SHORT SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

Five Central European cities (Gdansk, Genoa, Leipzig, Ljubljana, Pecs) joined to:
- improve framework conditions and to initialise creative industry clusters,
- promote entrepreneurial skills and competitiveness of creative industries,
- improve creative industry external visibility through transnational marketing and networking,
- exploit potentials in the development of decayed urban areas through the allocation of creative industries in those city districts.
Furthermore, all project partners will provide valuable input to policy debates (anticipated Green Paper on Cultural and Creative Industries) and recommendations for other cities aiming to promote their creative industry potentials. Besides, transnational cooperation between five comparable Central European cities and close cooperation with EUROCITIES will be also important.
The project will be promoted by five cities - public authorities, which have the political competences to integrate project results into local plans and strategies.
Our Partners:
LEIPZIG
City of Leipzig
Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig
GDANSK
Gdansk Entrepreneurship Foundation
City Hall of Gdansk
LJUBLJANA
Institute for Economic Research (IER)
Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region (RDA LUR)
MAIN OBJECTIVES
- Establishment, institutionalisation and transnational networking of creative industry clusters
- Elaboration and testing of transnational cluster marketing tools
- Promotion of creative clusters’ competitiveness based on European good practices
- Elaboration of recommendations for other cities (close cooperation with EUROCITIES)
- Contributions to policy debates (anticipated Green Paper on Cultural and Creative Industries)
EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS
- Contribution to Green Paper on Cultural and Creative Industries
- Institutionalised clusters of creative industries and durable transnational networks
- Joint Action Plan for promotion of creative industries
- Qualified cluster contact points
- Tested and endorsed cluster marketing programmes
- Transnational study on urban location factors of creative industry enterprises
- Recommendations for other cities on “creative” district development (EUROCITIES)
- Wide dissemination and communication
- 5 major conferences embedded in European initiatives such as the Capital of Culture (Pecs in 2010) and the Polish European Council Presidency in 2011
PARTNERSHIP
Lead Partner - City of Leipzig, Germany (co-ordinator)
PP2 – Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig, Germany
PP3 – Gdansk Entrepreneurship Foundation, Poland
PP4 – Institute for Economic Research (IER), Slovenia
PP5 – Municipality of Genoa – Culture Department, Italy
PP7 – City Hall of Gdansk, Poland
PP8 – Job Centre, Italy
PP9 – City of Pécs, Hungary
PP10 – Cultural Innovation Competency Centre Association, Hungary
PP11 - German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development, Germany
PROJECT BUDGET
Total eligible project budget: 2.555.268 EUR
Project budget for RDA LUR: 289.137 EUR,
Of which:
Ø 85% co-financed by EU/ERDF - 245.766,45 EUR
Ø 15% co-financed by RDA LUR - 43.370,55 EUR
PROJECT DURATION
1 January 2010 – 31 December 2012
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This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF.
