The “Empowering Culture through Business: Introducing Business Academies for Culture and Creative Young Professionals in rural and remote areas” project has officially ended.
The project, received funding under Key Action 2 of the Erasmus+ Programme and it aims at the development and enhancement of the skills of Culture and Creative Young Professionals (CCYPs) living and working in rural and remote areas.
Through focus groups and field research the partners identified the necessary skills that young people are required to have in order to increase their work skills and employment opportunities as well as to develop business activities in the cultural and creative sector with emphasis on: the use of tools for access to finance, digitisation and digital marketing.
Following the identification of the necessary skills, the partners developed a training course which is divided into the following three modules:
- Module 1: Basic Business Understanding
- Module 2: Participation in EU funded programmes
- Module 3: The human side of business
The aim of the training course is to improve the employability skills and work opportunities for Culture and Creative Young Professionals (CCYPs) living in rural and/or remote areas and to reduce the existing gap between the educational world and labour market by diversification of career paths and skills recognition.
The training course can be found on the project’s e-Learning Platform, which was developed as part of the activities of the project. The e-Learning Platform is an e-community platform and an e-learning tool, where the training course for young creative professionals is available for everyone to freely access.
During the project the partners also developed a Guidebook on how to create a prototype HUB in a remote, non-urban area. The HUB aims to provide the necessary support to young people for their professional development and especially access to funding tools in order to support their work. The creation of the original HUB and its sustainable development guide, aim to be a remarkable tool of development policy for local authorities and a best practice for remote communities.
The project started in January 2022 and it was implemented until July 2024 with a total budget of € 207 445. The consortium comprises of 6 partners: the Nicosia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (coordinator), the European Office of Cyprus, Matera Hub in Italy, Danmar Computers from Poland, the Company of Research, Education, Innovation and Development of the North Aegean Region (ELORIS S.A.) and the training consulting company Catro in Bulgaria.
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