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Startup Safari Budapest 2025: Creativity, Capital, and Collaboration
This Spring, Budapest played host to Startup Safari 2025, the 10th edition of Hungary’s largest startup ecosystem event. Michal Hladký, director of EIT Culture

Creativity plus circularity: a formula for driving change
As our annual Innovation Forum kicks off in Nice today, our Director for Communications and Marketing Bernd Fesel shares some insights into EIT Culture

Culture as “counterpower:” How creativity can shape national identity
Culture as “counterpower:” How creativity can shape national identity To foster collaboration across Europe, it is crucial for our team to understand regional innovation

Tech meets tradition: Lessons from Rome’s ‘Innovation in Cultural Heritage’ conference
How can Europe preserve its cultural heritage? Angelica Monaco, the director of our South Regional Hub, participated in a conference highlighting the role innovative

Exploring Paris, through its cultural & creative hubs
A creative expedition to Paris led to new collaborations Earlier this year, Gijs Gootjes, the director of our regional hub in Amsterdam, embarked on

EIT Culture & Creativity Supports Innovation in Audiovisual Sector at ISE 2025.
🔊 EIT Culture & Creativity Supports Innovation in Audiovisual Sector at ISE 2025 🎧 EIT Culture & Creativity Supports Innovation in the Audiovisual Sector

📣 The EIT Deep Tech Talent Call for Training Proposals 2025 is open!
🤖 The Deep Tech Talent Initiative Call: An Opportunity for CCSI Organisations 🤖 New technological developments come with new opportunities. Cutting edge and disruptive

Innovation Forum – Creativity Meets Circularity
Innovation Forum –Creativity Meets Circularity

First Cohort of EIT Culture & Creativity Shape Programme at sTARTUp Day 2025 in Tartu
First Cohort of EIT Culture & Creativity Shape Programme Concludes with Pitching at sTARTUp Day 2025 in Tartu, Estonia Startups from EIT Culture &

South Estonia: A Versatile Community of Modern Economy and Cultural Heritage
South Estonia: A Versatile Community of Modern Economy and Cultural Heritage EIT Culture & Creativity North visited Southern Estonia at the end of January,

Our latest innovation & education calls are now open!
Our latest innovation & education calls are now open! At EIT Culture & Creativity, we believe Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSIs)

EIT Culture & Creativity 2023 Calls
EIT Culture & Creativity 2023 Calls EIT Culture & Creativity GmbH has made the decision not to proceed with the projects selected under the

Transforming Architectural Education for a Regenerative Future: Insights from the Trans Carbon Habitat Conference
As the global community grapples with the climate crisis, the Trans Carbon Habitat Conference, held on December 5–6, 2024, at Lisbon’s MAAC/CCB Museum of

Immersive Tech Week 2024 – Highlights and Reflections
From December 3rd to 5th, 2024, Rotterdam hosted the Immersive Tech Week, bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs, and international thought leaders to explore the frontiers of immersive

EIT Culture & Creativity signs a partnership & grant agreement with Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem
Creatives without Borders – Innovation without limits A new chapter opens for Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI). EIT Culture &

Mission to Bari: Artlab & Creativity meets Clusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_32uwoF2bCw&ab_channel=Ag%7CCult From November 20-22, 2024, the vibrant city of Bari played host to two events that brought together key stakeholders in the Cultural and

Mission to Malta
On November 18 and 19, 2024, representatives from EIT Culture & Creativity engaged in valuable exchanges with representatives from the cultural and creative

EIT Community establishes 16 national hubs to bridge Europe’s innovation gap
EIT Culture & Creativity is dedicated to empowering innovators across Europe, wherever they are. Through the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS), we

Vienna Business Agency & Creative Industries in Vienna: Driving change through innovation
The EIT Culture and Creativity South East & Alps Co-Location Centre is partnering with the Vienna Business Agency to connect local creative companies

Reflections on EIT Culture & Creativity mission to Ireland: Strengthening the North-West Hub’s Partnerships
From November 12–14, 2024, EIT Culture & Creativity, represented by Gijs Gootjes and Oliver Heerde, undertook an awareness-raising mission to Dublin. During three days,

Kainuu – a vivid province in the North
When a Finn thinks about Kainuu, some 600 km up to North from Helsinki, one thinks of skiing resorts and the regional anthem Nälkämaan

How can we leverage climate challenges to transform our lives for the better? The role of cultural and creative sectors and industries
When it comes to imagining new solutions to achieve the much-needed climate neutrality by 2030, the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSIs)

Innovate & Celebrate: Immersive Tech Week Marks 10 Years of XR Transformation
This year, Rotterdam will play host to the 10th edition of Immersive Tech Week (ITW), a celebration of a decade of achievements in XR technology. Bringing

Košice welcomes the new Regional Hub East
Košice’s remarkable cultural transformation, initiated by its 2013 European Capital of Culture designation, has paved the way for its latest achievement as the host

Regional Hub South East/Alps launches in Vienna: A New Era for the Creative Economy
This October marks an exciting milestone as the Regional Hub SouthEast/Alps (SEA) officially launched its services in Vienna. With the dedicated leadership of Gerin

Turning Innovation into Impact – EIT Culture & Creativity at Dutch Design Week 2024
EIT CC SHOWCASING INNOVATION AT DDW – OVERVIEW

Creative Skills Week, 16-20 September Amsterdam, Rotterdam and online
https://vimeo.com/1028399762 Creative Skills Week was held in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and online from 16-20 September 2024, in collaboration with EIT Culture and Creativity,

Mid-Jutland: An Innovative Region with an Industrial Heritage
EIT CC had a chance to visit Herning, Denmark, in the end of September for a workshop organized by the University of Århus and VIA University College, focused

If Librarians Ran Europe – The Amsterdam Summit of The Europe Challenge at OBA (Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam) 26 September 2024
The recent event If Librarians Ran Europe – The Amsterdam Summit of The Europe Challenge, held at the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA) in late September,

CLC North – The Versatile Community Around the Baltic Sea
CLC North comprises ten countries surrounding the Baltic Sea and Northern Atlantic, including Northern Germany and Northern Poland, the Baltic States, the Nordic EU

Developing skills to unlock the innovative potential of our ecosystem
Developing skills to unlock the innovative potential of our ecosystem Despite the high quality of creative talent within the CCSI in Europe, many professionals

Accelerator Programme
Preparing for Success: Apply to the EIT Culture & Creativity Accelerator! Are you an SME or a scale-up in the creative industries? EIT Culture

Register Now for the Creative Skills Week
Register Now to the Creative Skills Week 2024! Creative Skills Week 2024 gathers third-level educators, university leaders, vocational education and training (VET) providers, industry

Why join EIT CC ? Insights from KölnBusiness
As the proud host of the EIT CC headquarters, Cologne views creativity as a force for green and digital transformation. We focus on games,