Goethe-Institut Namibia (GI), together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is launching the second Creative Entrepreneurship Programme (CEP).
Sponsoring Agency: Goethe-Institut Namibia
Type of Fund: Events, Workshops and Conferences
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/11/2021
Size of the Fund: Not Available
Goethe-Institut Namibia (GI), together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is launching the second Creative Entrepreneurship Programme (CEP).
The CEP is an incubator service for entrepreneurs that is supported by the GIZ Startup programme.
This programme aims to encourage and inspire creative entrepreneurs in Namibia to:
• identify lucrative business opportunities;
• develop their business ideas
• to implement a business plan.
The long term aim of the Creative Entrepreneurship Programme is to create economic growth in the creative industries.
The programme wishes to focus on three (3) sections within the creative industry. These sections are Design & Production (Fashion, Graphic, and Interior) Performing Arts (Live Music, Theatre, Dance etc.), Visual Arts (Paintings, Photography, Sculptures etc.). Groups – maximum of two persons – are also welcome to apply. Only one registration of one business plan per team will be accepted.
As they know, the creative industry has been identified as one with great potential to create employment but very often, creatives cannot sustain themselves with their products or services alone and this has become even harder with the global pandemic. The CEP 2021 will therefor take the approach of providing relevant components to help these businesses grow.
• Business training, mentoring and networking sessions covering the areas of business development, entrepreneurial self-understanding, design thinking, marketing and customer research and personas, branding, sales, establishing partnerships, legal issues and insurances, finance management, health and pitching.
• Online and in person Workshops in the said aspects of a creative business
• Mentoring programme: expert advice delivered by persons with local and international experience in the relevant industries. The use of technology to get Namibian entrepreneurs in touch with persons abroad will be applied.
• Peer to Peer development: bringing the identified entrepreneurs together with a business coach will provide them access to critical thinking and advice on the development of their creative business ideas. Emphasis is on peer-to-peer communication.
• Success and Failure: Established entrepreneurs in Namibia will hold regular meetings to present and discuss the best practices to achieve the desired outcomes. These will be geared towards inspiration and motivation. A few failures will also be presented and discussed for the entrepreneurs to understand how the business ideas have failed.
Criteria
This call is open to creative entrepreneurs building a business within the industry. Candidates must be based in Namibia for the duration of the programme.
Application
What to expect from the programme:
- Orientation
- Workshops
- Co-Working
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Peer to Peer learning
- Local and International exposure
Must actively be pursuing a business in following sectors:
- Design: Product & Graphic
- Advertising & Digital Marketing
- Information Communication, Technology Design & Production
More information at: https://www.goethe.de/ins/na/en/kul/sup/cre.html
