Cities & Regions Network
Innovation in CCSI policies
The Cities & Regions Network addresses a systemic gap in policy making whereby the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI) are under-represented in economic, cultural and research policies.
The aim is to create a space for inspiration and empowerment open to policymakers from all governance levels and sectors.
By fostering coherent policies, programmes and frameworks that overcome policy gaps between the domains of culture, economy, research and education, EIT Culture & Creativity supports a fit for purpose foundation for local creators to thrive, to turn ideas into innovations and income, and to grow and create jobs.
We need to re-assess and reinvent our incentives and regulations regime. It will only gain traction once we have embedded a new mindset. Politicians, public servants, business, and academia must help shape this new landscape of thinking, planning and acting as does providing people with agency to harness our collective imagination, intelligences and collective influence.
It comes down to brave political decisions. For a long time, Umeå has invested heavily in culture and creativity, and still is the city in Sweden investing most per capita on culture. And it has paid off, in engaged and value-driven citizens, pushing the agenda for local democracy, climate and social sustainability.
Current Delegates and Ambassadors
- Aitziber Atorrasagasti Calcedo, Basque Government
- Anita Debaere, Pearle*-Live Performance Europe
- Araf Ahmadali, City of Amsterdam
- Bruno Inácio, Municipality of Faro
- Carlos Moedas, Municipality of Lisboa
- Carsten Brosda, Municipality of Hamburg
- Charles Landry, Creative Bureaucracy Festival
- Chiara Colangelo, Regione Abruzzo, Dipartimento Presidenza
- Cinzia Lagioia, Creative Puglia Cluster, Apulia region
- Cristina Ortega Nuere, World Leisure Organisation
- Daniel Martínez Rodríguez, City of Madrid
- Dr. Stella Donata Haag, Filmuniversiät Babelsberg
- Elke Timmerman, Flanders DC
- Evdokimos Konstantinidis, ENOLL
- Gerbrand Bas, Federatie Creatieve Industrie
- Gerin Trautenberger, Kreativwirtschaft Austria
- Helen Smith, Impala Music
- Jan Bormans, European Startup Network
- Jan Pekař, Deputy Mayor, City of Český Těšín
- Janet Ågren, Municipality of Umeå
- Jari-Pekka Kaleva, European Games Developer Federation (EGDF)
- Jessica Fuller, Western Development Commission
- Jokin Garatea, Municipality of Forua, Spain
- Julie Hervé, Eurocities Network
- Jürgen K. Enninger, Municipality of Augsburg
- Jutta Scheibelberger, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien/ Vienna Business Agency
- Krista Petajajarvi, The Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture, Municipal council of Kirkkonummi, Helsinki metropolitan area
- Kristian Horsburgh, LUX Innovation
- Lars Ebert, Culture Action Europe
- Laure Kaltenbach, Creative Tech
- Lourenco Jardim, City of Lisboa
- Lucia De Siervo, Municipality of Emilia-Romagna Region
- Marcel Gibóda, City of Kosice
- Maria Hansen, ELIA Artschools
- Maria J. del Blanco, Bilbao Ekintza
- Martijn van der Mark & Idelette Rocha, City of Rotterdam
- Mirijam Boehme, City of Aachen
- Mustafa Gül, Istanbul Bilgi University
- Natália Oszkó-Jakab, The Hungarian Tourism Program Foundation
- Pier Luigi Sacco, University of Chieti-Pescara
- Robert Piaskowski & Carlos Panek Soares de Araujo, City of Krakow
- Scott Lipinski, European Fashion Alliance
- Simone Dudt, European Music Council
- Stefan Gies, AEC Music
- Tommaso Sacchi, City of Milano
- Urmas Klaas, Municipality of Tartu
- Yann Galut, Maire de Bourges
- Yordanka Fandakova, Municipality of Sofia
- Zarja Vintar, Kofein dizajn
- Zora Jaurová, City of Bratislava