New Opportunities for equality and entrepreneurship through culture, Arts

and third sector

THE PARTNERS

TCA SUMMARYCommon interests: development of cultural sector as a potential source of jobs, specially for women.

Methodology: analysing barriers to business and job creation (specialily for women) in cultural sector from different points of view.

Underlying problem: barriers exist because of 1. Special relationship between cultural sector and economy. 2. Third sector as a key agent. 3. Women as a disavantadged group in labour market and under-represented in business leading.

Common objectives:

1. Improve position of women in labour market through business creation in cultural sector using local resources and third sector potential. 2. Develop methodologies for analysis and training tools in diff. areas. 3. Exchange/dissemination of experiences/good practices/beneficiaries. 4. Set a permanent support for potential entrepreneurs in cultural sector.

Added value: 1. Diversity of approaches (target groups, territories, institutional frameworks, nature of DPs, etc.). 2. Contribution to analysis of one of the most important activities for society, economy and equal opportunities. 3. Possibilities for further co-operation and building of an european network on “culture and employment”.

Methodology for sharing information...: 1. Telephone, fax, e-mail, etc. 2. Transnational meetings (between six and eight). 3. Technical workshops.

Time schedule: synchronize with national projects and with different action 2 deadlines.

Decision making: consensus (1 DP = 1 vote, if necessary). Two levels (general dissemination and joint work).

Working language: english for documents and meetings.

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PLANNED TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Cultur@civitas: methods for detection and analysis of local cultural resources andanalysis of the success factors in business creation in cultural sector (+Saber&Arte)Economia Sociale e…: analysis of cultural third sector in economy and labour marketArt Works: analysis of cultural services as a new source of jobs

Cultur@civitas: cultural management and cultural industriesSaber&Arte: crafts and valuation of local cultural resourcesEconomia sociale e...: third sector organisations (social economy, NGOs, non-profit…)Art Works: arts and cultural services for third sector

Cultur@civitasSaber&Arte All related to developedEconomia Sociale e… analysis methodologiesArt Works

Cultur@civitas: visit to different experiences of new business in cultural sectorSaber&Arte: vist to Centro de Promoción de Talentos de Celórico de BastoEconomia sociale e...: visit to vocational training centresArt Works: visit to co-ordination centre

ROLE OF EACH ONE OF THE PARTENRS IN THE TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT

ANALYSIS METHODOLOGIES (all including equal opportunities approach)3 TECHNICAL

WORKSHOPS (one in each country for

each item) + DISSEMINATION OF GOOD PRACTICES (at different leveal

according to specific

partnerships: seminars, web site,

etc.).

COLLECTION/EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES (idem)

DISTANCE TRAINING: JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON MODULES EVALUATION

MARKETING

EXCHANGE OF TARGET GROUPS (activities to be concreted) WEB SITE

Role ans Tasks of TCA “Secretariat” (think about two levels): 1. Representative and intermediary of behalf of the project. 2. Coordinate the work, monitor TCA, suggest possible solutions. 3. Organise transnational meetings. 4. Draft and edit documents and keep general archives. Monitoring and evaluation: 1. Transnational meetings & reports. 2. Build up an indicator system for each action. 3. Intermediate and final evaluation (parallel to national evaluations).

Cost sharing: none.

Contribution and responsabilities: 1. Resources, experiences, contacts (specially those arising from national project). 2. Participate, create a specific transnational work group, involve all relevant national partners. 3. Intellectual Property Rights regulations fulfilment.

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