Welcome to the new innovation policy platform for the cultural and creative industries
- POLICY AREAS
AI and Cultural and Creative Industries
New European Bauhaus – CCIs enabling green transition
Immersive Media
Crafts-led Innovation
Platformisation of the Music Industry
Inclusivity in Video Game Industry
Cross-Innovation with Performing Arts
Fashion Transition: Eco-Design for Circularity
Cultural Heritage Institutions within Open Innovation Ecosystems
Redesigning how Europe starts innovation, with creatives at the core.
Explore our insights
How we create change
Unlocking Open Innovation together with ekip
Highlights
Discovering what’s in focus
The challenge is that good support mechanisms for these networks and open ecosystems are lacking. The ekip project, European Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Policy Platform, aims to change this.
CHARLOTTE LORENTZ HJORTH,
LUND UNIVERSITY
City Cases
Prototyping Innovation Policies with(in) Cities
THE EKIP PROJECT HELPS TURN IDEAS INTO INNOVATION POLICY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
MARTJIN VAN DER MARK
INNOVATION LEAD,
CITY OF ROTTERDAM
News & Updates
Exploring the latest from the ekip Network
December 5, 2025
ARTICLE
DPP – could be the engine of a more responsible market
The fashion and textiles ecosystem, one of 14 strategic sectors in the EU’s Industrial Strategy, sits at the heart of Europe’s push toward green and digital transformation. ...
November 25, 2025
ARTICLE
Open innovation and ethics – a matter of trustworthiness, accountability, and genuine benefit for those involved
Current developments within the EU indicate several key ethical challenges related to how the CCI community can participate in and benefit from open innovation. ...
November 25, 2025
ARTICLE
Europe’s True Advantage: Creativity
Europe doesn’t have cheap labor. It doesn’t have abundant raw materials. What it does have — in extraordinary concentration — is cultural depth, artistic talent an...
November 24, 2025
ARTICLE
A strong gaming industry isn’t just good for business — it’s good for society
The video games sector is an important, albeit often overlooked, component of the global and European cultural and creative industries (CCIs)....
November 20, 2025
ARTICLE
Games are culture gold
From independent studios to classrooms and libraries, a quiet revolution is underway. A new wave in the gaming industry is reshaping the conversation around inclusivity. ...
October 13, 2025
ARTICLE
Open Innovation Factory: The Innovation Potential of Heritage
The Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) are at the forefront of technological innovation, often turning speculative ideas into transformative tools....
October 6, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
ekip launches European Campaign to reframe innovation: “Creatives are the missing piece”
The European Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Policy Platform (ekip) has launched a new campaign to challenge assumptions about how innovation is understood and supported in Europe. ...
October 2, 2025
ARTICLE
Policy, policy recommendation, policy area, and policy development journey – what’s the difference?
ekip is an Innovation Policy Platform for the Cultural and Creative Industries, so in our communication we tend to include “policy” a lot, often in combination with other words. ...
