The Interreg IVB project ‘Creative City Challenge’ (duration from 01.09.2009 to 30.11.2012) focuses on the promotion of creative sector enterprises in the following areas:
- Music
- Literature
- Art/Art Market
- Theatre
- Dance
- Film
- Broadcasting
- Design (product, fashion, graphic and communication design)
- Architecture
- Public Relations/Media
- Software and Games
The project ‘Creative City Challenge’ analyses challenges and barriers confronting the creative sector in the North Sea Region.
The analysis aims to develop an effective strategy supported by a range of instruments and methods which would help sustainably support the creative industries in the North Sea Region. The goal of the project is to create competitive, innovation-based urban and regional economies in the North Sea Region, in line with the objectives of the EU Lisbon Agenda 2000. ‘Creative City Challenge’ is a transnational collaboration. The project partners come from 10 cities and 6 countries. They comprise representatives of the public services, academic institutions and industry. The collaboration relies on intensive exchanges between the project partners and partner cities as well as stakeholders from all sectors of the creative industry. |
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DANS cluster kick-off conference |
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08 December 2011, Karlstad, Sweden
“Implementing the Digital Agenda in the North Sea Region – good practises, challenges and opportunities”
The aim of the DANS Cluster Kick-off conference is to bring the Digital Agenda for Europe to a more regional level and to show how activities and projects implemented in the frame of the Interreg North Sea Region Programme can contribute to it. Major results as well as some good practices from the Interreg IVB NSR projects “Creative City Challenge”, “Smart Cities” and “E-CLIC” will be presented and will showcase the “northern” way of implementing the Digital Agenda.
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New Creative City Challenge Newsletter 01/2011 online |
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The new Creative City Challenge Newsletter (4th Edition) has been produced and can be downloaded as PDF file in the newsletter section.
 CCC 4th newsletter 2011 / 01 (English) (795 kB)
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For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it.
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Professional Doctorate for the Creative Industries |
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The Creative Industries in the UK has shown itself to be diverse, vibrant, expanding and a net contributor to the UK economy. With this dynamic picture in mind, Bournemouth University's Media School is launching a Professional Doctorate for the Creative Industries.
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BEST COLLABORATION AWARD 2011 |
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Last year an international panel of experts granted the BEST COLLABORATION AWARD for the first time. The first BCA 20110 was designed to reward the best example of collaboration between partners from the creative industries sector and another from a more traditional industry focussing on innovative practices beyond traditional business relationships as well as alliances with exceptional results.
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Invitation to the Creative City Challenge Workshop: From Endless Discussions to Efficient Meetings on the 27.05.2011 in Hamburg |
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As a part of the European Creativity and Innovation Day 2011 the HAW-Hamburg is presenting a CCC-workshop ”From Endless Discussions to Efficient Meetings”. It will be a follow up of the successful workshop ”From the Creative Idea to The Strategic Concept” presented last year. Creative entrepreneurs/employees are invited to participate in this event.
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Zukunftsmusik - Musikwirtschaft 2020: Schall oder Rauch |
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Im Rahmen des EU-Projektes Creative City Challenge veranstaltet die WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH eine Podiumsdiskussion auf der Breminale 2010, unter dem Titel ZUKUNFTS-MUSIK. Musikwirtschaft 2020: Schall oder Rauch? (english subtitles)
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