PROJECT DETAILS

The project will contribute to the main goal of "intensifying cross-border cooperation between people and institutions in the region in order to jointly respond to common challenges and exploit untapped potentials" by creating an environment in which creativity is unleashed, especially among the young population developing tools. as mobile creative studios / workshops in local communities as well as entrepreneurial skills to unleash the potential of the creative industries. Selection of participants - 40 Bulgarian and 40 Macedonian participants will be selected; 6 mobile studios / workshops will be established; Creative forum in Strumica - for 20 Macedonian and 20 Bulgarian participants - for creative ideas and creative networking and cooperation; Capacity building for creative ideas and entrepreneurship - training for 10 Macedonian and 10 Bulgarian trainers "for creative product development" and creative workshops and film trainings and video clips for 10 Macedonian and 10 Bulgarian participants, music workshop - 10 Bulgarian participants, mobile workshop for 40 participants for arts and crafts, for masks and costumes for 10 Macedonian participants and creative entrepreneurship training and opportunity to finance a creative business for 30 participants; creative fair in the area of ​​Blagoevgrad for 20 Bulgarian and 20 Macedonian, for the most active participants from the 6 creative workshops to make creative products prototypes; intensive training in an EU country - study visit and exchange of good practices; cross-border exhibition "Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Strumica" to present the results and lessons learned. The target group is young people with creative orientation and skills from local schools, universities and local business; unemployed people with creative potential; 35 community centers. This is a pilot project to encourage creative entrepreneurship in the cross-border region and the lessons learned and experiences will be used for the idea of ​​developing an ecosystem to support creative enterprises and international promotion of cross-border entrepreneurship. There is an opportunity for further development of a project to support and promote start-ups of creative businesses in the Balkans, ie. the new Balkan-Med program for Zbalkan-Hemed network for creative entrepreneurship as well as Erasmus + for new entrepreneurs.