PROG2017-2021_OS3_Kenya_Cultural_Cooperation_Programme_Africalia_2017- 2021 : the cultural services and products of Africalia's partners promote human development and sustainable growth. Africalia's program contributes to the common strategic objectives of the Belgian Common Strategic Framework KENYA, more specifically relating to education, culture and research ("inclusive and quality education for all, promotion of lifelong learning and of cultural opportunities, promotion of research and innovation to enhance sustainable development.") (SDG 4 SDG8 & SDG 9) Africalia’s program focuses on the development and strengthening of the country's human capital (in addition to the work carried by ACTEC and VLIR-UOS). This approach is reflected best by a common educational goal. All of our program activities are inherently educational (or "professional" if you prefer) and result in the development of confident young people with professional creative skills, which can feed the democratic debate and make a positive contribution to a tolerant and inclusive society. The entire program is devoted to creativity. Africalia’s vision has two main dimensions: a social and an economic one. As far as the social dimension is concerned, we believe that a rich and varied cultural production is the source of social innovation and political renewal. Cultural Sites (real or virtual) are spaces of citizenship, laboratories that can create new political discourse and practices. Regarding the economic dimension, the cultural and creative industries represent an underutilized lever for job creation. They are the carriers of a non-polluting and sustainable growth that provides an alternative to the development of models based on extractive economies. Africalia’s Specific Objective (SO),"the cultural services and products of Africalia's partners promote human development and sustainable growth"; makes Africalia's vision operational and highlights the role of creativity in the social and economic development of the partner’s country. Four major results underpin the realization of the SO. They contribute to (a) the optimal functioning of the creative structures where Africalia cooperates, (b) the crucial role of education in a largely informal sector, which is generally little professionalized, (c) the creation of a cultural economy and creative markets, and (d) the rise of a cultural democracy in the countries of intervention. Professionals in the cultural sector and young people with ambitions in this sector are the intended beneficiaries of Africalia's programs. They receive training and coaching in their professional skills (individual 'micro' level). The organizations are strengthened in their capacities (organizational 'meso' level), and the entire program has a lasting impact in the longer term (Community 'macro' level of the community). Over the next 5 years Africalia will cooperate with and help strengthen 3 main partner organisations, who recognize the importance of arts and culture in the social and economic development of Kenya and East Africa, as well as for individual human development. Creatives Garage is home to artists and creative entrepreneurs. Their 'CR8 Academy makes them ready for the regional and global market and encourages artists to not only entertain, but to become agents of change and the voice of society. The other partners, Slum TV and Mwelu Foundation have the same ambitions, but focus their video and photography courses on the empowerment of young people in the poorest neighborhoods of Nairobi. The partners are members to the Alliance of Slum Media Organisations (ASMO), host to the annual Slum Film Festival, which aims to screen stories from the informal settlements. ASMO’s mission is to facilitate the accreditation of its members’ training courses, a process still ongoing. It will also aim to mutualise expertise, resources and assets for a wider impact of the ambitions of its members. It is expected that ASMO as a consortium will be able assume a strategic role of reinforcement.