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Project

Reinventing Mentoring in Arts Management (REMAM).

The University of Antwerp is currently part of the Erasmus+ project Reinventing Mentoring in Arts Management (KA203-A07E7FB5). The other partners are Teatriakadeemia (Estonia), Creative Mentorship (Serbia), Foundation Nuku (Estonia), Universidad del Pais Vasco (Spain). Cultural management MA programs are facing dualistic demands - on one hand, from potential employers, such as art organizations, nonprofits and governmental institutions, for practical skills and knowledge on the current practices of the art field; and on the other need for analytical skills, capacity to be critical and make transformations. Those programs need to pay more and careful attention to balance the academic content with current management tools in wide spectrum, such as leading skills, accounting, communications and as well as policy development but also adding the multidiscplinary approach preparing student to adapt their skills and competences to many different professional scenarios. In the changing society, it is not enough to know the current practices and ways of doing work, as the work life is changing rapidly due to digitalization, globalization, and use of artificial intelligence in the fields of art and culture. It has become crucial for young professionals to enter the work life with already highly functional networks, field specific expertise and possession of key contacts, besides the academic and transferable competencies. The aim of the project is to create a learning model that allows both development of analytical and academic competences and capturing the current field practices and tools and influence agencies responsible for occupational profiling to highlight the importance of a Mentor as occupation and further advocate for its definition in other partner countries. The project partners co-create a new comprehensive understanding of mentorship as a framework for professional life- long learning as well as part of academic education. The main outcomes of the projects are: 1) mentoring model that enables both career building support and development of practical knowledge and skills for students as well as allows lifelong learning for practitioners through mutually befitting interactions. 2) Interactive PC/mobile app guiding and informing stakeholder interested in becoming mentors that will also serve as matching platform between mentors and mentees. 3) Policy informing paper putting together suggestion for formulating professional standard and occupational profile of Mentor in CCI to be further disseminated across member states. The model and app will be made available in European context through networks and open sharing platforms and other networks.
Date:1 Sep 2020 →  31 Aug 2023
Keywords:CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Disciplines:Cultural management