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European Creative Business Network (ECBN) is a network of creative development agencies and creative centres. Our mission is to support the creative and cultural industries to internationalise – to do business and to collaborate across Europe

What we do

ECBN provides European Services and Tools to its members, like creative companies and entrepreneurs, agencies and creative centres, cities and regions – such as Trade Missions, Easy Landing Points or Digital Marketplace, which are defined and developed further on a year to year basis in ECBN board meetings.

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CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #128 – Understanding changes to the way that we consume culture at home during COVID-19: Week six of the six-week study

Understanding changes to the way that we consume culture at home during COVID-19: Week six of the six-week study Republished by ECBN from: PEC The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 and the lockdown has changed the way in which we experience cultural content. Movement restrictions leading to more time in the home, the mental wellbeing consequences [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #127 – Make cultural relations count

Make cultural relations count Republished by ECBN from: EUNIC (EU National Institutes for Culture) EUNIC published a statement on the importance of cultural relations in a post-crisis global society and their value for friendly and peaceful foreign policy: “The crisis will only be resolved, the global cultural sector will only recover, and international relations will [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #126 – European Research and Innovation Days (Virtual event, from 22nd to 24th September 2020)

European Research and Innovation Days (Virtual event, from 22nd to 24th September 2020) Republished by ECBN from: European Commission European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. With our societies [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #125 – Survey on the impact of Covid-19 in the cultural and creative sector

Survey on the impact of Covid-19 in the cultural and creative sector Republished by ECBN from: Creative Europe Are you a cultural or creative worker? How is the Covid-19 crisis affecting your work and life? The following survey works on deepening knowledge on the effects that the Covid-19 crisis has had and is having on [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #124 – Highlights from EUROCITIES city dialogue on culture – cities respond to the Covid crisis

Highlights from EUROCITIES city dialogue on culture - cities respond to the Covid-19 crisis Republished by ECBN from: Eurocities 90 representatives from 68 large European cities met online on 14 May to discuss common challenges related to the COVID-19 crisis, exchange on cultural measures to respond to the crisis and share lessons learnt so far. [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #123 – The impact of COVID-19 on the DCMS sectors: A submission to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry

The impact of COVID-19 on the DCMS sectors: A submission to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry Republished by ECBN from: UK Parliament Dr. Dave O’Brien, Chancellor’s Fellow in Cultural and Creative Industries, History of Art, at the University of Edinburgh, has recently published written evidence on the impact of Covid-19 on [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #122 – Support culture in the EU long-term recovery budget

Support culture in the EU long-term recovery budget Republished by ECBN from: NEMO NEMO has co-signed a statement by Culture Action Europe calling for giving culture a central place in the proposed EU long-term recovery budget. Along with the statement, CAE also initiated an online campaign to gather signatures to support the call for an [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #121 – La economía naranja y las industrias creativas, decisivas para la recuperación post-COVID 19

La economía naranja y las industrias creativas, decisivas para la recuperación post-COVID 19 Republished by ECBN from: Secretaría General Iberoamericana The virtual forum "Orange Economy, Vision in Ibero-America of the Creative Economy", organized by SEGIB, CEOE and FIJE, in collaboration with OEI, brought together representatives of the private sector, governments, institutions and companies, together with [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #120 – Re-imagining our urban future in light of COVID-19

Re-imagining our urban future in light of COVID-19 Republished by ECBN from: Eurocities The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly morphed from a health crisis into an economic one with violent shocks to our labour markets, and it threatens to evolve into a social and societal crisis with new groups of people entering into poverty and social exclusion. Recovery from [...]

CCIs @Coronacrisis Update #118 – Do you work in a museum? To provide support during the pandemic, there’s free access to the (enlighting) MuseumsEtc book collection!

Do you work in a museum? To provide support during the pandemic, there's free access to the (enlighting) MuseumsEtc book collection! Republished by ECBN from: Exact Editions In an effort to assist museums and galleries during the COVID-19 pandemic, MuseumsEtc have partnered with digital publishers Exact Editions to offer free access to the publisher’s complete [...]