he purpose of the Agora project has been to strengthen the capacity of the participating organizations to support young people's ability to create projects in the artistic and cultural fields. With a special focus on young people who do not have traditional input into the industries. By finding and developing with the participants in the project the best tools and methods for realizing the participants' ideas. The results we expected were partly the participants' opportunities to create good, sustainable and innovative projects with high artistic heights and conditions to develop and contribute to both livelihood and self-realization, and partly that our respective organizations should be better equipped to meet these challenges in our everyday lives. work but young creators.The artistic and creative industries are highly relevant and with rapid growth and high profitability and we believe that the capacity we build up during the project can be spread and make positive and real impressions.The main actors in the project have been the five organizations (from four countries) and the total of 17 participant projects. But we have always collaborated with artists, activists, organizations and companies in our respective countries. Collaborated on parts of the project and invited larger groups of young people to participate in the parts of the training where possible and relevant.Throughout the project, participants have been supported by mentors who guided them forward. As the project matured, the participants increasingly began to guide and teach each other based on their special skills and experiences. All participants have met on four occasions - one in each of the participating countries - where they have participated in an intensive program of workshops, study visits and individual coaching. The various meetings have been designed so that the host organization is given the opportunity to share their special skills. Large parts of the programs have been planned by the participants and all parts have been planned in close dialogue with them.Through the project, the various organizations have built new skills in supporting creative projects, but also deepened dialogue with local partners, decision-makers and financiers, and created strong relationships between the participating organizations that will continue to bear fruit.

Post Social Media Club investigates and explores the post social media landscape. Using Speculative Design, 25 young promising creatives from Greece, Sweden, Serbia, France and Turkey are brought together to explore, investigate and speculate on a world post-social media, and then create artwork that reflects these interpretations. The participants will first undergo a unique four-part virtual masterclass series led by prominent design experts and thinkers. Through this process, the participants will gain a deeper understanding of Speculative Design: an approach based on fiction, imagination and X factors to frame alternative futures. After this, all of the participants will gather together IRL at STPLN, a unique Creative Hub and Makerspace in Malmö, Sweden where they will be guided by the partner organisations to produce interdisciplinary collaborations resulting in a series of art pieces, with full access to a range of workshop and studio spaces. The final artwork will be shared at The Showcase, an interactive site-specific event happening simultaneously at all five cities, for a public audience.The objectives of the project are: (1) Understand the needs of young creatives within the CCI in order to better attract youth to Creative Hubs and provide them with relevant tools, support and facilitation (2) Promote Active Citizenship: by sharpening the tools of young creatives to actively use their skills to engage in society(3) Investigating and exploring future “post social media” scenarios through speculative design(4) Building network: expanding on the existing European Creative Hubs Network (ECHN), developing a youth-oriented extension that can operate as a creative-to-creative support network This project applies Iterative Design and a heavy interdisciplinary approach. Iterative Design is the notion of working in iterations towards an end goal, continuously evaluating and adjusting the process at intervals. The project will also result in the production and launch of two Intellectual Outputs.:(1) The Vortex: This will be a four-part virtual masterclass series on Speculative Design and design thinking. This will be licensed under Creative Commons 4.0 International Attribution and will be freely available online.(2) The Toolkit: This will be a user-designed toolkit for Creative Hubs to better attract, facilitate and support young up-and-coming creative youth. The facilitators of this project (organisation representatives) will explore and investigate to develop a deeper understanding of the landscape the young participants are faced with in regards to working in the CCIs.