Co-designing Our Cities Conference
After one opening conference in Brussels, one joint digital co-creative event in 2020 and a hybrid co-creative event in Ghent, we are delighted to be inviting you to attend the digital conference which will present the policy conclusions and outputs of this extensive 2.5 year project. Expect to hear from keynote speakers who will share inspiring case studies of commoning, as well [...]
Innovation Day 2020 Creative Forum – Symptoms of creativity
Bernd Fesel, Chair of the ECBN, will be chairing the panel “Preparing Fertile Grounds: Policies to Connect Business and Creativity”, which will take a look at policy instruments that have proved effective when trying to bring companies and creatives closer. Culture and creativity are powerful – not only as sources of identity, enjoyment and self-actualisation, [...]
Watch now the #ECIS2020 Framing Creative Futures!
The 10th European Creative Industries Summit (ECIS) was organized and broadcasted live from Berlin. For the third time, the #ECIS2020 (Sept 24-Oct 28) is part of the official presidency of the Council of the European Union. This time however, everything is different. No huge crowded gatherings and large auditorial discussions were possible. Instead, a digital [...]
Letter to the European Commission on behalf of Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors
Culture has always been a vibrant social resource, able to heal wounds in times of crisis. It carries tremendous intrinsic value and contributes significantly to the economy, with 4.2% of the EU GDP and 7.4 million jobs created. Culture is a vital component of the European integration and solidarity, uniting the European multitude of mentalities [...]
Framing Creative Futures – The 10th European Creative Industries Summit (ECIS 2020)
This is the 10th European Creative Industries Summit, which will be organized and broadcast live from Berlin. For the third time it is part of the official presidency of the Council of the European Union. This time however, everything is different. No huge crowded gatherings and large auditorial discussions are possible. Instead, we aim for [...]
CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #182 – Report “COVID-19 Impact on the Cultural and Creative Industries in Germany”
Report “COVID-19 Impact on the Cultural and Creative Industries in Germany” Republished by ECBN from: Creatives Unite This report focuses on how the lockdown measures impact the different CCIs sub-sectors in Germany and analyses the threat that measures such as the cancellation of events pose to professionals and organisations. Due to the cancellation of public [...]
CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #181 – Viewpoint: EIT can help lead the way out of the COVID-19 crisis
Viewpoint: EIT can help lead the way out of the COVID-19 crisis Republished by ECBN from: Science Business Long-term stalwart of the European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee Paul Rübig, is now bringing his expertise to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which he says is poised to play a key role [...]
CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #180 – Coronavirus: Now is the time to invest in Africa’s creative industries
Coronavirus: Now is the time to invest in Africa’s creative industries Republished by ECBN from: The Africa Report Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, accounted for $7.2bn or 1.42 percent of Nigeria’s GDP in 2016, and South Africa’s music industry is estimated to hit $178m in revenue in 2020. Yet in 2019, only 1.1% or $22M of total African start-up [...]
CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #179 – Report on “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Cultural and Creative Sector”
Report on “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Cultural and Creative Sector” Republished by ECBN from: KEA European Affairs The COVID-19 pandemic has wounded sociality and limited the possibility to stay together: the essence of many forms of art. This report aims to provide a first analysis on the tremendous impact on the [...]
CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #178 – A call to invest in all our creative futures
A call to invest in all our creative futures Republished by ECBN from: IETM Prior to the latest European Council meeting that took place on 17-18 July, 45 leading European cultural figures issued a call for the EU to "be bold and to invest in culture and the arts, to invest in all our creative [...]
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