Europe has the pieces. Now we connect them.

Europe no longer needs to make the case that culture and creativity belong in innovation. The question now is how to put that ambition into practice. ekip connects creativity, research, industry, policy and place, bringing CCIs into Europe’s innovation ecosystems.

Over three years, we’ve worked with ecosystems to understand the barriers, explore new approaches and turn insight into action.

Now that work comes together.

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ekip is a collaborative platform designed to strengthen innovation capacity in ecosystems across Europe and better connect the Cultural and Creative Industries with policy experimentation and open innovation.

ekip is a collaborative platform designed to strengthen innovation capacity in ecosystems across Europe and better connect the Cultural and Creative Industries with policy experimentation and open innovation.

What ekip brings together

The pieces are already here. Europe already holds much of the creative talent, research, industry, infrastructure, institutions and knowledge it needs. The challenge is making those capabilities work as a connected system.

ekip brings together the process, evidence, policy knowledge, ideas, tools and relationships developed through the work, so others can put them to use.

OBSERVATORY

Signals and foresight help identify the changes that innovation policy needs to prepare for.

See what is coming

POLICY AREAS

The challenges where ekip has brought research, creative industries and policy together to develop new responses.

See what we have investigated

EKIP ENGINE

A structured journey for moving from an emerging challenge to policy action, supported by tools and methods at every stage.

Use the process

CORE CONCEPTS

The ideas that have emerged across ekip’s work and help us think differently about creativity, innovation and ecosystems.

Understand the thinking

KNOWLEDGE BANK

Recommendations, research, cases, tools and practical knowledge gathered through the work.

Use what we have learned

COMMUNITY

Connect with the cities, regions, policymakers, universities, sector organisations, creative businesses and innovation actors who can carry the work into new places and policy journeys.

Take the work forward

ekip in action

See how the pieces come together

The work has already been tested in real places, sectors and policy challenges across Europe. Explore the latest policy work, city cases, research, stories and events.

Explore the latest policy work, city cases, research, stories and events.

STORIES

CITY CASES

EVENTS

NEWSLETTERS

ekip in action

See how the pieces come together

The work has already been tested in real places, sectors and policy challenges across Europe. Explore the latest policy work, city cases, research, stories and events.

Explore the latest policy work, city cases, research, stories and events.

WE ASKED. WE LEARNED. WE BUILT IT. NOW, USE IT.

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