• The Greater Region is located in the historic core of Europe

    • Less than 300 km away from Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam and Frankfurt and less than 600 km away from London, Berlin, Prague and Milan

    • Geographically, the Greater Region is placed in the middle of the large metropolitan areas of Brussels, Rhine-Ruhr, Rhine-Main, Rhine-Neckar, Basel-Mulhouse and Paris

    • It is composed of the following subregions:

      Germany: Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate

      France: Lorraine, now part of the Grand Est region

      Luxembourg: the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

      Belgium: Wallonia, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and the German-speaking community

    • Saarland and Luxembourg as the smallest subregions count half or a little bit more million people (source: grossregion.net)

    • Young professionals & ambitious participants in the music market

    • Young artist, fresh music-market player, beginning entrepreneurs of the greater region

    • Who will participate on a regular basis (digital / analog)

    • The focus lies on popular music culture, in which bands and artists from any music genre are located

    • All other players in the music market (bookers, organizers, promoters, publishers, label operators, etc.).

  • 4x workshops online. 8x workshops in real life.

  • • High motivation and interest for several aspects of the music industry

    • Attendance to the full online training program

    • Attendance to all physical meetings

    • Creative ideas & active participation

    • Regular calls with the docents & guest lecturers to work on detailed questions, challenges, & next steps

    • Willing to work in a team with other like-minded people on a regular basis

    • Being open-minded, committed, able to cooperate and to take criticism

    • Light reporting of the individual learning progress & important milestones on a regular basis

  • • You’re a Young Business Professional, young artist, fresh music market player, beginning entrepreneur

    • You want work in the music business (long term) and have already made first steps

    • You are from the Greater Region (GER/FR/BEL/LUX). More on the Greater Region on initiative-pop.eu

    • You aim at being successful in your field of interest.

    • You are open-minded, committed, able to cooperate and to take criticism

    • You want to establish a business in the music business

    • You’ve already made first experiences on the music market and maybe already finished your first qualification in this field

  • • Motivation

    • Expressiveness of the participant's vision for his/her future in the music industry

    • Previous experiences (always striving to form a learning group as efficient as possible)

    • Digital competence

    • Fluent in English

    • Gender balance

    • Geographical diversity (every involved country will be equally represented)

    • Balance in terms of the applicant's background

    • 290,00 EUR per person - already discounted and funded by the German government

  • Don't worry! We are open for questions of any kind!

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