Participation in the 9th Exchange of Experience of RegionArts project in Rovaniemi
The 9th Exchange of Experience of RegionArts project took place during the period 23-25/03/2022 in Rovaniemi, during the Artic Design Week.
The session “ICT&ARTS: lessons learnt from the RegionArts regional ecosystem Action Plans”, which was organised by the Interreg Europe project RegionArts in collaboration with the Artic Design Week, focused on the regional Action Plans monitoring and the uptake of the lessons learned within the project partners and stakeholders. Conceived in a format of a co-creation and interactive methods, the session provided a helicopter view on the first results of the partners’ Action Plan implementation and how these actions can nurture and further inspire the design of the new operational programs, at a national and regional level. In this event, partners had the opportunity to present their Action Plans (results and state of art), and the main results and relevant conclusions of the self-defined performance indicator data collection by region.
Moreover, in this year’s Arctic Design Week, RegionArts provided a workshop that addressed the existing gap between promising projects and marketable products or services, called: “From conceptual project to product or service: a validation tool”. In a game setting, the participants explored the journey of a project through the wormhole and, by playing the role of actors on this journey, collectively supported the artist/maker/entrepreneur in achieving their goal.
Another event during the Arctic Design Week, which RegionArts project was represented at, was the AHA Discussions that provided more understanding of the added value of design in leading change towards more responsible business and a climate-neutral Finland.
During this exchange of experience, the RegionArts project partners also had the opportunity to have their Steering Group meeting.