Staff Exchange
Experience Stories
The Staff Exchange is a mobility program powered by ECHN that enables staff members of the network’s hubs to visit another creative hub and gain valuable working experience, innovative skills and know-how to introduce in their home hub upon their return.
In this section, you can explore the past Staff Exchanges and see the up-skilling experiences of each participant!
Materials Library
Lottozero (Prato) @ Le Textile Lab (Lyon)
Materials Library
The first Staff Exchange of ECHN saw as protagonist Federica Valli from Lottozero. Her journey brought her to Lyon and Le Textile Lab, where after visiting different facilities and the local fine arts university, she learned more about lab management and the preparatory steps to set up a material library back in Lottozero.
A great start to launch the first round of Staff Exchange! 🇮🇹 🇫🇷
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Competences and Creativty
Buinho (Messejana) @ Onl'Fait (Geneva)
Competences and Creativity
Lucas De Laforet from Buinho visited Onl’Fait thanks to the #StaffExchange program.
The Geneva-based hub offered machineries and mentorship, and Lucas learned how to use CNC woodwork, helped with an animation workshop for kids and produced his own DIY arcade game.
All projects fed the open-source wiki of Onl’Fait! 🇵🇹 🇨🇭
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Rural Innovation
Anceu Coliving (Galicia) @ Buinho (Messejana)
Rural Innovation
This StaffExchange connected two rural hubs from Spain and Portugal: Anceu Coliving and Buinho. Africa, Anceu's manager, visited Buinho in the region of Alentejo to observe how technology and creativity can be used to have an impact and empower rural communities. Rural creative hubs are a repository of replicable models that can be adopted by any hub aiming to have a strong impact on its local community!
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