Context Professional exchange amongst cultural educators across Europe is essential to ensure sustainable existence and competitiveness in the fast changing European cultural landscape. Mobility within the European cultural sector has increased, which has raised environmental concerns as well as questions of access to mobility. Hence, resource-efficient modes of learning that allow participation with limited time and money are needed to complement face-to-face training and exchange activities. These modes of learning require open education and innovative digital practices in order to include those with limited traveling opportunities. Target Groups and their Needs With cultural educators we mean both employed and self-employed professionals in the creative and cultural sector from all over Europe that regularly transmit their knowledge, knowhow and experiences to young professionals, peers or professionals. They can include arts educators as well as curators, cultural managers, etc. and be affiliated with the public sector or civil society. With the consortium of partners we identified the following core topics of relevance to the different project partners and their networks relate to a) creating and sustaining collective impact in the field of culture, b) transcultural knowledge production and transfer, c) working with new migrants and marginalized groups in our communities, d) new forms of community and international collaboration and e) integration of artistic and social work, f) digital education in the creative and culture sector. Each of the consortium partners holds expertise in at least two of the topics and has been engaged in previous projects. Objectives - To qualify at least 200 cultural educators in either of the following topics: a) creating and sustaining collective impact in the field of culture, b) transcultural knowledge production and transfer, c) working with new migrants and marginalized groups in our communities, d) new forms of community and international collaboration and e) integration of artistic and social work, f) digital education in the creative and culture sector - To strengthen the relations and cooperation mechanisms between the consortium of partners - To strategically disseminate knowledge digitally to at least 1000 further cultural educators throughout Europe - To provide an open source toolkit for digital education in the creative and cultural sector Training Activities 3 educational events with 60 cultural educators each C1 – Creating and sustaining collective impact in the field of culture C4 – New forms of community and international collaboration C6 – Digital education in the creative and culture sector 3 educational events with 20 cultural educators as participants each C2 – Transcultural knowledge production and transfer C 3 – Working with new migrants and marginalized groups in our communities C 5 – Integration of artistic and social work Series of webinars after each educational event to disseminate the results in the forms of lectures, digital peer-to-peer exchange and panels Digital toolkit for conceiving, preparing, implementing and documenting international online learning to be disseminated at the end of the project Transnational necessity and necessity for long project duration Through the set-up of the consortium of partners all European regions are covered and allow diverse perspectives to enter the project. All topics are concerns in the creative and cultural sector all over Europe. The consortium of partners estimates that the topics will remain concerns in the years to come. Hence, it is believed that cultural educators will only remain competitive and their work with societal relevance, if they continue the transnational exchange. At the same time, the consortium of partners believes that the project will benefit from the long duration of 36 months as it will allow different cultural educators and the partner organizations to bring in their on-the-ground experiences from other projects into the training activities. Impact This transnational project will thereby make a significant contribution to open education and innovative digital practices in the field of culture throughout Europe. It will thereby foster inclusion of less mobile cultural educators in transnational education activities.
- Qualification of at least 200 cultural educators in one of the following themes: a) creating and sustaining collective impact in the cultural field, b) transcultural knowledge production and transfer, c) working with new migrants and marginalized groups in our communities, d ) new forms of community and international Cooperation and e) integration of artistic and social work, f) digital education in the creative and cultural sectors - Strengthening of relations and cooperation mechanisms between the consortium of partners - Strategically disseminate knowledge digitally to at least 1000 other cultural mediators across Europe - Providing an open source toolkit for digital education in creative and cultural fields training activities 3 educational events with 60 cultural mediators each
Professional exchange between cultural educators across Europe is essential to ensure sustainable existence and competitiveness in the rapidly changing European cultural landscape. Mobility within the European cultural sector has increased, raising environmental concerns as well as mobility access issues. Therefore, resource-efficient forms of learning are needed that allow participation with limited time and money to complement face-to-face training and exchange activities. These forms of learning require open education and innovative digital practices to include people with limited travel opportunities. By cultural educators, we mean both employed and self-employed people in the creative and cultural sectors from all over Europe who regularly pass on their knowledge, know-how and experience to young professionals, peers or professionals. They can include arts educators as well as curators, cultural managers etc. and belong to the public sector or civil society.