Projector
NEAR-BALKAN ECOSYSTEM // FREEWARE

Cultural Residencies, Effortlessly Managed.

Near-Balkan Projector is a freeware event and residency management platform for international cultural projects, youth exchanges, and creative retreats. It gives organizers and participants a shared hub for schedules, accommodation, workshops, documents, reimbursements, and daily operations.

Access

Freeware Platform

Standard

Erasmus+ Ready

Experience

Live Synchronization

projector.near-balkan.com
LIVE HUB
10:00 - 12:30WORKSHOP

Co-Creation & Documentary Script Lab

Main Studio • 18 Participants

Room 04: Château Dormitory3/4 BEDS
NZJ+1 vacancy

Dinner: Mediterranean Paella

Team Balkan • 24 servings (6 Vegan)

ROSTER ASSIGNED

Erasmus+ Travel Receipts

100% Digital Signature & Collated PDFs

Connected live across all residency spaces

OPERATIONAL SUPERPOWERS

Everything Your Residency Needs in One Dashboard

Eliminate disorganized spreadsheets, lost receipts, and chaotic WhatsApp groups. Projector provides dedicated operational tools engineered specifically for cultural exchanges.

Live Timetable & Schedules

Dynamic daily and weekly schedules with color-coded tracks (workshops, meals, rehearsals, free time). Real-time updates with zero caching delays.

Multi-track timetable • Conflict detection

Interactive SVG Floorplans

Upload your venue architectural drawings. Visualise buildings, floors, room capacities, participant rooming assignments, and bed allocations at a glance.

Vector blueprints • Instant room allocation

Housekeeping & Duty Rotations

Fair distribution of daily community tasks: kitchen prep, dining setup, and cleaning duties. Includes instant peer-to-peer duty swap requests.

Automated duty roster • One-click swaps

Cuisine & Market Management

Centralized recipe database with dynamic portion multipliers, dietary restriction tallies (vegan, allergies, vegetarian), and automated shopping lists.

Allergen tracking • Shopping market lists

Erasmus+ Travel & Reimbursements

Collect travel segments, boarding passes, and receipts. Calculate green travel grants and generate collated audit-ready PDF packs with digital signatures.

Digital receipt signing • Batch ticket downloads

GDPR & Participant Consent

Built-in onboarding flows for participant data protection consent, child protection policies, emergency contacts, and physical rule confirmations.

European GDPR compliant • Self-serve portal
CONNECTED CREATIVE SUITE

The Near-Balkan Ecosystem

The Near-Balkan Ecosystem is a connected suite of platforms supporting independent filmmaking, cultural collaboration, and creative experimentation. It brings together community-driven short film production and streaming through Near-Balkan, grant and production management through Marketable, broadcast coordination through ShowFlow, spatial knowledge sharing through Map-o-Pedia, interactive experiments through Sandbox and a freeware for cultural events and residencies through Projector.

FILM & STREAMING
Near-Balkan

https://near-balkan.com/

Near-Balkan is a community-driven short film production and streaming platform supporting independent filmmakers across Central and Southeastern Europe. It connects creators with audiences who help bring new stories to life by backing film projects through advance premiere tickets.

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BROADCAST
Near-Balkan ShowFlow

https://showflow.near-balkan.com/

Near-Balkan ShowFlow is a comprehensive broadcast management platform designed for professional production teams, podcasters, and media studios. It provides a centralized hub to manage every aspect of a show, from pre-production planning to real-time live execution.

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GRANTS & PRODUCTION
Near-Balkan Marketable

https://marketable.near-balkan.com/

Near-Balkan Marketable is a comprehensive grant and production management platform for media organizations and filmmakers. It provides a centralized hub to manage the entire process, from applications and evaluation to contracts, budgets, production reviews, and final delivery.

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SPATIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
Near-Balkan Map-o-Pedia

https://map-o-pedia.near-balkan.com/

Near-Balkan Map-o-Pedia is a collaborative platform for creating and exploring spatial encyclopedias. It lets users organize knowledge on a zoomable map, customize entries for any topic, and build upon community collections to reveal new connections.

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EXPERIMENTS & TECH
Near-Balkan Sandbox

https://sandbox.near-balkan.com/

Near-Balkan Sandbox is a creative playground for interactive games and visual experiments. It brings together multiplayer storytelling, live broadcast tools, generative mosaics, and reactive typography for audiences and creators to explore.

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ACTIVE PLATFORM
Near-Balkan Projector

https://projector.near-balkan.com/

Near-Balkan Projector is a freeware event and residency management platform for international cultural projects, youth exchanges, and creative retreats. It gives organizers and participants a shared hub for schedules, accommodation, workshops, documents, reimbursements, and daily operations.

Freeware v2.0
WHO IS PROJECTOR FOR?

Designed for International Cultural Practitioners

Whether you are hosting an Erasmus+ youth exchange in the French countryside or an experimental film residency in the Balkans, Projector scales to your operational needs.

01

Erasmus+ & Youth Exchanges

Meet all EU compliance requirements seamlessly. Manage participant travel guarantees, green travel allowances, meal allergen tallies, and youth pass details without administrative burnout.

02

Artist Residencies & Retreats

Provide arriving creators with a serene, organized retreat experience. Self-serve rooming blueprints, shared community cooking responsibilities, and clear studio reservation timetables.

03

Workshops & Film Academies

Empower workshop mentors to lead breakout sessions, track participant capacities, announce sudden schedule adjustments, and coordinate screening equipment in real time.

ACTIVE RESIDENCY PORTAL

Explore & Launch Projects

Select an ongoing project to access live floorplans, timetables, and participant portals, or initialize a new residency if you are an administrator.

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A Free Community Tool by Near-Balkan

Developed by Near-Balkan Kft. to empower cross-border cultural collaboration, creative mobility, and grassroots artistic production.