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The Councilor for Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesús Pacheco, presented this morning the creation, for the first time, of ten grants 'Culture and Creativity' to support entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative industries in the Region of Murcia Cultural Factor.

The Ramón Gaya Museum has been the chosen place for the presentation because the museums are suitable spaces to be able to expose and give diffusion of the Cultural and Creative Industries that are born thanks to the scholarships that are going to be granted and, therefore, the municipal facilities are offer to the service of the diffusion and as showcase of the ICC.

The selected entrepreneurs will receive a scholarship with a duration of six months, for a total amount of 2,541 euros, each of the scholarships.

The deadline for submission of applications starting today will be extended to November 16, the selection of projects will be made between November 16 to 23, while results will be communicated as of November 24.

Anyone who is of legal age, who wants to implement his idea or develop his project within the scope of the ICC, in the municipality of Murcia can participate in this call.

Likewise, the participants in the Business Projects Competition and in the CreaMurcia program of the City of Murcia will be able to opt for these scholarships and have the advice that allows them to take the necessary step for the creation of their company.

Among the evaluation criteria of the projects that participate in the Call is that of having participated in the Business Projects Contest and Crea Murcia.

In addition, the residence grants come with other resources that will be available to entrepreneurs as a creative ecosystem that fosters networking and the creation of a business fabric in the field of cultural, creative and innovation entrepreneurship and participation in the Innovation Plan, a training itinerary designed by Cultural Factor that aims to turn the projects of resident entrepreneurs into sustainable enterprises.

Likewise, active experts with teaching experience and Factoría Cultural, through on-line and on-line sessions and tutorials, consultancies and workshops, will accompany the projects in all phases of their development and implementation, from conception and incubation to acceleration and launch to the market.

Workspace and expert forum

Also, they will have a workspace in the Cultural Factoría Region of Murcia, with headquarters in the Center Párraga, with a Monday to Friday schedule from 9 am to 8 pm, and also has a multipurpose room, two audiovisual production rooms ( with recording studio, soundproofed room and television set), internet connection and personalized attention.

They will also be able to participate in an expert forum consisting of a series of participatory talks with renowned professionals from the world of culture and creativity, as well as success stories in the hands of emerging and inspiring projects to be held with the support of the Bank Foundation Sabadell and the collaboration of Estrella de Levante one day a month.

Finally, the scholarship holders will have a 50% discount in Factoría Escuela, a training program that is born with the vocation to contribute to the development of emerging initiatives in the cultural and creative industries and to support professionals in this sector.

Practical courses, workshops, student-focused and applicable to any field are included.

The projects submitted to this call for scholarships can be in any state of maturity and should be included in the three major areas in which the Cultural and Creative Industries (Technologies, Communications and Arts) are divided, including Architecture, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Crafts and Antiques, Cinema, Design (Graphic, Industrial, Editorial and Interior), Digital Distribution, Editing, Digital Edition, Photography and Video, Participatory Content Generation and Social Media, Research and development, Games, Computer games, Fashion, Mobility and localization, Music, Open data, Cultural and natural heritage, Press, Content production, Advertising, Radio, Television and new media, Tourism and gastronomy, Software, Video and Videogames .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia