Context/background of project: The arts and cultural sector now amounts to around 4% of European GBP, remaining even in financially challenging times a growth sector. Across Europe the arts and cultural industries make valuable and significant contributions to the social and economic wellbeing of society as a whole. Through developing the skills and competences of our projects participant’s in arts engagement; practical project delivery; cultural sector enterprise initiatives; professional networking, we build their capacities and capabilities to access employment within the arts and cultural sector. The exchange will be taking place within the wider context of the Liverpool International Festival of Business, which will give the participants access to professional networking activities. The objectives: To provide quality international mobility opportunities for young people and youth workers from disadvantaged backgrounds; To enable young people, youth workers to understand enterprise initiatives within the cultural industries; To gain new competences and experiences of cultural sector business development; To deepen knowledge, skills and attitude in order to better organize international projects; To capacity build the participants through practical workshops, networking, partnership building activities; To provide insight into employment development within the cultural sector; To explore models of arts development that act as key tools and drivers for youth employment and wider community development. Number and profile of participants: 72 in total, 60 young people aged 18-25 years and 12 professional youth workers/cultural operators. Description of activities: Preparation: Meetings in each national context. Implementation: 12 days of workshops, presentations, training sessions, networking opportunities, evaluations and digital capture. Follow up: Through our project we will see the development of a strategic framework for sustainable cooperation, which will include: Network development brouhaha coordinates a global network of arts and cultural organizations with the aim to develop sustainable cooperation. Building Capacity and Capability: An essential part of this project is to build partner organizations, through the sharing of skills, knowledge and experience, ensuring future international work. This area of activity will hopefully have a measured impact on the sustainability of our partnership. (Erasmus+Programme): Project partners will work together to maximize the potential for added value through engaging in Erasmus+. Already planned are applications under key action 1 (exchanges and mobility projects) and key action 2 (Strategic Partnerships and Skills Knowledge Alliance). Methodology to be used in carrying out the project: Non-formal working methods for this project will include: Discussions; Peer group learning; Informal training sessions; Practical skills sessions; Theoretical seminars; Group meetings; Evaluations; Networking opportunities; Digital and multimedia training and Inter cultural activities. A short description of the results and impact envisaged: Through this project our group of young people and workers will have: Developed a range of professional skills and competencies. Developed new projects within Erasmus+. Gained confidence in their abilities to produce new inter cultural projects. Developed their professional skills. Potential longer term benefits for this project will be: Develop the capacity of the partners to collaborate in future initiatives; For young people to develop micro enterprises within the cultural industries; Deepening knowledge, skills and attitude in order to better organize international projects; Provide insight into international best practice in relation to employment development within the cultural sector; Explore models of arts development that act as key tools and drivers for youth employment and wider community development. For the participants to further create and develop the possibility for new international mobility experiences that impact on their professional development and employability.