The training course MOVEmental took place in Sofia between 2-7 November and gathered 20 young people from Bulgaria, Greece, Slovakia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia and the Czech Republic to dive deeper into the cultural and creative sectors, the arts and their perceptions of creativity.
The project raised participants’ awareness to create a community of creative people who have generated ideas together through different methods, such as experimental learning, creative embodiment laboratory and NFIL learning.
The participants in the training course had the opportunity to exchange experiences, share best practices, learn methods and exercises to help train the eye and come up with new innovative ideas and diverse ways to implement them.
The multidisciplinary approach and the integration of different means of expression helped participants to seek and trace concepts in various contexts, thus creating clear connections and engaging youth workers and artists in diverse cultural and creative processes.
The training course MOVEmental aimed to develop the process of enabling cultural activities, including the Arts, and cultural and creative industries, towards their realization of culturally rich, cohesive and vibrant community spirit and societies.
The project set specific objectives to get participants acquainted with the different cultural forms of expression and NFIL methods that support cultural-based creativity. The project raised skills and competences of young participants and artists, such as soft skills, adaptability, creative thinking, interpersonal and leadership skills, bringing a deeper understanding of the role of culture and the arts in creating sustainable social and economic development, job creation and social cohesion. The training course fostered youth creativity through enhanced international cooperation in developing culture and innovation and promoted cooperation between cultural and creative sectors towards creating culturally vibrant communities.
The methods that the MOVEmental training course used to reach these objectives were a mix of intercultural and experimental learning, embodied learning approach, arts and design-based learning, collaborative activities – individual and teamwork, discussions, problem-solving, brainstorming and reflection, role-play, simulations, methods of social and emotional learning.
The project is funded through the Erasmus+ Programme.