab 2026 findest du uns auf unserem neuen Instagram-Kanal!
Noch besser für dich: Dort findest du nicht nur alle Neuigkeiten zu unserer kommenden Ausschreibung, sondern kannst auch alle weiteren Förderangebote des Migros-Kulturprozent entdecken.
Folge uns jetzt unter @migros_culture_funding
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À partir de 2026, tu nous trouveras sur notre nouveau canal Instagram!
Encore mieux pour toi: tu y trouveras non seulement toutes les actualités concernant notre prochain Open Call, mais aussi toutes les autres opportunités de soutien offertes par le Pour-cent culturel Migros.
Rejoins-nous maintenant sur @migros_culture_funding
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Dal 2026 ci troverai sul nostro nuovo canale Instagram!
Ancora meglio per te: lì troverai non solo tutte le novità sul nostro prossimo bando, ma anche tutte le altre opportunità offerte dal Percento culturale Migros.
Seguici ora su @migros_culture_funding
🌟 What an inspiring 1,5days! 🌟
Here’s a look back at @m2act.ch x @helvetiarockt - Awareness, Agency & Accountability in music and performing arts– a space filled with empowerment, connection, exchange and transformation!
A huge thank you to all speakers and workshop leaders, everyone working behind the scenes, and everyone who showed up with curiosity, openness, and dedication. 💖
You all made this event what it was: a space for learning, exchange, and solidarity.
We carry forward what we experienced here – together! 💜✨
We are thrilled to announce that the 5 projects selected from our Call to Action 2025 initiative are now live on our website! Link in the Bio.
📷ZÜRICH TANZT: Team Wiki – sustainable knowledge management as the basis for flexibility & resilience in festival work.
📷TOBS! theatre: Creating a Culture of Feedback
📷Belluard Bollwerk: Intersectional guidelines for and voluntary commitment to cooperation based on a critical examination of power structures
📷Costumières & Cie: From thread to needle – building sustainable governance
📷The Collective: An infrastructure project for greater visibility, access and change
@costumieres.et.cie @belluardbollwerk @tobs.ch @zurich_tanzt
#callforaction #callforproposals #opencall #ausschreibung #appelàprojets #bando #migroskulturprozent #migrospourcentculturel #migrospercentoculturale #migrosengagement #fairpractice #performingarts #toolsforchange #coaching #changeprocess
🌟 Recap: m2act Internal Network Meeting 2025 🌟
On May 16, 2025, all m2act-funded projects (since 2023) come together at the Progr in Bern – an inspiring day full of exchange and fresh ideas!
✨ The day’s program:
✏️In the workshop with the Büro für Wagemut, the Impact Guide „More Impact with Culture“ is introduced and directly applied to the participants‘ projects.
☕️During the World Café, participants join the m2act team to discuss current challenges, best practices, and future visions for a fair and sustainable cultural scene.
Under the motto „Good on you“, inspired by the hosting theater festival @auawirleben the focus was on cultural impact.
👉Starting today, you can find the impact guide «More Impact with Culture» in the toolbox of the website of m2act. Link in bio.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated and made the day so enriching!🧡🙏
#m2act #moreimpactwithculture #PerformingArts #Sustainability #fairpractice
Biografie.art:
Wie arbeiten wir in der Kunst mit persönlichen Geschichten? Biografie.art zeigt, wie dokumentarisches und biografisches Material genutzt wird. Es geht um Hierarchien, ethische Verantwortung und den Umgang mit den Geschichten anderer.
Mehr Infos zu diesem spannenden Tool findest du auf der Webseite @m2act.ch . 👉 Link in Bio!
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Biografie.art:
How can we work with personal stories in art? Biografie.art explores the use of documentary and biographical material. It’s all about hierarchies, ethical responsibility, and handling other people’s stories.
Find out more about this exciting tool @m2act.ch website. 👉 Link in bio!
m2act Contributo alla realizzazione: @m2act.ch presenta un nuovo progetto! @fitfestlugano lancia un progetto di transizione unico. Obiettivo: un programma di formazione triennale per coltivare talenti curatoriali e garantire una transizione fluida nel panorama artistico.
Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito web di m2act 👉link in bio
#Arte #Innovazione #Futuro
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@m2act.ch presents a new project from the category „m2act implementation support“: @fitfestlugano launches a unique transition project! Goal: A three-year training program to nurture curatorial talents for a seamless transition in the art scene.
More info can be found on the m2act website 👉link in bio
#Art #Innovation #Future
transformativen Prozessen zwischen Forschung, Kunst, Kulturpolitik, Antidiskriminierung und Aktivismus hat Sozialanthropologe @rohit.hyperjain im @nebiatheatre in Biel das Netzwerktreffen m2act x forum tanz vom 22.11.2024 miteröffnet.
Die verschriftlichte Fassung seines Inputs nun auf der Webseite von @m2act.ch & @resodansesuisse 👉 Hit bio!
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Lors de l’ouverture du rencontre de mise en réseau du m2act x forum danse @nebiatheatre, 22.11.2024, l’anthropologue social @rohit.hyperjain s’est basé sur ses propres expériences des processus transformatifs, situés à mi-chemin entre la recherche, l’art, la politique culturelle, l’anti-discrimination et l’activisme.
Tu trouves la transcription de son intervention maitenant en Allemend et en Français sur le site web @m2act.ch & @resodansesuisse 👉 Hit bio!
🌿 Comment rendre les arts vivants plus durables ?
Écologique, humain, social et artistique : découvrez comment, lors d’une journée avec l’équipe du @farnyon et ses complices, Leila Chakroun (chercheuse en sciences de l’environnement – UNIL) et Gregory Stauffer (chorégraphe). Depuis 2022, iel.s explorent la permaculture pour inspirer leur recherche expérimentale et collective.
📅 Tarifs : 10 / 20 / 30.- (repas de midi inclus)
👥 En petit groupe (12 participantexs max)
🔗 Infos pratiques et inscriptions : Lien dans la bio
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🌿 How can we make the performing arts more sustainable?
Ecological, human, social, and artistic: discover how during a day with the @farnyon team and their collaborators, Leila Chakroun (environmental science researcher – UNIL) and Gregory Stauffer (choreographer). Since 2022, they have been exploring permaculture to inspire their experimental and collective research.
📅 Prices: 10 / 20 / 30.- (lunch included)
👥 Small group (max 12 participants)
🔗 Practical info and registration: [Link in bio]