The la Fabrique des résidences program is aimed at all the network's posts, Instituts français, Alliances Françaises and binational centers, whatever their geography. Its aim is to support the cultural network from the design to the implementation of new permanent residency programs, or on an evolutionary phase of an existing program.

The scheme offers multi-year funding over three years to enable positions :

• To implement a set of best practices around hosting artists, creators or designers in residence;
• To structure their residency program over time and within their territory;
• To join, in the medium term, a network of residencies within the diplomatic network where experience, skills and communication actions will be shared.

Projects supported from 2025

• The EXTRA residences: Belgium's first network of residences, SCAC of the French Embassy in Belgium.

Disciplines: digital art, artistic video games, visual arts, design, crafts

Project summary: The project aims to connect French artists to the experimental and European scene in Brussels, as well as to the creative ecosystem in Flanders, by creating a network of five residencies in Belgium for emerging artists in the fields of visual arts, digital art, artistic video games, design and crafts. This network of residencies is supported in partnership with five Belgian cultural structures and two French structures for the cross-residency part of the program. The residency network will integrate the "EXTRA" program to support and promote French contemporary creation in Belgium, run by the French Embassy.

• Villa N'Zuo, Institut français de Côte d'Ivoire

Disciplines: visual arts, curatorial practices, design

Project summary: The project consists of creating a residency program in Côte d'Ivoire for French artists with a historical or artistic link to the African continent (artists from the continent, Afro-descendants, from the Caribbean or with projects strongly rooted in the Ivorian territory). Villa N'Zuo will take place between Abidjan and Grand-Bassam, in conjunction with two local partner structures. The artist, artist collective or artist-in-family will be welcomed for a one- to two-month research residency in visual arts, curatorial practices or design.

• CREACOLOMBIA, Artist residencies in Colombia, Institut français de Colombie
  Disciplines: literature, comics, visual arts, dance, urban arts

Project summary: The project aims to create a network of residencies in Colombia for French and French artists, in the cities of Bogota, Medellin, Cali and Baranquilla, in partnership with cultural and artistic structures in each city. The program will take the form of seven annual residencies, enabling seven French artists per year to benefit from research residencies lasting a minimum of one month. Each residency is specialized in one discipline, which may intersect with another discipline or with a specific theme specific to the partner venue or host context.

• Ateliers du Nil, Institut français d'Égypte
  Disciplines: art professions, architecture/heritage, new digital creations, art curating

Project summary: The project consists of relaunching a residency program on Egyptian territory for French artists and creators. Deployed in partnership with two local structures, one in Cairo and the other in Alexandria, the program aims to encourage encounters between French and Egyptian players and will host at least three artists per year for research and creation residencies in arts and crafts, architecture and heritage, new digital creations and art curating.

• Nouveau Grand Tour / Romania: a professionalizing residency program for French artists who have recently graduated from art schools, Institut français de Roumanie
  . Discipline: visual arts
  Project summary: The project consists of creating a national residency program in Romania, in collaboration with six cultural venues in Bucharest, Cluj, Timisoara and Iasi to enable six artists who have recently graduated from art schools per year to benefit from a research residency within an innovative Romanian structure. The artists will also benefit from a program of seminars and meetings to raise their awareness of the challenges of the residency and put them in touch with players in the Romanian cultural ecosystem.

• , Institut français d'Italie
  Discipline: pluridisciplinary

Project summary : The New Grand Tour is a multidisciplinary residency program aimed at young European talent under the age of thirty from all fields of artistic creation. The project submitted involves strengthening several aspects of the Nouveau Grand Tour by improving the conditions of artists' residencies (creation of a minimum residency period, introduction of a lump-sum allowance and an ecological grant, development of support for artists during and after residency) and by structuring the network of partners to enhance the program's visibility and coherence.

• SE BRANCHER NATURE, Alliance Française de San José in Costa Rica
  . Disciplines: visual arts, digital arts, sound creations, sound art, sound design

Project summary: The ambition of this project is to create a residency program in Costa Rica for emerging or emerging artists wishing to conduct research related to the themes of nature, ecology, preservation of ecosystems and biodiversity. The program offers to host one artist per year for a three-month research and creative residency, deployed in partnership with the University of Costa Rica and the Dos Mares platform.