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
NEWS AND UPDATES
The Latest News
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....
Policy Spotlights
Policy areas under investigation
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....
Digital concerts raise new legal questions
As digital concerts move toward personalized formats, the legal landscape grows increasingly complex. ...
The music industry – towards a fairer tune
We are living in the age of platformisation — a time when Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and other digital platforms have replaced traditional gatekeepers in the music industry. ...
Beyond Fast Fashion: How Digital Passports Could Stitch a Greener Future for Europe’s Textile Industry
As fast fashion falters under the weight of its waste, a new model is emerging—rooted in sustainable manufacturing, circular thinking, and radical transparency. ...
Tools of Change
Practical methods and outputs
By Gabrielle Aguilar van Gend, Rasa Bocyte, Siepke van Keulen
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. ...
By Bodil Malmström
Reinventing the live music experience – through collaboration
Kalaudioscope aims to open up concert halls to far more people than those who can be physically present. ...
By Bodil Malmström
Immersive Tech: Revolutionizing Creativity, Yet Out of Reach for Many CCIs
Immersive media like virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) are revolutionizing how we...
By Bodil Malmström
Immersive media: a pathway to keeping stories alive
Immersive technologies are reshaping how people experience media, weaving their way...
People of ekip
Profiles of contributors, validators, and practitioners
By Bodil Malmström
Profile of the month: Laura Galante
Laura Galante is a part of the coordination team for the ekip policy labs....
By Bodil Malmström
Profile of the month: Katerina Kalimera
As Policy Communications and Strategy Lead, Katerina Kalimera at MSCOMM...
By Bodil Malmström
Meet Jeroen van der Aa and Davide Parrilli – profiles of the month
Jeroen van der Aa trained as an Industrial Designer at TU Delft, with a focus on business ...
By Bodil Malmström
Meet ekip’s Validators: Empowering Creatives to Shape the Future of Innovation Ecosystems
Insights, knowledge and trendspotting on how ...
From the Lab
Insights and takeaways from policy labs and community dialogues
By Caitlin McDonald
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....
By Caroline Wendt and Bodil Malmström
Boosting innovation across sectors and borders
Driving innovation across sectors and borders requires a shared foundation. ekip develop innovation policy recommendations addressing Innovation Building Blocks....
By Caitlin McDonald
Open Innovation Factory: Inclusivity in Games
The Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) are at the forefront of technological innovation, often turning speculative ideas into transformative tools. ...
By Emma Pirie - Rasa Bocyte - Siepke van Keulen - Vikki Jones - Gabrielle K. Aguilar
Workshopping innovation infrastructures for the Creative and Cultural Industries – ekip at Creative Skills Week
In September, the European Cultural and Creative...
Big Ideas & Perspectives
Opinion-led pieces that frame the wider debates
By Bodil Malmström
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. ...
By Bodil Malmström
The challenge isn´t creativity—but connectivity
The creative and cultural industries are vibrant, innovative, and essential to a dynamic society....
By Caroline Wendt
The Creative Industries as a Catalyst in Innovation Districts
Across Europe, a collaborative effort is underway to propose new innovation policies centred around the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI). ...
By Bodil Malmström
Ancient skills hold the key to a more sustainable world
At a time with of rapid technology changes, it is easy to forget about ancient skills that have been refined across generations. ...