Pyrenart II, a cross-border cooperation project formed by twelve partners on both sides of the French-Spanish border, opens two key opportunities for professionals in the cultural sector: a cross-border incubator for the development of innovative projects and a training program designed to strengthen entrepreneurial skills in the cultural field.
An incubator for innovative cultural projects
Pyrenart II’s cross-border incubator seeks to support six cultural projects with an innovative approach, offering them strategic and commercial accompaniment for 18 months. The selected teams will receive:
- Personalized advice with experts.
- A market study to validate the feasibility of the project.
- A bootcamp in Huesca in September 2025, bringing together the six selected promoters.
- Access to the Pyrenart II training itinerary and other international activities such as masterclasses and showcases.
Projects may address various disciplines (performing arts, design, heritage, audiovisual, etc.) and those that incorporate new forms of governance, digitalization and cultural democratization strategies will be especially valued.
📅 Open call from February 7th to 23rd 2025.
Training to meet the challenges of cross-border development
At the same time, Pyrenart II launches its training itinerary in cross-border development, a course aimed at artists, programmers, producers and other professionals in the cultural sector who wish to strengthen their international expansion strategy.
This first itinerary will be focused on three main areas:
✔ Entrepeneurial management and strategy: business model, strategic planning and growing.
📅 7th and 8th of April 2025 | GAIA, Bilbao
✔ Financing and economic sustainability: financing sources and financial planning.
📅 28th of May and 6th of June 2025 | Online
✔ Personal and corporative branding: creation of an identity and brand values.
📅 26th and 27th of June 2025 | La Grainerie, Toulouse
📅 Inscriptions open from 4th to 23rd of February 2025.
Incubator
Training program
Pyrenart II was 65% co-financed by the European Union as part of the Interreg VI-A Spain-France-Andorra program (POCTEFA 2021-2027). The aim of this POCTEFA is to strengthen the economic and social integration of the border area between Spain, France and Andorra.
