HAPPENING is a one-year programme aimed to create open-access digital tools and a vision for the future network of young creatives across Europe.
The programme supports emerging creative entrepreneurs in:
- Developing their own projects
- Understanding their ecosystems (local and European)
- Strengthening their skills and confidence
- Evaluating their impact as cultural entrepreneurs
- Shaping their own definition of cultural entrepreneurship
HAPPENING is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, led by a consortium of 4 organisations.
The programme is seeking 27 young and emerging creatives ready to develop their projects, skills and autonomy within a European collaborative framework, and eager to shape European cultural future.
Fields are:
- Performing arts (theatre, music, dance, contemporary circus, etc.)
- Cinematography
- Creative media (podcasts, audiovisual tools, sensitive and author-driven formats)
- Visual arts
- Cultural managers, producers and cultural workers in these fields
Applicants must be resident in Belgium, France or Italy (no nationality requirement), aged 20 to 35 and they must be comfortable working in English.
The nine-month programme (September 2026 to May 2027) involves:
- Training sessions and collaborative workshops with partner organisations, to help identify the needs and challenges of projects in the cultural entrepreneurship field
- The co-creation of a set of open-access digital tools and a vision for the future network that will be used, shared and adapted by young and aspiring creatives across Europe
- Networking with participants, professionals and partner organisations
- Delivering a Youthpass, a European certification of non-formal competences developed
For Brussels mobility (2027), accommodation allowance (85 EUR/day) is provided, as well as Erasmus+ travel grants (up to 200 EUR from France with green travel mandatory and up to 250 EUR from Italy, 400 EUR with green travel).
