Producer Center Living Lab

The Producer Centre Living Lab brings together and develops creative producer networks nationwide.

The nationwide Producer Center Living Lab project will create, over the period 2024-2026 a nationwide network of producer centres and its operational and organisational model. The project develop the operation of the arts and culture producer network by supporting the professional networking and the development of regional cooperation. The project will contribute to accessibility of producer services and the conditions for the functioning of the arts and culture sector, and the employment of arts and culture professionals, in particular freelancers. The project will also indirectly and extensively improve the quality and impact of cultural productions.
The project will also highlight regional differences in producer skills at national level, and also the need to develop education in the sector. The core issue of the project is to make visible how producer skills can be safeguarded to support the operating conditions of the arts and culture sectors in the regions and how its maintenance can be possible in the future.

The Producer Center Network is a completely new service and approach that supports the working conditions of producers at regional level and improve the retention of the sector. Digital services will support a nationwide information exchange, where the producer's work expertise, tools and factors related to the producer's work come together in a new way.

Professional development is a process that requires encounters, discussion and reflection. Producer often works without peers in his/her own organisation. Meeting peers in a safe and confidential environment is important both for networking, professional growth and and for the promotion of well-being at work. To this end, the project will provide mentoring and job coaching for producers in the domain. Through meetings, networking and mentoring, a strong confidence in the network of colleagues is sought, which will continue to operate beyond the project.

Website: http://sites.tuni.fi/tuottajakeskuslivinglab