EIT Culture & Creativity

📢 EIT Culture & Creativity is hiring! Following the news of our partnership agreement with EIT, we’re expanding our team to drive greater impact in fashion, architecture, cultural heritage, gaming, audiovisual, and media. Open positions in the regional hubs: 📍 Business Developer – Regional Hub South West – Barcelona. 📍 Business Development Manager – Regional Hub South – Bologna. Open position in business creation: 🚀 Programme Managers Business Creation – Based in one of our 8 offices. Open positions in the communication & engagement team: ✨ Senior Communication Manager – Based in one of our offices: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bologna, Brussels, Cologne, Helsinki, Košice, or Vienna. ✨ Senior Strategic Relationship Manager – Brussels. ✨ Senior Graphic Designer – Based in one of our 8 offices. Visit our career opportunities page for more details: https://lnkd.in/es3sdaSh We look forward to receiving your application!

We are finishing our first accelerator round today. Nine great companies took part in our first-ever accelerator pilot targeted to European creative scale-ups. It now has a brand name and visual identity: please meet SHAPE! https://lnkd.in/d5SqMGkf

📣 EIT Culture & Creativity is growing!🎉 EIT's newest KIC achieved a significant milestone: signing a partnership agreement with the EIT, laying the foundations to drive innovation across Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries.🎨 Together with the EIT they will address key challenges in architecture, audio-visual media, cultural heritage, fashion, and gaming, delivering impactful solutions like circular design in architecture and state-of-the-art gaming technology advancements.🎭 📍To drive this change, six regional innovation hubs in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bologna, Helsinki, Košice, and Vienna will connect local innovators with European opportunities, fostering collaboration and entrepreneurial success.🚀 This is a pivotal step for the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries – let’s shape the future of Europe, together! 🌍✨ Find more information here 👉https://europa.eu/!yjFHcJ #HorizonEurope #CCSI

EIT Culture & Creativity regional hub South East & Alps is proud to collaborate with the Wirtschaftsagentur Wien to create new opportunities for culture and creativity across the region.   With key events like VIENNA DESIGN WEEK and Vienna Art Week, Vienna has solidified its reputation as a hub for the creative industries.    From music to fashion, these sectors are at the heart of the city’s cultural identity and economy, contributing an impressive €12 billion annually*.   Since 2005, the Wirtschaftsagentur Wien has been a vital supporter of creative businesses, helping them establish themselves, grow, and access tailored guidance.   Discover Vienna Business Agency’s activities: https://lnkd.in/eyHYar8y *Source: the 'Kreativwirtschaft Wien' study from Austrian Institute for SME Research, July 2023

🎉 Exciting news: EIT Culture & Creativity has officially signed a seven-year partnership agreement with EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology! 🎉 This collaboration will drive sustainable growth across Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (#CCSI). With funding for education, innovation, business creation and social transformation, it spans 15 diverse sectors. We’re focusing on five key areas - architecture, audio-visual media, cultural heritage, fashion, and gaming - delivering market-ready solutions like circular design in architecture and cutting-edge advancements in gaming technology. Going beyond short-term project funding, we will launch Europe-wide calls to empower universities, businesses, cities, and cultural institutions to develop self-sustaining innovations. Six regional innovation hubs - in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bologna, Helsinki, Košice, and Vienna -will act as bridges, connecting local innovators with European opportunities to spark collaboration and entrepreneurial success. Read the press release below: https://lnkd.in/eGiFbpKM

Last two days brought together ECOs and EIT Culture & Creativity. EIT Jumpstarter and 10years of RIS Great to meeting you Julie Lebrun & Ivana Unkovic Díaz, PhD Happy to get together with Ionut Tata Irina Ilieva Mariyana Hamanova Silvia Salanska

📄 Join EIT Culture & Creativity as a member of our boards! 📄   EIT Culture & Creativity is seeking culture and creative professionals with over 5 years of experience, deep sector knowledge, and a high level of ethics to join two of its Boards: ⚖️The Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Board 📜The Intellectual Property (IP) Board    This is your opportunity to advise an organisation focused on strengthening the competitiveness and resilience of the European cultural and creative ecosystems while prioritising their social and environmental impact.   Submit your application by 16 December 2024, at 5 PM CET: https://lnkd.in/ecjJfM7Z   We look forward to working with you!

At EIT Culture & Creativity, we are supporting the innovators that need us – wherever they are in Europe. Together with the #EITCommunity, we participate in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (#RIS) to bridge the innovation gap between countries with established ecosystems and those that need more support. Thanks to this scheme 16 national hubs are now in place, each coordinated by EIT Community Officers. This week in Budapest, Michal Hladky (Regional Hub East), Ivana Unkovic Díaz, PhD (Head of Operations), and Julie Lebrun (Head of Communication) joined EIT Community Officers to discuss how we can build even stronger partnerships with national and local actors. As Ivana said: 'This event presented an important opportunity to strengthen the collaboration between EIT Culture & Creativity and the work of EIT Community Officers. I am confident they will act as a bridge between us and local partners' Explore the hubs here: https://eit-ris.eu/

🎉 Congratulations to the 24 new science-based start-ups who won the EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final last week! 🎉 A special shoutout to the winners of the New European Bauhaus category, which EIT Culture & Creativity will proudly coordinate from January 2025: • Power Steam – an educational climate simulator from Spain • RevAIve – a non-invasive solution to analyse energy efficiency in built heritage from Latvia • Urban Geo Wonders – a platform to analyse and forecast the condition of buildings, structures, and monuments from Ukraine Jumpstarter is a programme run by the EIT Community, supporting start-ups from Central-Eastern and Southern-European regions. Applications for next year will open in April, stay tuned!

📄 Join EIT Culture & Creativity’s expert pool! 📄 We are looking for evaluators, rapporteurs, and observers with expertise in the cultural and creative sectors and industries. If you’re an experienced professional from academia, research, business, or EU-funded programmes like Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, we’d love to hear from you. We offer up to €200 per application evaluated. This is your chance to to be part of an organization that accelerates responsible innovation in fashion, media, gaming, architecture, and cultural heritage; and to collaborate with professionals from across Europe. 📅 The expression of interest is open until December 31. Find more details here: https://lnkd.in/ecAewPrf We look forward to your application!