Med Culture Peer to Peer Workshop on Cultural Entrepreneurship, Deadline: 21 October 2016

Med Culture, an EU-funded Regional Programme, is seeking participants for its Peer to Peer (P2P) workshops addressing the theme “Cultural Entrepreneurship: Create your own business model!”.

Capacity development is a Med Culture core activity that provides cultural practitioners working in different cultural fields, both from the civil society and public sectors, with the opportunity to discuss common challenges and share experiences with their peers in the involved South Mediterranean countries.

The call is targeting 20 cultural practitioners from South Mediterranean countries, aged between 25 and 45 years at the time of application.

Workshop Structure

• The first 3-day workshop is scheduled to take place in Tunis from 17-19 December, 2016
• The second workshop will be scheduled in February 2017 (host-country yet to be determined)

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should:
  • have a strong command of Arabic. Knowledge of French OR English is a requirement
  • work in the cultural field within civil society/cultural organisations, the public sector, or as freelancers
  • be committed to participate in both workshops related to the subject
  • be residents in one of the involved countries mention below. Candidates with Syrian or Libyan nationality who come from the civil society sector and who reside in their country or elsewhere are also eligible
• Candidates should have some experience in the following:
  • Establishment of cultural organisations (associations, NGOs, enterprises, and independent workers as well).
  • Management of cultural projects at local, national, and international levels within the framework of associations or enterprises.
  • Development of entrepreneurial activities or promotion of the cultural entrepreneurship sector. This also applies to those interested among public function employees such as ministries, municipalities, etc.

How to Apply

• CV in French, English or Arabic (education, current activities, etc.), with your full name and birth date as they figure in your passport.
• Motivation letter explaining your interest in these two workshops (why are you interested to participate and what objective do you plan to achieve or develop).
• Applications must submit via email at the address given on the website.

Eligible Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.

For more information, please visit Med Culture.