Online Resources 4 Creative People

The Culture and Creativity website created in 2015 within the framework of an EU Programme with the aim of promoting cultural contribution to the social and economic development of the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, has become a potential resource for professionals of the cultural and creative industries. Now, …

Women Making Incredible Things

In this article, Etsy celebrated the Women´s History Month by sharing the stories of inspiring Etsy shops managed by women. Etsy has a big responsability on and things to be proud of if we acnowledge that 87% of Etsy sellers are female-run businesses. From this article written by Aleksa Brown, I keep some powerful words in mind: magic, …

Gender Equality: Heritage & Creativity

UNESCO launched in 2014 a Report on Gender Equality and Culture, with a special focus on Cultural Heritage and Creativity.   The objective of this report was to deeper debate, research and raise awareness on the need for equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities for women and men, boys and girls in the fields of heritage and creativity. …

Research Opportunities on CCIs & arts

The European Commission H2020 Programme is offering fundraising opportunities for research and innovation in the fields of creative and cultural industries (CCIs) and arts. In both calls, focused on "Coordination and Support Action" and "Research and Innovation Action", the role of traditional artisanship is enhance and research promoted. The calls and deadlines are: International Networking …

Call 4 European Cooperation Projects

The European Commission Creative Europe Programme launched a call for proposals EACEA 32/2017 - 'Support for European cooperation projects 2018' (Category 1 - Smaller scale cooperation projects and Category 2 - Larger scale cooperation projects) to support European Cooperation Projects starting in 2018. Deadline to apply is: 18/01/2018 at 12:00 noon (CET/CEST, midday Brussels time). The main objectives of the …

Creative economy employment in the EU and UK

This report compares the size and growth of the EU’s creative industries on a consistent basis. Key Findings: The creative industries employ 11.4 million people in the EU, accounting for 5 per cent of the EU workforce. Sweden has the highest proportion of its workforce employed in the creative industries (8.9 per cent), followed by Finland …