During the training period, the Arquia Foundation will give the intern a €7,000 grant.
The grant also includes the development of the Factoría Cultural innovation and entrepreneurship plan in 24 advisory hours (over a 3-month period), split into three blocks (market, value offer and development of a prototype), whereby market, offer, branding and marketing workshops and creativity sessions are developed. Over 6 hours of follow-up of the process (over a 3-month period) by a Factoría Cultural mentor, who will monitor the implementation of the prototype and the market launch.
This innovation and entrepreneurship plan will include Factoría Cultural's cross-cutting services, such as: 100 Mb of symmetrical Internet for uploading and downloading content, access to different advisory services (including: legal, accounting, technology, programming, communication, etc.). As well as other added-value programmes: access to a crowdfunding campaign, access to digital marketing campaigns and visibility programmes.
Besides Factoría Cultural's services and resources, the Arquia Foundation will make one (1) adviser, who is renowned in the field of managing professional development in architecture, available for the architect intern from the first day, who will tutor the entire project through face-to-face and online sessions. This mentoring process will focus on decision-making and will guide the intern throughout the process of preparing the business plan and analysing its viability. It will also provide the intern with contacts and the information required to work successfully on their business project.
The Arquia Foundation will cover travel expenses for the journey to Madrid (one return ticket by plane, train or bus/car – as determined by the Foundation), they will provide coverage under the terms of the travel insurance policy contracted through Arquiseguros brokerage, as well as make the appropriate contributions to social security social.
The enrolment fees will be paid directly to Factoría Cultural.
If the grant recipient works with a team of one or two other people, Factoría Cultural will provide the following discounts for the interested parties:
- Discount for the second person: 75% of the monthly fee.
- Discount for the third person: 50% of the monthly fee.