The NORTHERN CREATIVE YOUTH #2 project aims are to encourage and promote youth entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial approach and multidisciplinary collaboration, with the overall objective to increase the potential for growth and employment in rural and remote areas of the northern periphery, using the creative industry as a catalyst to create better conditions and business opportunities for young creative entrepreneurs and SMEs.

NoCry2 will form creative clusters based on needs and competences and encourage niche young entrepreneurs/companies in the creative industries to cross-collaborate, adding value to each other through the contribution of complementary skills. This innovative approach to creative youth entrepreneurship is expected to see materialize new and innovative products and services, which will allow the entrepreneurs to broaden and diversify their portfolios, thus strengthening their competitiveness and ability to meet the demands of the market and potential new clients with knowledge and multi-skills solutions.

The expected main outcome of the project is a business support service for young entrepreneurs in the creative industries, developed especially for and in collaboration with them, built on (the knowledge gained from) the activities carried out during the course of the project; tested, assessed and adjusted according to the needs expressed by the actual target group. A combination of online interaction and face2face meetings will be used to encourage and facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration and cross-sector knowledge exchange. The service will consist of three elements: the Real Factor, the Cloud Creative Community and the Integral tools briefcase; a combination of real-life activities/interaction, ICT and new media, and a basic methodology for encouraging and promoting creative youth entrepreneurship.