The overall purpose of the Transcultura programme is to deepen cultural integration in the Caribbean and to strengthen people-to-people cooperation and exchange within the region and with the European Union. In particular, the scheme’s Entrepreneurship and Incubator component aims to strengthen capacities for the development of new cultural projects, self-employment and start-up/scale-up activities.
In this context, the entrepreneurship incubator ‘Export development and market opportunities in the handcraft sector’ is an online incubator initiative which offers an innovative framework for export development and increasing market opportunities.
During this six-week programme, from August 2023 to early September 2023, participants will engage in a variety of enriching activities designed to enhance Artisans entrepreneurial skills:
- A six-week online entrepreneurship capacity building course.
- One-on-one online mentoring with expert business professionals.
- Online trade expo event.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old.
- Applicants must be citizens and permanent residents of any of the following 17 Caribbean countries within the Transcultura Programme’s geographical scope: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Monserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname or Trinidad and Tobago.
Applicants must be young entrepreneurs with an early-stage business initiative /project within the handcraft field of the cultural and creative sector.
34 participants will be selected from this call. Incubation activities will be broken down in groups by language: English, Spanish and French.
