Social ARTpreneurship for Innovative Solutions

The project "Social ARTpreneurship for Innovative Solutions" aims at making an important contribution to the promotion of "Social Entrepreneurship" at European level, emphasizing the possibilities that art and culture can offer to young people, in order to improve their working conditions. The project foresees a training course to be held in Llinars del Vallès (Barcelona, Spain) from the 15th to the 22nd of June 2015. The training course will involve 25 participants, mostly youth workers and volunteers from partner organisations, coming from Spain, Macedonia, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, Greece, Hungary and Italy. The methodology used during the project will be based on Non-Formal Education principles. The working methods will be based on art and creativity, and will include games and dynamics; group cohesion activities; moments of reflection and analysis; simulations; theatre workshops; individual and working group activities; sessions to exchange experiences and best practices; and a presentation to an external audience. It is expected that the project will get the following results: the acquisition by participants of new competences based on art and creativity, that will enable them to improve their working conditions, and a greater spirit of initiative; new reflections about the concept of "Social Entrepreneurship" in Europe, and the role that art and culture can have in this sector; new "creative" solutions to the problem of youth unemployment in Europe; new network projects between European youth organisations. It is expected that the project will impact both directly in participants, in international partner organizations and in the local community where the activities will take place, as well as indirectly in the communities of origin of the participants, through a deep multiplier effect. In a long-term perspective, the project will promote and disseminate the use of art and creativity as privileged working tools in educational interventions carried out for young people. Aims & Objectives: • To analyse the concept of Social Entrepreneurship. • To share good examples and practices of Social Entrepreneurship in Europe. • To promote active participation in European young people and their Social Entrepreneurship. • To empower European young people through the development and the recognition of new artistic and creative competences, supporting their professional development. • To explore creative methods in the fight against youth unemployment in Europe. • To foster social development of Europe through culture and arts. On the other hand we want to emphasize that the practical activities proposed contain in themselves social values and meet the following specific objectives: • To develop individual values: the challenge that mean the different theatrical disciplines help us to develop the spirit of perseverance and self confidence, to improve self-esteem, to develop a sense of safety and risk, to discover our capabilities and our limits, to develop creativity. • To promote group values: the performing arts are team disciplines, where you learn that active participation, cooperation and group cohesion are essential to achieve a long-term objective. • To facilitate and develop the integration through education for diversity, solidarity and Intercultural Dialogue. Working methods: Social theatre, clown, street theatre, performative theatre. The training course is based on practical work: activities will include a very good overview and practical experience of these methods through individual work, working groups and collective group work, and at the end of the training we will realise a final performance in the hosting local community, using the techniques we will train during the course, as a result of the work done and as an important learning opportunity for participants. Each participant will end this project with ideas about how to use these tools in their future actions. A purpose for this TC is to proceed with already existing network members to follow-up plans, to exchange good practices and to prepare future quality projects.