Posted on January 3, 2024
The Creative Mediterranean team were in Tunis on the 23rd and 24th January 2023 for the kickoff of the selected business proposals hosted by Minassa – INCO Tunisie, the selected Business Support Organisation under the project, and Redstart Tunisie, CREACT4MED Project Partner. The entrepreneurs are: Digital Cultural eXperience, Klink, Maft, and The Virtual Art Gallery. Read more about them at the entrepreneur page.
María Ruiz de Cossío, (Project Officer at Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA), explained the CREACT4MED roadmap outlining the project activities under the subgrant activity. Following that, the brainstorming session was moderated by Douja Gharbi, CEO of RedStart Tunisie with the participation of Ouafa Belgacem, Culture Funding Watch and Malek Gharbi of Ba9chich, a crowdfunding platform for African content creators. To end the day, the entrepreneurs attended a networking session with other cultural and creative actors in the Tunisian ecosystem, organised by Redstart Tunisie. The event ended with a visit to Ennejma Ezzahra design hub located at the Arab and Mediterranean Music Centre in Sidi Bou Said. It is a place of exchange, support and training for craftsmen and designers who want to improve their skills.