The Facilitator’s Guide is designed to support the work of facilitating policy assessment in city ecosystems. Included in the guide is a step-by-step instruction of the processes and examples.
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Prototyping in Cities
Cities are the epicenter where cultural and creative activities, supportive policies, and essential resources come together to drive meaningful change for innovation to thrive.
But how can you as an active enabler of cultural and creative industries in your city, balance developing local policies, fostering innovation, and strengthening the support ecosystem? Often, these elements are addressed separately, but this fragmented approach can limit your ability —and that of your stakeholders— to fully understand your city’s ecosystem and identify the most effective improvements.
This is where ekip can help. We have developed a comprehensive set of practical tools, templates, real-world case studies, and a guide for conducting policy assessments within local city ecosystems. These resources provide valuable insights and enable stakeholders to take a proactive approach to fostering innovation.
Through tools like the Innovation Portfolio Policy Canvas, the Facilitator’s Guide, and City Case Descriptions, you and key stakeholders can gain a clear, actionable overview of how your city’s innovation ecosystem is functioning—and how it can be strengthened—in just a few hours. By applying ekip’s insights and testing the various innovation policy areas tailored to your city’s specific context, you’ll be better equipped to stay ahead of emerging trends and challenges.
The following tools are living documents, which will continually evolve based on ongoing lessons and insights from ekip’s work. We invite you to dive in, adapt them to your city’s needs, and ignite innovation that benefits your community.
RESOURCES
The Innovation Portfolio Policy Canvas for the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries
The Innovation Portfolio Canvas guides local stakeholders to analyse their local ecosystem by making an inventory of actors and resources, identifying and creating a potential innovation portfolio, and analysing their local innovation support systems.
The OPSI-model
The OPSI-model (Open Public Sector Innovation) identifies four innovation areas which can be used to explore the purpose and intent of innovation activities as well as how they work in practice. These include: mission-oriented innovation, anticipatory innovation, adaptive innovation, and enhancement-oriented innovation. Linked is an adapted version of the model by Future by Lund (with permission).
Exploring Context with the OPSI-Model
This worksheet is designed to help individuals and teams explore the broader context of innovation activities within the OPSI-Model. By guiding users through key questions and reflections, the worksheet supports a deeper understanding of how mission-oriented, anticipatory, adaptive, and enhancement-oriented innovation apply to their specific challenges and opportunities. Use this resource to map out your innovation landscape, identify key drivers, and refine your approach to public sector innovation.
City Case Description – Lund & Artificial Intelligence
As a hub of high-tech industries and home to one of the world’s top universities, Lund is at the forefront of AI-driven transformation. This City Case Description explores how the city integrates artificial intelligence into cultural and creative industries (CCI) to foster innovation. With a dynamic ecosystem bridging academia, industry, and entrepreneurship, Lund leverages AI to enhance creativity, drive economic growth, and shape the future of design and technology.
City Case Description – Saint-Étienne & Artificial Intelligence
As France’s only UNESCO Creative City of Design, Saint-Étienne is embracing AI to fuel its urban and economic transformation. This City Case Description explores how the city integrates artificial intelligence into cultural and creative industries (CCI) to drive innovation. With a rich industrial heritage and a vision for the future through the “Cité 2025” project, Saint-Étienne is shaping a dynamic design district where AI enhances creativity, entrepreneurship, and urban renewal. This case highlights the city’s commitment to blending technology, design, and sustainability to build a more innovative and interconnected future.
City Case Description – Košice & New European Bauhaus
As eastern Slovakia’s economic and cultural center, Košice is shaping its future through a strong creative infrastructure and a commitment to innovation. This City Case Description explores how the city integrates cultural and creative industries (CCI) into urban transformation under the New European Bauhaus (NEB) framework. With its rich history, preserved architectural heritage, and role as a UNESCO Creative City for New Media Art, Košice demonstrates how CCIs can drive sustainable and inclusive development, bridging culture, industry, and technology to reimagine urban spaces.
City Case Description – Bratislava & New European Bauhaus
As Slovakia’s economic and cultural hub, Bratislava’s thriving creative sector—accounting for over 40% of the nation’s CCI enterprises—plays a crucial role in shaping its future. This City Case Description explores how Bratislava integrates cultural and creative industries (CCI) into urban innovation under the New European Bauhaus (NEB) framework. Through policy assessments and collaboration with local stakeholders, it examines how CCIs contribute to sustainable, inclusive, and artistic urban development.
City Case Description – Rotterdam & Artificial Intelligence
As a global port city and hub for innovation, Rotterdam embraces artificial intelligence (AI) to drive its dynamic transformation. This City Case Description explores how AI is integrated into policy and urban development, leveraging cutting-edge technologies like machine learning, robotics, and computer vision. By adopting AI, the city fosters experimental approaches that enhance economic growth, urban planning, and the creative industries.