Music Innovation Network Inner Scandinavia (MINS)

Värmland (Sweden) and Hedmark (Norway) county have the potential for a vibrant music life. The counties both have education within the fields of creation of music and music business, they also have diverse scenes and several active networks. A lot of people would like to make a living in the music business, but it is hard to get the financial aspect to work. Knowledge, connected strong networks and meeting places are missing for the stakeholders to grow their businesses and to continue to work in the regions. The goal of the project was to strengthen theese aspects. To reach this goal three focus areas were chosen;
• Increased knowledge and development of the music industry for cross-border networks.
• Increased knowledge and development within education.
• Research with focus on a music industry in changing.
Stakeholders benefiting from this project are mainly songwriters, musicians, artists, producers, festivals within the popular music sector and people in the start of their career within the region. After the end of the project period, the goal is to continue to work within these fields and areas and the educational institutions will continue to build on the results.