Creatisity: Social Entrepreneurship and Creativity for Sustainable Urban Development
Project partners:
Leader: Avrupa Kültür Derneği (European Cultural Association)
Partners: Sinop Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Derneği (Sinop Sustainable Development Association), ELIA European League of Institutes of Arts
Associate Partners: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Research Institute for Creative, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Sinop Municipality, ASHOKA Innovators For The Public
Supporters: Castrum Peregrini, Koç University, Street Belongs to Us Association, A Soul for Europe
The aim of the project “Creatisity: Social Entrepreneurship and Creativity for Sustainable Urban Development” is to create an organizational model for HAL, to make it function as a center for social entrepreneurship and creativity. This center should trigger solidarity based social entrepreneurship which commercialize cultural and local products for sustainable urban development.
To achieve this result, following actions were taken:
1) a forum presenting best practices to encourage Social Entrepreneurship
2) a training and coaching program for social entrepreneurship to improve the entrepreneurial capacity of local entrepreneurs
3) a practice based research and design workshop to develop products and services
4) an exhibition to present the outcomes.