ENVISION - Culture and Creativity Sectors’ Entrepreneurship Empowerment in the Digital Era

ENVISION (Culture and Creativity Sectors’ Entrepreneurship Empowerment in the Digital Era) is a project aiming to develop new and enhance already existing entrepreneurship skills and competencies of Culture and Creativity Sectors’ (CSS) entrepreneurs and stakeholders. The CCS are among the most severely struck by the pandemic consequences, and there is a need for inciting their recovery and building their resilience to withstand such shocks.The ENVISION digital accelerator platform which will be built will provide cultural entrepreneurs with consulting services, as well as an appropriate digital space for presenting their work/projects, and will stimulate creativity and encourage all existing potential in the CCS. The provision of this digital space will offer cultural entrepreneurs and start-uppers the possibility to exchange knowledge and new/innovative practices, and the opportunity to become members of an extended (digital) CCS community and network.The project’s objectives are:-To promote the recovery of the CCS sectors in the COVID-19 aftermath and enhance their resilience through the acquisition of valuable skills-To promote an attitude change for the CCS and encourage participation and openness to the arts’ industry- Strengthening cross-border and -sector collaborations for the CCS-Testing new forms of organisation and management structures in CCS- To facilitate knowledge exchange and culture-led innovation- Improved business culture and boosting entrepreneurship-Design of a digital toolkit providing information for cultural entrepreneurs, as a means of support of the recovery and re-development of CCS-To promote novel and innovative initiative-taking in the CCS- Recognize the important role of cultural entrepreneurship and enterprises to combat unemployment; develop and strengthen policies to increase knowledge on various aspects of culture entrepreneurship- Increase the visibility of cultural entrepreneurship and develop tools for better understanding of the CCS (increase knowledge and promote various forms of cultural and creative enterprises)- Strengthen active cooperation among young cultural entrepreneurs with the relevant business and social partners and other stakeholders that will get involved in the projectENVISION’s target groups are:- CCS SMEs and start-ups, and individual entrepreneurs- Students and researchers in various cultural-art fields.- Everyone interested in the services of the virtual accelerator for the CCS.- Cultural organisations wishing to adopt new and innovative ways of offering cultural products and/or services.- All stakeholders that can be actively involved in the project’s implementation and development as well as to the transmission of its ideas.The project will last for 24 months and will be delivered through 5 Intellectual Outputs, namely:1) Mapping the needs and requirements of the CSS in the partner countries2) Development of the online accelerating platform for CCS stakeholders3) Content development for an e-training toolkit of consulting & mentoring services for cultural entrepreneurs4) Implementation of a cultural Hackathon event / Pilot Implementation5) Design & development of a Crowdfunding mechanism for cultural entrepreneurs