Social Issues Cultural Solutions = Global EVS Erasmus Project

Project Title

Social Issues Cultural Solutions = Global EVS

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 : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture

Project Summary

‘Social Issues Cultural Solutions = Global EVS was a series of innovative capacity building and youth development actions that brough together young people, arts/youth workers and diverse communities to develop, plan and realize cultural events that have social impacts.Project background: Across the world the arts make valuable and significant contributions to the social, cultural and economic development needs of young people and the wider community. The cultural sector is a globalized creative industry and a rapidly expanding development areas for poverty reduction and human rights. Our project partners recognize that this aspect of intangible culture provides significant opportunities for young people and workers mobility, development and employment, supporting individual and group innovation and creativity, whilst promoting social inclusion and cultural diversity.The cultural sector is a growth cluster for economic activity with the potential for combating unemployment increasingly recognized. Our project complimented the importance of culture and community development as a contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Through building the skills, knowledge, experience and competences of our partners and project participant’s we enhanced their capacity and capability to develop employment and operate within a globalized arts and cultural sector. Our partners were from South Africa, Zambia, Brazil, Trinidad, Jamaica USA and Cuba, who collaborated within a number of capacity building training activities; arts engagement projects; cultural initiatives; periods of voluntary service and professional networking activities that had a measured and significant impact on their capabilities to operate and act within a globalized cultural sector. This project also engaged professional practitioners who facilitated and supported the delivery of training with young people and workers from backgrounds of less opportunity as well as pass on valuable skills and knowledge. The stages within our project included:Stage 1: A one day ‘kick off’ meeting in each partner context with two further days of capacity building/training for youth arts workers, finishing with a one day training for the EVS participants, which included EVS pre mobility/pre departure training;Stage 2: The sending of UK based volunteers to all partner organisations for two months where participants were involved in arts workshops and the development of performing arts work that engaged wider groups (children, young people and adults/communities) in large-scale arts and cultural events.Stage 3: The hosting of young emerging artists/volunteers in the UK from all partner groups (South Africa, Zambia, Brazil, Trinidad, Jamaica USA and Cuba) over a three month period, where the volunteers were involved in arts workshops and the development of performing arts work that engaged wider groups (children, young people and adults/communities) in large-scale arts and cultural events. Their activities also included work with children and young people who were disabled or those from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The volunteers also undertook a series of personal and professional development workshops/activities that enabled them to further develop their skills, knowledge and experience within peer group contexts Stage 4: A dissemination meeting for key workers looking at the project outcomes and a series of for capacity building training activities.Objectives: Explore compare and contrast models of best practice in arts engagement in all partner countries;Enable workers and young people to develop volunteering initiatives within the cultural sector;Gain new competences and experiences of large-scale cultural event management; Engage young people in decision making and delivery of large-scale cultural events;Provide opportunities for capacity building for workers and young people in wider community environments.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 110472,41 Eur

Project Coordinator

BROUHAHA INTERNATIONAL & Country: UK

Project Partners

• ASSOCIACAO ESCOLA DE SAMBA EMBAIXADORES DA ALEGRIA
• POETIC FIRE, LLC
• ARTSCAPE
• MANIFESTO JAMAICA LTD