Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs is a European project (INTERREG ATLANTIC AREA) which has established a network of 4 Atlantic coastal countries, involving 17 partners and 14 delivery partners. Across Atlantic coast operates more than 14 multidisciplinary hubs with one collaborative mission and hundreds of deliverables in the field of creativity, technology and the social company model. AYCH is dedicated to youth up to 30 years old seeking a career or self-employment in the creative sector. AYCH is open both for young people on lower education level and for post-graduated and offers help in building on your own creative ideas. The project role is to encouraging entrepreneurship, enterprise and employment skills by connecting people, ideas, skills and technologies across a network of international hubs. Furthermore, the project supports local economic growth, job creation by connecting employers to talent and in the longer term, reduces youth unemployment. AYCH gives young people an opportunity of successful self-realization and to change their lives. The purpose of the project is to invest in future-facing creative and digital skills of the entrepreneur youth.
The assets for success are communication, collaboration as well as flexible and innovative transferable skills shared in a network. Hubs are the spaces for youth gathering, virtually linked to minimise distance and to keep well-being and positivity in all that is done. That makes hubs a cradle of inventiveness and implementation of sharing expertise and resources. This in turn leads to create more dynamic, inspiring cross-border environment where young people can co-create, connect and reach to new horizons.

WORK PACKAGES

WP 1 - PROJECT COORDINATION

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL

Given the nature of the project and its dispersed, transnational partnership robust management and coordination, as well as governance, is incredibly important and the
lead partner, as well as all partners in the project will commit the relevant level of staffing and resource to reflect this.

WP 2 - PROJECT COMMUNICATION

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: VIDA LACTEA

Communication and dissemination actions are regarded as important as the operational activities being implemented in the AYCH project. If beneficiaries and other stakeholders are unaware of the project, its aims and objectives, as well as key outputs and results then the project will have failed.

WP 3 - CAPITALIZATION

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: GRAND ANGOULÊME

Building on the Communications Strategy and the important work of the project partners connected to European stakeholders the AYCH partnership will not only capitalise on previous projects in the AA programme but other initiatives within the EU, and beyond, incorporating best practice and existing results.

WP 4 - CONNECTION OF THE ATLANTIC "HORIZON HUBS"

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: VIDA LACTEA

This activity will ensure that the network of youth creative hubs “Horizon Hubs” is established in each partner location, across the different Member States.

WP 5 - CREATIVE AND ENTERPRISE SKILLS

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: VIDA LACTEA

This work package will focus on equipping young people with skills in Key Enabling Technologies and other emerging creative/technological fields, as well as entrepreneurship
and social enterprise skills.

WP 6 - CO-CREATION

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF ART

This WP will represent the largest activity of the project, moving on from the skills workshops to focusing on product and service development in creative industries and supporting of hub users into creative business start ups, further training, education and employment.

WP 7 - CONSOLIDATION OF THE AYCH MODEL

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE: L’ECOLE DE DESIGN NANTES-ATLANTIQUE

his WP will consolidate best practice, research and experiences to share with stakeholders across the AA programme and beyond to continue to shape and define youth service provision so that it can better support young people into (self)employment, education or training, through creative means.

AYCH EXTENSION - CALL 3

OBJECTIVE

Develop activities to capitalize and disseminate the methodologies of the Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs, and to implement new pilots in the field of Entrepreneurship and Youth Employability, throughout the Atlantic Area in the Cultural and Creative Sector.

WP1: Coordination (Santo Tirso – WK Coordinator)
WP2: Communication (Vida Lactea – WK Coordinator)
WP3: Capitalisation (EDNA – WK Coordinator)
WP4: Connection (Vida Lactea – WK Coordinator)
WP6: Co-Creation (Santo Tirso – WK Coordinator)

AYCH COOPERATION: THIS IS AYCH

The Aych project is the sum of the work of all the project partners, in four countries of the European Union, who have a common goal: to create opportunities in the world of creativity for young Europeans. For this we have taken our message and methodology where we have had the opportunity and we have shared our message with other countries so that they can see what we can achieve with non-formal education and the informal accompaniment of young people.

AYCH TOUR EXETER

coming soon YOUTH ENTERPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE

AYCH TOUR SANTO TIRSO

AYCH was represented at VI Exhibition of Education and Training in Santo Tirso for Young People with our partners of Camara Municipal de Santo Tirso (Portugal).

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AYCH TOUR SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

As part of ‘Aych Tour’ on the City of Culture of Galicia, the AYCH project made an active role in the 30th European Meeting of Erasmus Entrepreneur.

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ANNUAL EVENT INTERREG

Presentation of the Aych project at the Interreg Annual Event invited by the Join Secretariat.

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VENTUREFEST

AYCH was represented at the Regional event for Innovation and Technology of the South West of England on the 17th June 2019, in Exeter.

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AYCH TATE

As part of ‘Propositions for Change’ on the Tate Exchange, the AYCH project made the Creative Jam in Tate, London.

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SCIENCE HACK DAY

The AYCH project participates in this scientific event and presents its methodology in France.

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5th ANNUAL EVENT OF THE ATLANTIC AREA

Intervention of Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs in the 5th Annual Event of the Atlantic Area in Vigo.

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EUROPEAN WEEK 2020

Intervention of Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs in the European Week 2020.

BUILD BACK BETTER HACKATHON

On the weekend of September 19-20, the #BuildBackBetterHackathon will bring together thousands of people virtually to work on challenges focused on reducing emissions, food safety, health, inclusive work and more to create solutions for a better future for women. people and planet.

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CULTURE & CREATIVITY IN INTERREG

Aych was also invited to international events of other European programs to explain his methodologies and results.

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MOCIDADE 2019

Mocidade is the most important meeting event between experts and young people in Galicia, more than 500 young people meet each year to analyze the present and future of youth; Aych was there.

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