Today we are talking with Richard Hayman (Second one from Right to Left in the picture) Lead Partner of the Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs Project, representing the Devon City Council. Who answers clearly to our three questions of today:
Do you represent an British county in this project, how did you decide to create a project like Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs?
My role within Devon County Council is to optimise the drawdown of all funds including European to deliver the Counties Strategic objectives, amongst which is the provision of opportunities and employment for the youth of Devon. This together with both my and Oli Rauds experience in European funding through various Interreg programmes led us to the idea to create the AYCH model (probably over a beer) to give creative youngsters the opportunities AYCH is delivering.
Do you think Transnational events or trainings are an important aspect in the formation of young Europeans?
Absolutely it is vitally important that as wide a range of experience both culturally and technologically is available to young people across the EU including the UK!!
We are in a process between the EU and the UK complicated with the arrival of Brexit; How could this situation affect this Aych project and Interreg projects in general?
Firstly our Government have guaranteed funding over the life of any existing Interreg or UK Structural funds currently approved by the EU, so in that sense nothing changes for AYCH and all the other prprojects/programmes which DCC is involved with. However the political situation is extremely fluid at the moment to say the least!!) and if we leave there are obviously various scenarios
