EIT Culture & Creativity

€7 Million total budget for #Innovation Support in #Audio-Visual #Media, #Fashion, #Architecture or #Cultural Heritage, a maximum support per project of €350.000. What is exactly supported? What shall be the #impact? This EIT Culture & Creativity call supports one-year initiatives designed to advance technologies from TRL 6 to TRL 9, with a focus on rapid commercialization and the chance for shareholding and long term partnership with the EIT Culture & Creativity, beyond the project funding period: This is not any longer "fund and forget", this develops projects to partnerships! Learn more in the upcoming Q&A session on 25 March!

Today, as President Zelenskyi is visiting literally next door, the City of Helsinki releases it's roadmap of creative industries development. It claims the city become an agile infrastructure and platform to facilitate creative work, collaboration and serendipity of innovative work. 9 practical action points were listed to be achieved by 2030. I love my city - especially on a sunny day like this ☀️ - and we will happily support and cooperate from the office of EIT Culture& Creativity North to make it all the more creative and a great place to live and visit. #cityofhelsinki #luovienalojenkasvu #growthofcreativeindustries #creativeroadmap #creativecity #collaboration #eitculturecreativity #eitccnorth p.s. see the soldiers sitting on the dome's stairs. Today my city is spiced up with a bit of military&protective atmosphere.

📢 EIT Culture & Creativity is hiring two Producer/Operations Managers!   We keep expanding our team to create greater impact in fashion, architecture, cultural heritage, gaming, audiovisual, and media.    Producer/Operations Manager – Regional Hub South 📍 Based in our Regional Hub South in Bologna (Italy). 📅 Application deadline: 17th April 2025, 16:00 (CET).   Producer/Operations Manager – Regional Hub North 📍 Based in our Regional Hub North in Helsinki (Finland). 📅 Application deadline: 4th April 2025, 16:00 (CET).   Visit our career opportunities page for more details: https://lnkd.in/es3sdaSh

We’re delighted to invite you to join the upcoming Q&A session on our Call for Proposals – Main Innovation & Education Call 2025.   This is an opportunity to the Calls’ objectives, learn more about applying and ask questions. We encourage participants to review the recordings of our previous webinars beforehand, which you can find at the link below. 📅 DATE: 25.03.2025, 13:00 to14:30 📝 Share your feedback with us and any question through our dedicated Contact Form All our call documents and webinars are available online, including our FAQ: https://lnkd.in/ejXw3JAE

If you’ve ever wondered what we do, we have a factsheet just for you.   We are part of the EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology — Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem — and we focus on the culture & creative sectors.     In short, we aim to:   🌱 Drive sustainable growth 🤝 Unite creative forces through a pan-European network 🎨 Boost innovation in the cultural and creative sector, and industries   The culture & creative sectors rank among the top five in Europe, in terms of annual turnover. We want to help them grow.   Our pan-European presence will enable us to do that: we have colleagues all around Europe, working from our headquarters in Cologne, our 6 regional hubs and the EIT Community offices spread across the continent.   We’ve broken down our mission, key focus areas and working method in a handy, 3-page factsheet!     Here it is: https://lnkd.in/e9HgufHq

In March, we’re happy to welcome four new colleagues: ✨Ana Fota is our new Senior Communication Manager. She is a passionate advocate for the culture sector’s role in society and has a background in journalism, covering the intersection of culture and politics while also organizing and hosting events. ✨Laura Dixon joins the Communication team as Senior Graphic Designer. With experience in art direction across projects focused on human rights and environmental sustainability, she brings a versatile design approach to everything she does. Her skills span a wide range of visual styles. ✨Sarah Braatz joins the team as Interim Head of HR. She is an experienced HR consultant and interim manager, specializing in Employee Relations, People & Culture, and HR Transformation. She focuses on restructuring and strategic HR leadership. ✨Sonia Munoz Blanc is our new Interim Director of Business Operations. With a background in business and economics, Sonia has spent the past 12 years working with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) on all things business, finance, EU operations, and EIT funding. Please give them a warm welcome!

Last month, EIT Culture & Creativity hosted an in-person team meeting in Brussels, bringing together all team members from across #Europe.   Through a series of interactive workshops, our team built trust and strengthened connections, all with the goal of optimizing collaboration across our organization. We even held a speed-dating session through which colleagues discovered fun facts about each other!   A huge thank you to Prasanna Oommen-Hirschberg and Anouchka Strunden for moderating the sessions and making this gathering such a success. 🌷

🌿Innovation Forum – Creativity Meets Circularity | Nice, France | 22-23 April🌿 EIT Culture & Creativity invites you to its annual Innovation Forum in Nice, hosted at Théâtre National de Nice and Pôle Universitaire Trotabas Campus trotabas - a space where innovation, sustainability, and creativity converge to build a more resilient and inclusive future. This second edition, organised in cooperation with MIN4CI Mediterranean Foundation for Cultural and Creative Industries and supported by the City of Nice, will explore how cultural and creative sectors and industries (#CCSI) can support the potential of the #circulareconomy.   With the European Green Deal, the new Circular Economy Act, and the New European Bauhaus shaping EU policy, circularity is becoming a key driver of environmental sustainability, economic innovation, and societal well-being. At EIT Culture & Creativity, we’re embedding circular and resilient practices across fashion, architecture, audiovisual media, gaming, and cultural heritage to drive sustainable transformation.   This forum will challenge us to ask: 🔄 Is circularity truly at the heart of innovation? 📈 How can it reshape value chains, markets, and business models in CCSI? 🤝 And how can it extend beyond economics to create lasting societal impact? Join 150 key players in culture, creativity, and innovation, take part in hands-on sessions, and get inspired by 30+ speakers, including architect Winy Maas from MVRDV and EU MEP Christian Ehler. Up to 50 free tickets available! Secure your spot - tickets are first-come, first-served and limited to one per applicant. Register now on our Digital Hub, our free-to-join community platform: https://lnkd.in/eQeSqhnP

Today, EIT Culture & Creativity proudly celebrates the women who innovate, create, and lead. We honor the remarkable contributions of women driving innovation and transformation within the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries. With strong female representation across our organization, including in leadership roles, we remain committed to gender equality and the empowerment of female talent. Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our mission—together, we shape a more equitable and creative future. Happy International Women’s Day! 💗 Anette Schaefer CEO

Happy International Women’s Day! ✨