British Council Egypt is delighted to invite young performing arts entrepreneurs to apply to be Egypt’s national finalist in the International Young Performing Arts Entrepreneur (IYPAE) Award 08. The selected finalist, along with finalists from 8 other countries, will undertake a 12-day tour of the UK’s performing arts sector, culminating at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2008. The tour will comprise visits, meetings, seminars, master classes, events and shows and is an opportunity for the finalists to develop their professional networks.

The IYPAE award is a new International Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) award developed by the British Council to champion and celebrate the importance of creative entrepreneurs working in the performing arts sector.

Following the UK tour a presentation and a judging process leads to the selection of an overall winner, who will be announced at an awards ceremony. In addition to the honour of the award title, the winner will receive a financial prize of £7500 to be spent on a project in collaboration with the British Council. For example, it may be used for personal training for the winner, to undertake a series of short training courses or a postgraduate course in the UK, or to help fund a placement in UK industry. It could also be used to collaborate with UK specialists to run workshops in the winner’s home country or to develop a tailored project in consultation with UK experts in a particular field.

IYPAE candidates can be drawn from any of the following areas of the performing arts

			Producers of theatre, dance, music or live art performances
			Promoters, festival directors and marketing specialists in this area
			Managers of theatre, dance, music or live art companies
			Developers of performing arts publishing, communications or websites
			Consultants providing specialist services in any of the areas outlined

Candidates must

			Be Egyptians aged between 25 and 35 (at the time of the UK tour in July-August 2008)
			Already work in the performing arts sector (as outlined in the sector definition above) with at least 3 years experience in their sector
			Be entrepreneurial and have shown their ability in the promotion of the performing arts sector in their country, in either a commercial context, public context, or both
			Through their character, drive and abilities demonstrate their potential to be a future leader of the performing arts sector in Egypt
			Have generally effective command of the English language

For details about the IYPAE award, download this document

Download application form

Please send us the signed application form along with your CV and short biography to information@britishcouncil.org.eg by Sunday 11 May 2008 and write IYPAE Application in the subject line
Or
by hand to either the British Council office in Agouza or Alexandria:
British Council, 192 El Nil Street, Agouza, Cairo
British Council, 11 Mahmoud Abou El Ela Street, Kafr Abdou, Rushdy, Alexandria

Please label your envelope as: IYPAE application, C/O Arts

For additional inquiries about the IYPAE award, Email us

For more information about other IYCE awards, visit www.creativeconomy.org.uk