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The project "Valmiera Multimedia Festival Youth Arts and Education Programme" will create 6 new professional multimedia art products and an accompanying education programme in physical and digital environments, involving the primary target group - young people aged 15 to 18 (secondary school pupils) - in all stages of the project. Involvement is foreseen in the creation of the artworks, in feedback activities, in the festival and in training. The project involves an interdisciplinary approach to the creation of art products, involving professional artists and secondary school pupils, as well as experts representing other industries from Latvia and Norway in the process of co-creation. The project will also create an interdisciplinary experience of artworks in both physical and digital environments, ensuring quality accessibility of all newly created artworks both during the festival and on an interactive digital platform specially designed and adapted for the project.The project will include training for different target groups, an in-depth audience research lab, a hackathon for secondary school pupils and artists, a prototyping, building and testing workshop, accompanying educational programmes and the development of a digital platform. The project will culminate in a youth arts and education programme as part of the Valmiera Multimedia Festival and the launch of the digital platform.