background creative industries has recently been recognised as a key sector in the fast growing...
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OVERALL OBJECTIVES Support the development of entrepreneurial culture, knowledge and know-how in the creative sector Increase opportunities for creative young people to share creative work and develop business ideas Support international networking between creative youthTRANSCRIPT
BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND• Creative industries has recently been recognised
as a key sector in the fast growing knowledge economy
• Rural and remote areas need to harness their cultural skills to develop businesses to maintain viable communities
• New technologies in ICT offer the best hope to develop the business skills to compete effectively in the modern global market
OVERALL OBJECTIVESOVERALL OBJECTIVES• Support the development of
entrepreneurial culture, knowledge and know-how in the creative sector
• Increase opportunities for creative young people to share creative work and develop business ideas
• Support international networking between creative youth
PROJECT FACTSPROJECT FACTS• Duration: January 2008 – June 2010• 10 partners• 7 associate partners• 7 countries
– Finland, Sweden, Norway, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Scotland
• Budget 1,84 MEur
WWW.INCUBIZ.EUWWW.INCUBIZ.EU• Online service for business incubators and
creative people to support business development
• Information, knowledge, models and best practices on creative business
• Platform for interaction between people and organisations in the NP area
NEW TECHNOLOGIESNEW TECHNOLOGIES• Development and experiments of new
kinds of ICT services supporting creative youth in distributing and joint-developing their products– P2P service for easy and efficient sharing of large
multimedia files – Tips about cooperative production tools supporting
co-production over distances – Experimental multi-media wiki tool ‒ an innovative
collaborative environment using the wiki concept applied on multimedia documents
NETWORKING AND NETWORKING AND COOPERATION OVER COOPERATION OVER
DISTANCESDISTANCES• Testing the tools available and piloting the
new technologies created in NoCry for cooperation over distances
• Several international teams, common productions over distances
• Feedback, experiences and finalising productions face-to-face
KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, TRAININGTRAINING
• Developing knowledge and skills needed to succeed as an entrepreneur in the creative sector• Experimental network education (Road Tour)• Transnational education material• Transnational and local short courses and
workshops
NoCry AT A GLANCENoCry AT A GLANCE
Online platform
Contact siteCo-productions over distances
Face-to-face meetings
TrainingWorkshopsSeminarsEducation
Knowledge
and skills
Business skills
Networks
Localincubator
Localincubator Local
incubator
MORE INFORMATIONMORE INFORMATION
Kaj KostianderKaj KostianderKemi-Tornio University of Applied SciencesKemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences
Research and DevelopmentResearch and [email protected]. +358 40 849 7231Tel. +358 40 849 7231
www.creativeyouth.euwww.incubiz.eu