In the period 29 March to 1 April the Sing Along seminar on social entrepreneurship and sustainable culture was organized in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event was part of the Music Moving Youth project of the Spanish cultural association Dayuri, co-funded under the Erasmus+ programme and hosted by the Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Culture and Education.
The seminar targeted 20 musicians and artists, cultural managers and young people from the partner countries (Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain and Italy). The objective was to offer quality training on social and cultural entrepreneurship as a tool for the recovery and resilience of the music industry and the European music ecosystem after the crisis caused by COVID-19.
During the training, non-formal and informal activities and interactions were implemented that allowed the participants to create new scenarios for collaboration and international cooperation in the music sector. The program included brainstorming, discussions, role-plays, simulations and live performance at a jam session before an audience in a bar in Sofia, as well as the exchange of good practices for the maintenance of music events in Europe.
The participants in the seminar raised new theoretical knowledge and skills to take advantage of entrepreneurship as an alternative for cultural and music support. As a result, the consortium will prepare an entrepreneurship guide applied to the music sector.