The Creative Industries Development Centre - KUL

The Creative Industries Development Centre

Acronym: KUL
Program: Creative Europe
Partners: Center for Lifelong Learning and Culture Bjelovar (Croatia), Environmental Protection Engineers (Serbia), Development Centre Murska Sobota (Slovenia)
Project Duration: 24 months

The goal of the project is to assist individuals in developing creativity and entrepreneurship through project activities so that they can monetize their creative activities. This project will strengthen the creative industries in the region by providing education, developing human resources, promoting collaboration among project stakeholders, encouraging innovation, and creating new jobs.

The project is focused on three creative industries:

• sustainable cultural tourism,
• fashion and design, and
• craftsmanship.  

Each partner will organize and implement activities related to the creative sector for which they are responsible. The Development Centre Murska Sobota from Slovenia will oversee all activities related to sustainable cultural tourism. The Environmental Protection Engineers from Serbia, in collaboration with the Craft Association, will organize activities related to craftsmanship. The Center for Lifelong Learning and Culture Bjelovar will organize all activities related to fashion and design.

The educational part of the project will be designed in three phases:

Training and workshops on entrepreneurship, marketing, and finance;
Training and workshops to encourage creativity and idea generation. Overall, the trainings and workshops will focus on the three creative sectors covered by this project;
Mobility: each partner will organize training, workshops, and practical exercises in one of the mentioned sectors, which will take place in the partner country. The first two phases will mostly be conducted online.

In addition to the training, participants will attend fairs and/or exhibitions where they will present their own creative work. Each partner will gather at least 15 participants. The aim of this project is to educate at least 45 people in the field of creative industries, who will be able to use the acquired knowledge in their creative work and help them in their professional development.