Pilot Runner: Intracomp project
This Open Pilot explores how the CYANOTYPES Framework can be combined with outcomes from the Intracomp project to support trainers working in multicultural and transcultural contexts. It is designed as a transversal pilot for selected ENCC member organisations.
The pilot creates a learning space for trainers who need to work across cultural differences, support inclusive participation, and design training that responds to diverse lived experiences and local realities.
Aims of the pilot
The pilot aims to develop a train-the-trainer curriculum using CYANOTYPES competences with a strong intercultural focus. It will test the training with selected ENCC member organisations that already work in multicultural contexts.
The pilot also aims to integrate CYANOTYPES cross-cutting themes, especially SELF and WORLD, helping trainers connect personal reflection, situated experience, cultural context, and wider social systems.
Activities undertaken
Activities include curriculum design, selection of participating ENCC member organisations, delivery of training modules, and evaluation using CYANOTYPES quality assurance templates. The pilot will also collect information for the Pilot Feedback Template.
While the document does not yet specify participant numbers or a timeline, the pilot has a clear operational direction: develop training modules, pilot them with relevant member organisations, and evaluate their usefulness for trainers working across cultural settings.
Outcomes and early learning
Expected outputs include one or more training modules, integration of CYANOTYPES themes such as SELF and WORLD, and evaluation evidence based on CYANOTYPES quality assurance templates.
Adding value
This pilot is valuable because it links competence development with intercultural and transcultural practice. It recognises that trainers do not only need methods; they also need the reflective capacity to understand themselves, their learners, and the cultural worlds in which learning takes place.
Possible policy recommendations
This pilot suggests that policy makers and funders should support trainer development for intercultural and transcultural learning in the Cultural and Creative Sectors. As cultural organisations increasingly work with diverse communities, trainers need structured support to design inclusive, reflective, and context-sensitive learning. Policy support could fund train-the-trainer modules, peer learning between cultural centres, and quality assurance approaches that recognise intercultural competence as central to future creative ecosystems.
Website: https://intracomp.info/
“Creativity is not just a skill; it is a form of agency. The world is changing quickly, and we need frameworks that anticipate change.”
— David Crombie, CYANOTYPES Project Coordinator
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