The Jeunesse Créative project is an intervention coordinated and led in Kinshasa by the Belgian bilateral cooperation agency Enabel. The project activities are carried out in several urban centers (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Mbuji-Mayi, and Kisangani), which were targeted according to the opportunities, needs and actors present locally. The intervention constitutes the second part of pillar 1 of the Enabel 2023-2027 strategy, which aims to develop the potential of youth in terms of training, economic integration, and sociocultural fulfilment.
Country: DRC
Domain: All cultural and artistic sectors
Context: The DRC presents a rich and creative cultural scene, but the potential of the cultural sector is hampered by numerous material and symbolic obstacles. Among other things, the lack of intersectoral partnerships and the insufficient visibility of the arts in particular are preventing culture from boosting economic and social development and from fostering social cohesion.
Project objectives: Africalia was mobilized for the implementation of one component of the project focused on improving the services of cultural operators . The aim is to facilitate young people ’s (aged 12 to 35) access to cultural services and socio-cultural activities, all while enabling the better economic integration of cultural actors.
Africalia (1) empowers about a dozen cultural operators in the value chain of the cultural cycle and (2) ensures the strengthening of infrastructures and capacities of the managers of 3 cultural centers.
