{"id":7462,"date":"2022-08-11T14:20:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffilive.wpengine.com\/?p=7462"},"modified":"2022-10-09T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T07:46:51","slug":"apply-for-the-south-asia-festivals-academys-beginners-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.festivalsfromindia.com\/blog\/apply-for-the-south-asia-festivals-academys-beginners-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply For The South Asia Festivals Academy&#8217;s Beginners&#8217; Course","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aspiring and upcoming festival organisers take note, the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.festivalsfromindia.com\/learn-about-festival-management\/\">South Asia Festivals Academy<\/a> is inviting applications for its Beginners\u2019 Course distance learning programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An immersive skills development course delivered online by experts from the UK and South Asia, the 10-week programme is open to entry-level and early-career professionals from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The main criteria: experience of up to five years in festivals or cultural venues\/events in South Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what you can expect: weekly workshops covering festival marketing, sustainability, human resources, programming and artistic development, budgeting, financing festivals, diversity and inclusion, risk management and logistics\/project management of festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe South Asia Festivals Academy aims to strengthen the international festivals network and business skills of festival managers in our region,\u201d Jonathan Kennedy, Director of Arts, India at the British Council, told Festivals From India. \u201cThe course modules and business planning tools are aimed to build capacity for international collaboration with the UK and others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The enrolment fee for the course is GBP 150. Applications close on Sunday, 04 September 2022. 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