SHIFT Erasmus Project

Project Title

SHIFT

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Gender equality / equal opportunities; Environment and climate change; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

SHIFT – Shared Initiatives for Training
In today’s rapidly changing world, it is a great challenge to create a path for sustainable societies working together to face the global challenges such as climate change, gender equality or inclusion of minorities. Arts and culture have a recognised role in shaping societies and have the potential to significantly contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all, as demanded by the UN with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs – https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/).
European cultural networks have an acknowledged structuring effect on their specific field within the arts and culture sector, as they often have been created for that very reason. Specific training for cultural leaders is needed in order to face the above mentioned challenges and to implement necessary changes. Personal and professional development as well as knowledge based training on particular subjects is crucial. University programmes in cultural management only offer very limited specific training in cultural leadership and hardly any VET programmes exist when it comes to knowledge about and the implementation of SDGs in the field of culture. Thus, the enormous potential of transnational cultural networks towards a more sustainable future is not fully used and therefore new training models are needed.
AIM:
The project SHIFT aims at shifting towards better trained cultural leaders, specifically those of transnational cultural networks, with regards to SDGs. Cultural leaders shall be enabled to implement changes where needed and to pass on their knowledge gained through the project to leaders and staff of members of their network and to the broader cultural sector.
OBJECTIVES:
Three out of the 17 SDGs, which are the most relevant for the cultural sector in Europe at the moment, have been selected as a starting point to activate and increase the sector’s awareness of the sustainable goals. In order to use in the most optimal way the resources and capacities of the networks and to enable the target group to learn about these, the focus will be put on the following SDGs, other SDGs might be addressed in future initiative:
● SDG 13: Climate Action
● SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
● SDG 5: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

In order to achieve the aim of the SHIFT project it is necessary
● To improve the personal and professional development of leading staff within cultural networks and beyond to enable them to face challenges and adapt changes when needed, including the evaluation of planned activities;
● To increase the knowledge about the three SDGs mentioned above and to improve the capacity of leading staff for their implementation.

TARGET GROUPS:
● Direct Beneficiaries of the project activities, within the consortium on partners:
○ Leaders / directors / coordinators
○ Board / working group / commission / committee members
○ Fellows / members of youth groups
○ Junior staff members with the potential to develop into leadership positions
○ Senior staff members leading one or more projects or activities within the network
● Indirect Beneficiaries:
○ staff of members of the networks in the partner consortium
○ staff of other networks and organisations in the sector
Indirect benefits will be achieved through multiplying events, through communication about the project development and through the dissemination of project results.

EXPECTED Results
● Production of Output 1, Online Manual “Cultural Leadership”
● Production of Output 2, Online Manual “Environmental Sustainability”,
referring to UN SDG no. 13
● Production of Output 3, Online Manual “Gender and Power-relations”,
referring to UN SDG no. 5
● Production of Output 4 Guidelines
“Reducing Inequality and contributing to more inclusive societies”,
referring to UN SDG no. 10

All outputs will be tested in a TRAINING ACTIVITY, that will allow leading team members from the network of the partner consortium to improve their skills and that can also serve as model for future generations.

PARTNER CONSORTIUM:
The EMC has gathered 8 transnational cultural networks from diverse fields of culture to achieve the above mentioned aims, implement the proposed activities and produce the outputs SHIFT:
TEH – Cultural Leadership
FACE – Cultural Leadership
ELIA – Environmental Sustainability
IETM – Gender and Power-relations
ECA-EC – Inclusion
EMCY – Inclusion
OTM – Cultural Leadership (Evaluation)
IMC – Cultural Leadership (Digital Tools)
EMC – Cultural Leadership (International Cooperation)
The chosen networks are highly influential as they all work to increase the capacity of the members and to formulate policy recommendations. They are to a great extend recognised by political decision makers (on EU level, but also on local and national level). With their members, which often are networks themselves, they reach out to a large number of organisations in culture and can serve as multiplyers.

Project Website

https://shift-culture.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 293182 Eur

Project Coordinator

EUROPEAN MUSIC COUNCIL EV & Country: DE

Project Partners

• TRANS EUROPE HALLES
• CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DE LA MUSIQUE ASSOCIATION
• INFORMAL EUROPEAN THEATRE MEETING AISBL
• FRESH ARTS COALITION EUROPE
• EUROPAISCHE UNION DER MUSIKWETTBEWERBE FUR DIE JUGEND – EUROPEAN UNIONOF MUSIC COMPETITIONS FOR YOUTH – EMCY – EV
• ON-THE-MOVE.ORG AISBL
• EUROPEAN CHORAL ASSOCIATION – EUROPA CANTAT EV