Welcome to the new innovation policy platform for the cultural and creative industries
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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
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CREATIVES ARE THE MISSING PIECE
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
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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....
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. ...
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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. ...
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Europe’s music sector must embrace open innovation to compete globally
Europe’s music sector can only stay competitive if it treats open innovation as a shared task. ...
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Innovation Portfolios pave the way for collaborations with the creatives
The use of an innovation portfolio approach creates movement or transformation of an area, broader than individual organisations, individuals, or projects....
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The challenge isn´t creativity—but connectivity
The creative and cultural industries are vibrant, innovative, and essential to a dynamic society....
PRESS RELEASE
ekip Launches the Knowledge Bank: Europe’s Platform for CCI Policy Innovation
The European Innovation Policy Platform for Cultural and Creative Industries, ekip, introduces a new go-to platform for practical, cross-sector innovation knowledge that puts Cultural and Creative Ind...
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Hacking futures for cultural and creative industries: sustainable models for innovation funding
Public funding models tend to priorities short-term projects, market-driven KPIs, and highly ambitious results produced from relatively small investments. ...
