The overall aim of the project is to develop skills in physical, digital and ethical cooperation in the performing arts sector. The main aims are as follows: - To offer experimental training courses for adults focusing on the individual and collective development of the ability to cooperate and act in a network. - To develop an understanding of group dynamics and the skills needed to manage and lead collaborative projects, using collective intelligence methods, digital tools and innovative leadership methods. - Facilitate the networking and dissemination of these methods. - Strengthen the sector's agility, resilience and capacity for innovation and joint problem-solving. - To design and prototype a training system focusing on cooperation skills, using an experimental and participative approach with strong involvement of beneficiaries. - Create an open-access toolbox of resources and training materials to enable adoption by other organisations. - Encourage a culture of cooperation and collective action in the performing arts.
The performing arts sector in Europe is facing systemic challenges linked to economic fragility, limited organisational capacity and the need for greater professionalisation. With limited resources and strong competition, performing arts companies need help to undertake collaborative initiatives that could strengthen the ecosystem. Professionals have unstable careers marked by job insecurity, with little or no training in innovative practices, cross-disciplinary skills and other management tools, and make little use of the tools resulting from digital transformation. This leads to an environment of resistance to change and an inability to jointly solve common problems. More support needs to be given to the development of essential skills such as cooperation, collective action and organisational innovation. The CoopAnimArt project aims to address these issues directly by developing new training methods focused on developing more vital peer collaboration, networking and physical and digital cooperation skills.