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The rich history and heritage of Europe make of culture an invaluable asset for Europe, which together with the talent and qualification of people in 28 countries across Europe makes that art and culture are call to be one of the engines in the economic and business growth of Europe. Training the people who will be moving forward this sector on the necessary entrepreneurial competences to effectively make culture and art a source of economic growth is a priority for Europe, even more taking into account the accredited lack of entrepreneurial competences and abilities of professionals in the artistic and cultural sector who possess abilities which are seen as opposite to those required by a business person. The ArtEnprise project has been conceived to advance in this EU priority and support artists and cultural operators in developing entrepreneurial skills. The project has analysed in depth the competences, abilities and areas of entrepreneurial expertise that artist and cultural operators should have to successfully perform as entrepreneurs. Such analysis has entailed quantitative and qualitative research involving both experts and the final target group, and an exhaustive desk research of similar previous initiatives in every one of the 28 EU countries, and has resulted in the development of a “Framework of Entrepreneurial competences for artist and cultural operators” in which these competences are structured into 3 main levels of experience. This is a valuable tool for artists and cultural operators to measure, assess and become aware of their current entrepreneurial competency levels. Conversely, trainers, educators and experts in entrepreneurship education and coaching can use it to develop tailor-made curricula and learning activities to improve artists and cultural operator’s entrepreneurial spirit. The project has advanced more in the goal of supporting artist, cultural organisations and professionals to develop and improve their entrepreneurial skills and has developed a specific methodology based on the concept of Enterprise Circles to support artists and cultural operators across Europe to start up and develop their business from their artistic and cultural practice. The ArtEnprise methodology is explained in the Enterprise Circles Facilitator Manual, a document addressed to those trainers, employment and entrepreneurship counsellors who want to organise group training and coaching activities to help the artist and cultural operators they work with to acquire the necessary entrepreneurial competences. The ArtEnprise methodology is complemented with a social learning platform https://training.artenprise.eu/en/ which is accessible both by trainers and by artist and cultural operators as “learners” looking to directly improve their entrepreneurial skills. The platform offers free access to training modules specifically designed for artists on the topics which has been identified as key when it comes to start a business in the cultural and artistic sector. Users can also access a European online community where the can meet other artist from different EU countries, exchange views and knowledge, collaborate with and create synergies. With all the different tools developed, the ArtEnprise project has made a valuable contribution to the development of entrepreneurial competences in the arts and cultural sector, which is expected to have a multiplier effect after the end of the project thanks to the extensive network of stakeholders in the field or cultural industries and entrepreneurship which has been established during the project which has served as a catalyst for many other initiatives and projects to be developed by the project partners in the near future contributing to fulfilling the training needs of this sector.
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