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Rinova

12/2/2015

25 trainers, managers and advisers from Italy, Croatia, Slovakia, Estonia and the UK came together recently over three days of meetings and workshops for aspire2create. The aspire2create project is transferring and testing Euro-Aspire, a Competency Framework and Toolkit for trainers working in the non-formal learning sector in the creative industries and arts sectors...

To find out about more visit: www.rinova.co.uk/news/aspire2create-at-the-open-studios/

Staying in Touch with the Project

29/1/2015

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Third partnership meeting in London

18/11/2014

The Aspire2create European partnership held the third partners meeting and a masterclass in London from 12th-14th November to discuss of the validation of competences for creative practitioners. Over 25 people from Materahub, Regional Development Agency Senec-Pezinok, Kau Academy, Rinova and Prostor Plus attended at Collage Arts in Wood Green London and explored a number of issues concerned with the use and adaptation of the Euro-Aspire Framework, including the recognition of non-formal learning in the creative industries and questions of terminology, assessment and validation. They also reviewed the use of an Online Learning Management System which is being testing by the pilot group. The three days concluded with an opportunity to visit the Chocolate Factory Open Studios, a public event that Collage Arts run annually in November attracting over 10,000 visitors, which provided an ideal location to learn about what the artistic communities within the Chocolate Factory, disseminate information about the project and the work so far.

Matera announced as European capital of culture 2019

20/10/2014

Last Friday, along with many other people, Materahub rejoiced in the streets to a dream come true as Matera has just been designated European capital of culture for 2019. Read more on the Materahub blog about the short term and long term benefits for Matera and Basilicata, as well as the 7 growth opportunities. http://blog.materahub.com/7-occasioni-crescita-matera-2019/ (photos: Matera 2019 Committee)

Good news for Materahub

25/9/2014

Good news for Materahub, Aspire2create partner in South Italy. Materahub have had their Erasmus+ project approved by the Italian National Agency. "Break in the Desk" will promote innovation of traditional SMEs and Public Administrations in Europe, through interactions with Creative and Cultural Operators. The project also involves lead partner, Collage Arts and Rinova to deliver the project in London. Well done to Paolo Montemurro and the team in Matera! www.materahub.com

Update from Prostor Plus

20/9/2014

We have just finished two days of workshops in Rijeka, Croatia with Prostor Plus candidates, talking about the framework, creative practice, cultural industries and assessment and validation for Euro-Aspire Proficiency Award (level 7 EQF)... Moving forward to the next step

Aspire 2 Create Research Summary / Report

15/7/2014

The Aspire 2 Create partnership recently completed and published a research study connected to the project. The study compared the situation in each of the partner countries in the following areas:

Occupational profile of the “Artistic and Creative Enterprise Advisors” delivering advice and support to Artists and Creative Enterprise

Competencies (skills, knowledge, attitudes) and Continuing Professional Development needs for the role of “Artistic and Creative Enterprise Advisors”

Success criteria for Artistic and Creative Enterprise Advisors

In the research, we found that all 5 partner countries: Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Slovakia and the United Kingdom have some type of Artistic and Creative Enterprise Advisor activities which take different forms, have different inputs and meet different objectives. The key contexts for the ACEA role are integrated within the specific workforce agencies and delivered by individual workers or freelancers in the day-to-day work. There is support from government for this role but it is not always broad, strategic or responsive to the needs of the CCI sector. There are examples of current developments of grass-roots creative entrepreneurial activities in Estonia and Slovakia. However, public sector cuts have directly affected programmes in the UK and Croatia.

The top 5 key competencies of this job role are having: commercial insight and business planning skills; knowledge and skills in business strategy and operations; current cultural sector knowledge, both national and international; good interpersonal skills and access to local and global cultural sector networks.

There are currently no legal pre-requisites for undertaking this job role in any of the partner countries. In the UK, Estonia and Croatia there are currently some forms of qualification or/and training in this area. In the UK, the Institute of Consulting offers a specific Certified Business Adviser Award, which is aligned to the SFEDI standards (SFEDI is the UK Standards Setting Body for Business Support and Business Enterprise). In Italy, there are a range of Master degrees and training courses for this role; in Croatia, training is available in the humanities, or in production and cultural management; and in Slovakia, training is predominantly in Marketing and Communications for the people who undertake this type of role. In Estonia, some specific training is provided through the Sotsiaalsete Ettevõtete Võrgustik, the Social Enterprise Network). There is little Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for individuals that perform this job role except through formal courses in Italy or Croatia. However, experience gained through working in international and national creative and cultural Industries (CCIs) is very important.

Good practice material for this job role exists from various sources in Croatia, UK and from European projects but none of these are specific to the cultural sector.

Two key critical success factors for the ACEA role include the ability to combine a degree of commercial acumen and business know-how with skills, knowledge and experience of the creative sector and to have access to relevant networks in the Creative and Cultural Industries to benefit clients.

As a result of this research, the Aspire 2 Create project team, which is currently transferring the Euro-Aspire Framework and Tool-kit to a group of trainers and advisers in the partners countries, will adapt or evolve the Framework to take into account its findings, as well as some of the emerging needs from the current trainer group.

A copy of the full research study can be found below:

aspire2create_partner_research_report_final.pdf
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For the Executive Summary of the research, which is also available in each of the partner languages (Croatian, Estonian, Italian, Slovak) below:

a2cresearch_summary_lang_versions.zip
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Non-formal Learning

4/7/2014

Non-formal learning - tailored to learning style, flexible in approach, suited to interests. Find out more here!

Update from Materahub

26/6/2014

In Matera, Italy today, Paolo, Emanuela, Vania, Andrea and Raffaele met with Enzo from Collage Arts to conduct the Aspire2create observations against the Euro-aspire framework. They will be assessed and their competences validated as Level 7 creative practitioners, creative industries advisors, facilitators and cultural entrepreneurs.

Digital Discrimination

18/6/2014

Collage Arts and ICUD partners are presenting educational tools to help prevent Digital Discrimination in Social Networks on 26th June 2014 in Brussels. Its an Open Event and all are welcome!

Find out more here!