The programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union, has launched a call for applications to sponsor the participation of up to 34 Caribbean women entrepreneurs in the field of cultural and creative industries in an online incubator and accelerator programme.
The course will last approximatively three weeks and will be delivered via Zoom between April and May 2023, with a total duration of twenty-eight (28) hours. Activities will be held from Mondays to Fridays, two (2) hours daily.
This initiative aims to contribute to the generation of equal opportunities for socio-economic development and cultural cooperation within the Caribbean, by supporting the capacity development of young women entrepreneurs in the start-up and scaling-up of their cultural and creative businesses as well as in the access to new markets.
Selected young women will benefit from targeted training and mentoring in key areas, spanning from soft skills for cultural entrepreneurship to business management, finances, branding, pitching, and export, among others.
This UNESCO Transcultura call targets young women entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 35, who are nationals and permanent residents of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The UNESCO Transcultura programme will fully cover the participation of up to 34 young Caribbean women in the 14-day accelerator programme (see call for applications).
Applicants should apply through the online application form to provide personal information, and information on their cultural and creative business and/or entrepreneurship initiative/project.
The deadline for submitting the applications is Friday 7 April 2023 at 23:59, Jamaica time (UTC-6).
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