Social ART.st.ART Erasmus Project

Project Title

Social ART.st.ART

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social entrepreneurship / social innovation; Inclusion – equity; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

Strategic partnership Social ARTst.ART is an international project that aims to promote and introduce the idea of art-based social entrepreneurship for young people with fewer opportunities.

Partnership involves organizations coming from Poland, Italy and France.

Background:
Filipe M. Santos in his book A Positive Theory of Social Entrepreneurship in 2012 stated that social enterprises can carry out initiatives that complement broader structural responses to the challenges faced by those living at the last mile, creating a “multiplier impact effect” as they help different groups of people, incl. vulnerable groups and generate positive externalities and positive impact for the people with fewer opportunities. This was written in 2012 but it is extremely of current interest during the COVID 19 crisis situation now, when we all are facing hard times, including young people with fewer opportunities., etc. We have chosen social entrepreneurship as a mean to help such people, because social enterprises as part of their social mission can provide or support the provision of basic goods and
services that enable people from communities to make a living or improve their livelihoods and at the same time use their creative abilities and skills, so to say have a complete self realization in life.

The main aim of Partnership is to promote art-based social entrepreneurship among young people with fewer opportunities.
The following objectives will help us to achieve our aim:
– Start a productive network between Polish Foundation, Art association from Italy and social enterprise from France
– Exchange good practices, methods and toolls of youth work between youth workers of 3 EU countries
– To create and disseminate an on line platform about art and art-based social entrepreneurship,
– Support personal and professional development of youth workers
– Empower young people to start up own business, improve their employability
– to find sollutions and possible innovative approaches to the challenges, which we all face in the times of unstable economic situation and pandemic crisis
– Make young people and youth workers directly involved in project more self-confident, initiative,open-minded
– Help young people to increase sense of entrepreneurship, especially social etrep.
– develop digital skills in young people with fewer opportunities

Target groups:
– young people, who would like to use their creative potential and be part of the art-based social entrepreneurship, so to have more possibilities to financially support themselves
– young people with fewer opportunities, for whom involvement in international activities can be a great possibility to realize own needs, to strengthen understanding that all people can bring social value in spite of their background, capabilities etc. In our project we would like also to involve people with different types of disabilities.
– all those who are looking for informational and practical tools on how to bring great social value and at the same time launch entrepreneurship starts ups, based on art and not only.

Methodology:
1. PM method of Waterfall. It refers to a sequential process. It’s called a waterfall system because the tasks flow down, and a task can only be started if the previous task was completed. Advantages are: Every task is completed within a specific period of time. And the model is easy to use. Perfect for Project implementation and following up.
2. Collaborative working methods, which encourage mutual knowledge gaining and experience sharing cooperation.
3. Methods of non-formal education, like work in groups, interactive discussions, team-building etc.
4. Pro-active and practice-oriented approaches based on experiential learning, learning-by-doing and best practices exchange.

There are scheduled 2 Transnational Project Meetings in the Project. The duration of each 3 days + 2 days for travel (arrival and departure).
+ 4 Educational blocks, which include study visits and blended activities of young people+ Evaluation meetings

We get together with our partners like 3 pillars to implement and achieve our aim : Coopérative d’Initiative Jeunes from France, who have very rich experience in Strategic partnerships and can bring knowledge and skills on enlarging youth entrepreneurial spirit, innovative mindset in the VET system, integration for the young people + Italian partner The Grefti Association who can bring into this project great experience in art and creative sphere, exhibiting world class art from all over the globe and attracting the attention of a multi national audiences. And Polish Windmill Tree with great experience of members in youth work, empowerment and social inclusion. That is why we are sure we can realize this project with good current result and long term impact after the project implementation and completion.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 53166 Eur

Project Coordinator

Foundation for Holistic and Sustainable Development Windmill Tree & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Associazione di promozione sociale grefti
• COOPERATIVE D’INITIATIVE JEUNES