UNESCO has announced the launching of a ‘Business Angels’ scheme, a one-to-one business mentorship programme for young cultural and creative entrepreneurs in the Caribbean. This initiative is part of the programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union, open from March to November 2024, which aims to create career opportunities for youth in the cultural and creative industries in the Caribbean.
The scheme will be open to culture professionals aged between 18 and 35 from the beneficiary countries of the Transcultura programme: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenade, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. It will offer online mentoring services, matching qualified mentors with young cultural professionals to provide career orientation, help with business strategies, and address specific challenges related to cultural and creative businesses.
Topics for counseling include business planning, networking, marketing, branding, communication, and fundraising. Young cultural and creative entrepreneurs will be able to request an individual appointment with a mentor for a session of up to one hour, with a maximum of four appointments over the duration of the ‘Business Angels’ scheme (from March to October 2024).
The programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union, has announced a call for 24 scholarships aimed at young Caribbean culture professionals. The scholarships will enable participation in face-to-face courses at the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. This institution is a member of the Caribbean Cultural Training Hub, created by the Transcultura programme to boost the professionalization of the cultural and creative sectors in the region.
The courses offered in this call cover topics relating to the audiovisual and interactive media sphere and more specifically, sound editing. The courses will last 2 weeks (60 teaching hours in double sessions) from 17 to 28 June 2024. The courses will be taught in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into English and French. Applications can be sent until Monday 8 April 2024 at 23:59 hours Havana time (GMT-5).
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024 asks entrants to consider how they deal with adversity, and how community and culture can be used to encourage resilience and hope in a world with a growing number of global issues. Writers should be between 14-18 years old for the senior category, and under 14 for the junior category. Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2024.
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