A Green Pilot Tour is a tour of an artistic project/band between at least four different venues or festivals and involving at least two EJN members from two different countries. It must focus on innovative touring models based on the principles of environmental sustainability, collaboration, fair remuneration, inclusion and gender balance. Already five Green Pilot Tour calls have been circulated, and so far 30 tours have been granted.
We are now launching the SIXTH CALL, on 23 January 2026, with a deadline for submissions on Thursday, 30 April 2026. Please download here the GUIDELINES of the CALL (.pdf format) with the link to the application form.
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be eligible, applications for a Green Pilot Tour must be presented by a single active* EJN member (the application leader) meeting the following criteria:
- Each application must involve at least two active* EJN members from two different countries (one as leader, and one as a partner);
- Only one application can be awarded for each leader organisation for this call, and a leader can be a partner in maximum one additional awarded application;
- Each application must include a minimum of FOUR concerts/cities/festivals;
- Only two flights (if unavoidable) are allowed per each tour proposal. IMPORTANT: in exceptional circumstances, a third flight could be allowed for the purpose of the Green Pilot Tour, please check the guidelines for all the details;
- A Green Pilot Tour must involve international touring. The majority of band members (50% or more) cannot play in their own residing country;
- The majority of band members (50% or more) must be residing in countries where EJN members are located;
- All the dates of the Green Pilot Tour must be consequential (i.e. the tour must happen in “one leg”). However, days off for traveling and resting are possible, and the applicants are encouraged to organise additional activities with the artists in those dates;
- All artists and professionals involved in the Green Pilot Tour must receive a fair pay for their services, in accordance with the standards of the respective country.
- The same artistic project (or band) can only be awarded one time during this Green Pilot Tour call.
To have some inspiration from the previous successful Green Pilot Tours please check out this link.
NEW: in addition to the regular Green Pilot Tours calls, we are launching in 2026 a special “Beyond Europe” Green Pilot Tours call, to support the touring inside the EJN membership of artistic projects from Africa and the Middle East that have performed at key EJN Beyond Europe activities in these last years, precisely Visa for Music in Morocco (2023 and 2025) and Dakar Music Expo in Senegal (2025 and 2026). Please download here the GUIDELINES of this special call, with a deadline on Friday, 10 May 2026.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE the evaluation and results of the fifth call for Green Pilot Tours, that had a deadline on 30 April 2025. 6 applications out of the 7 received met the eligibility criteria and were awarded the financial support. 3 of the awarded projects took place before 11/01/2026 while the others before 31/12/2026. Please download here the GUIDELINES of the fifth Green Pilot Tour call, launched on 30 January 2025.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE the evaluation and results of the fourth call for Green Pilot Tours, that had a deadline on 5 May 2024. 7 applications out of the 9 received met the eligibility criteria and were awarded the financial support. 2 of the awarded projects took place before 11/01/2025 while the others before 31712/2025. Please download here the GUIDELINES of the fourth Green Pilot Tour call, launched on 5 February 2024.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE the evaluation and results of the third call for Green Pilot Tours, that had a deadline on 16 October 2023. All 9 applications received met the eligibility criteria and were awarded the financial support. Please download here the GUIDELINES of the third Green Pilot Tour call, launched on 16 May 2023.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE the evaluation and results of the second call for Green Pilot Tours, that had a deadline on 15 March 2023. All 3 applications received met the eligibility criteria and were awarded the financial support. Please download here the GUIDELINES of the second Green Pilot Tour call, launched on 15 November 2022.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE the evaluation and results of the first call for Green Pilot Tours, that had a deadline on 30 September 2022. All 4 applications received met the eligibility criteria and were awarded the financial support. Please download here the GUIDELINES of the first Green Pilot Tour call, launched on 31 May 2022.
* EJN Bylaw: Article 5.1- active Members are members that, after admittance, pay the annual membership subscription
