REOI Review Process

Artscape is bringing together an Industry Advisory Committee to support the pre project development and business planning stage for the Centre for Creative Sector Entrepreneurship. The Industry Advisory Committee will review submissions to the REOI. 

The purpose of this process is to help strengthen the project vision, contribute to business and spatial planning and to support the development of a compelling project narrative to take forward to funders and investors. The Industry Advisory Committee will bear in mind the following questions when considering responses.
 

Vision
Is the Respondent able to make a sustained, collaborative contribution to the overall project vision by:

  • Cultivating the entrepreneurial capacity and business skills of artists & creative professionals and small creative businesses & organizations?
     
  • Supporting incubation, mentoring and business and entrepreneurship skill development in Toronto’s creative & cultural sector by offering programming and resources designed to directly address their needs?
     

  • Contributing to a hub and one-stop-shop for creative sector freelancers and start ups by offering access to resources and facilitating peer to peer and cross sector networking?

  • Maximizing opportunities for collaboration within and between creative sectors to support practice innovation?

 

Capacity and Sustainability

  • Does the Respondent demonstrate the necessary level of expertise, leadership, and project management capacity to deliver the proposal?
     
  • Is the Respondent able to demonstrate its financial stability and sustainability?

 

Impact
Will the respondent will make a substantial contribution towards:

  • Improving access to existing programs and services, resources and networks for artists & creative professionals and small creative businesses and organizations with reduced fragmentation in service delivery and the development of more tailored services and programs?
     
  • Contributing to an environment and program conducive to collaboration both within and between sectors?
     
  • Creating of a market facing “hub” for the creative & cultural sector?
     
  • Building the creative economy by building entrepreneurship capacity and supporting sustainable, creative sector businesses growth