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ekip is a collaborative platform designed to boost the development of innovation capacity in ecosystems to include the Cultural and Creative Industries

ekip is a collaborative platform designed to boost the development of innovation capacity in ecosystems to include the Cultural and Creative Industries

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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

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Prototyping Innovation Policies with(in) Cities

Milan, Italy

Košice, Slovakia

THE EKIP PROJECT HELPS TURN IDEAS INTO INNOVATION POLICY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.

MARTJIN VAN DER MARK
INNOVATION LEAD,
CITY OF ROTTERDAM

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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. ...

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