ST-ART APP: A European network for the development of entrepreneurial skills in the field of Cultural Heritage

The European project ST-ART APP will begin on Wednesday, 20th, in Ravenna – Italy. Financed by the European Commission’s founds, ST-ART APP Project aims to develop entrepreneurial skills in Cultural Heritage field. Fondazione Flaminia, leader partner, will open the project activities with the whole Consortium composed by 10 partners, among which 1) Fondazione Flaminia (Italy), 2) ECIPAR DI RAVENNA (Ιtaly), 3) PANEBARGO DI DANIELE PANEBARGO & C. S.A.S. (Italy), 4) Centar za mediteranske studije Dubrovnic Sveucilista u Zagrebu (Croatia), 5) Foreningen af Laerere i Erhvervsokonomi (Denmark), 6) Highland Opportunity Limited (G. Britain), 7) Universidade de Evora-Laboratorio in HERanca CULtural Estudo e Salvaguarda (HERCULES) (Portugal), 8) ECIPAR Emilia Romagna (Italy), 9) Institute for Social & European Studies (Hungary) και 10) Maniatakeion Foundation (Greece).

Co-founding by Leonardo da Vinci Programme, ST-ART APP is addressed to young unemployed and unoccupied in order to develop and increase self-entrepreneurial and self-employed skills in the field of creative enterprises and historical-artistic heritage valorisation.

Project Consortium is composed by ten partners: 4 from Italy and 6 from Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, United Kingdom and Hungary. These partners are University centers, enterprises, NGOs and SMEs associations. They will work together for the next two years in order to make a mobile application, operatives on iOs and Android, which will allow youngest and adults to improve skills to start-up their enterprise.

During the kick-off meeting, all partners will share the project aims and plan the future activities. The second meeting will be held in Dubrovnik – Croatia - in spring 2014.

They will provide to target groups with specifics skills in the field of enterprise start-up. This is an ambitious aim which could be an important and concrete support to youngest and adults who interested to open a new business in the cultural heritage field.

Enterprise start-up is a relevant job placement opportunity and the new EU program “Europe 2020” aims to stimulate enterprise start-up in order to support European economic growth.

Investing in entrepreneurial training is fundamental for the future of the European Union. People who will receive this kind of training will be in the place to choose if they want to start or not an enterprise. In any case, they will increase their capabilities and attitudes in terms of creativity, initiative, tenacity, team building abilities, risk understanding and management and responsibility. In other words, they will gain the mental attitude that allows entrepreneurs to transform an idea into an action/a concrete project.

Ravenna - IT, 20-22 /11/2013 Kick-Off Meeting and all partners involved