Connecting the Creative and Cultural Industries with Sustainable Development (Creative Agents)

The main aim of the Project CREATIVE AGENTS was to support VET providers in adapting their training offers to meet the changing skills needs in the CCI sector, thereby expanding the training to in...

OBJECTIVES The main aim of the project CREATIVE AGENTS was to provide the professionals or future professionals in the Creative and Cultural Sectors with the necessary creative, green and digital skills to develop alternative sustainable practices that adapt to the needs of the CCI sector and promote the cross-fertilization of arts, culture and sustainability. It has done so by creating a CREATIVE AGENT training Course that creates a new job profile, the Creative Agent, who encompasses entrepreneurial spirit, digital knowhow and a green approach to the practice. Creative Agents are capable of creating synergies among different economic sectors and able to strongly communicate and cooperative with local communities, actors and stakeholders. The project aimed to put in practice new innovative solutions and sustainable alternatives; Work with new partners at community level to increase the participation of local stakeholders; Adopt smart digital distribution formats; Collaborate with the CCS practitioners to create joint actions and movements at local level; Contribute to the well-being of citizens, social innovation and cohesion.

The project developed a new job profile, The Creative Agent, emphasizing new marketable skills based on the evolving labour market requirements of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI), incorporating the pandemic and post-pandemic experience. Sustainability, green and digital skills were elements of the learning materials and methodologies employed. Partners took part in stakeholder committees, implemented desk research, organized focus groups, developed content, cultural labs, an e-learning platform and a variety of dissemination activities and piloting activities. Additionally, the project carried out a variety of project management activities including transnational partner meetings, online meetings, evaluation efforts and activities, and the project website.

PR1. Occupational Profile of Creative Agents. The first result was the development of an Occupational Profile of Creative Agents. The first result served to compile all the necessary information through qualitative and quantitative studies and an expert forum and focus groups with Creative Sector organisations in order to select the contents to be included in the training program. PR2. Toolbox for Cultural Economy Labs The result will be a toolbox that project targets, creative sector or actors involved in social innovation/economy, will use in order to plan, organize, deliver and monitor (the impact) the Cultural Economy Labs. The toolbox was supported by a methodology on how to run the labs and will provided a list of instruments and ideas that the creative sectors were able to use on the labs. As a result, the final version of the Creative Agents course was created. PR3: Creative Agents e-learning platform & Deus Platform community of users. In the third result, the partners worked to convert this training program into an e-learning platform. It also included a short self-assessment for users.