About CreaVET

The main objective of the ‘’Developing Entrepreneurship Education in Cultural and Creative Industries – CreaVET’’ project is to improve the entrepreneurial skills of young people working in the field of CCIs through an innovative VET programme. CreaVET project is an Erasmus+ KA210 – VET – Small-scale partnerships in vocational education and training project funded by the European Union under contract with EPOS vzw under the Erasmus+ Programme.

In a broader sense, the project has the following specific objectives;

1. Building a pioneering cooperation partnership with local and international CCIs
2. Improving entrepreneurial capacity of young professionals by developing a non-formal Creative Entrepreneurship Training Programme (CETPRO)
3.  Minimising the entrepreneurial challenges of young professionals with one-month online Creative Entrepreneurship Training
4. Increasing real-life entrepreneurship experience of young professionals with a 5-day Peer to Peer Learning Activity
5. Guiding young professionals to develop their own business models and encouraging them to establish new creative start-ups
6. Developing a VET programme to respond to the special needs of CCIs

Supporting youth entrepreneurship is an important factor in reducing unemployment. increasing the entrepreneurial skills of young people, developing solid managerial skills and getting mentor support to establish their own businesses are some of the steps to be taken in this way. The ‘’Developing Entrepreneurship Education in Cultural and Creative Industries – CreaVET’’ project is carrying out activities to support young people working in cultural and creative industries, who want to start their own business or are looking for a job.

These activities include training programs developed according to their needs, guidebooks and learning activities that provide them experience. Thus, the ‘’Developing Entrepreneurship Education in Cultural and Creative Industries – CreaVET’’ project directly contributes to the “Inclusion and diversity in all fields of education, training, youth and sport” priorities.

According to research conducted to understand the exact requirements of CCIs workers and their perspectives about self-employment or entrepreneurship, a great range of responses was gathered in an open answer question about their most challenging problems and obstacles.

These are as follows: Management problems, English skills, financial security, accounting, market development, customer base expansion, reaching global markets, lack of resources, lack of appreciation, lack of staff, job structure, cost, economic and social background, planning, workload.