Project development

Do you have a project concept but you don't know how to develop and deliver it? Do you wish to collaborate with other creatives? Have you decided what your role within the project is? Do you feel that you have the appropreate skills and knowledge to start a new creative project?

Phase(s)

Pre-Production

Subject

Project formulation

Target groups

Artists, Creative and Cultural Professions, Trainers/Coaches

Sectors

for all sectors, photography, visual and graphic arts, music, webdesign, dance, media, performing arts

Level of experience

for all levels, Beginners, Intermediary, Experienced

Prerequisites

Intention to develop a project

Description

This training should allow you to clarify your project ideas and you will need to address the important questions (why, who, where, where, how).

Content

Reflect on and identify the role that you wish to play in your project
Identify your strengths and weaknesses using an analytical tool
Define your project in concreate terms
Define your public, target groups...
Define your budget
Define fundings possibilities

Method

All notions introduced theoretically are applied to every participant’s individual project via practical exercices, questions/answers collective and individual sessions.

Objectives

To realize goals within the frame of your artistic activities
To define your personal role in a project
To access skills gaps and identify areas for development
To acquire knowledge of administrative and legal issues related to cultural projects.

Results

To be able to create a project plan
To be able to explain and present your project to peers and other stakeholders
To be able to define your target groups
To be able to define your budget.

Resources

Basic equipment (computer, video projector, flipchart, wifi).
Training script

Evaluations

Questionnaire to be filled out by the participants (given and collected at the end of the session)
Discussion between the participants and the trainers at the begining and at the end of the day.

Support material

Some written exercices and tips, examples of good practice, Exchange and discussion with the trainer

Duration

6 h

Participants

8 to 20

Course language(s)

Français, English

Trainer

Gaëlle Werkling
Chloé Bonamour

Personal curriculum

This Curriculum was developed with funding from the EU programme ERASMUS+ as Strategic Partnership in the field of Vocational Education and Training.

This curriculum reflects only the authors’ views; the European Commission and the ERASMUS+ national agencies are not responsible for any use that may be made of the informations it contains.

RiF is based in Lille/France and has been working on local cultural development, sustaining innovative artistic and cultural projects, and organising events since 1990.