The Year of 2009 was flagged by the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. In the following year we will contribute towards the fight against exclusion and poverty. We believe creativity is one of the answers. Happy New Year!   If the animation doesn´t work see here: http://urbact.eu/en/projects/innovation-creativity/creative-clusters/homepage/  all news >

  The 2nd Newsletter of the Creative Clusters - "Creative Clusters in Low Density Urban Areas" network was published. The newsletter contains an interview with the Mayor of Hódmezóvásárhely (Hungary), one of the network partners, and a report on the study visit of the project team to Jÿvaskÿla (Finland). Moreover, it includes several articles and news about creativity and innovation at a European level. Creative Brief 02 (pdf)     all news >  

INTELI will participate in the Creative Growth interim conference that will place place in Brussels next December, 3. This event will showcase different approaches to promote the creative sector and the creative economy in Europe's regions and cities. Strong policies and business development mechanisms are pre-requisites to maximize the business potential of the creative sector. The conference will bring together a number of recent EU-funded projects all dealing with issues linked to the creative industries: Creative Growth (www.creative-growth.eu), ECCE - "Development Clusters...

  INTELI, through EICI - European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation, answered to the public consultation on the Communication "Reviewing Community innovation policy in a changing world" of the EC [COM (2009) 442 final]. The basic idea of our contribution is that the document fails to recognise the essential importance of creativity in making Europe more innovative. The Communication "Reviewing Community innovation policy in a changing world" of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and...

  INTELI is cooperating in the European project "Culture in Local and Regional Development" which is being carried out by the ERICarts Institute and the Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services for the European Commission. In this context, INTELI will attend the Seminar "Culture in Local & Regional Development - Evidence from the Structural Funds" that will take place in Brussels in 11 November 2009 by the presentation of the Creative Clusters project - "Creative Clusters in Low Density Urban Areas" (URBACT II, EC). Only 12 projects were selected...

  The "CREATIVE CLUSTERS in Low Density Urban Areas" network is organizing a Workshop under the theme "Creative Clusters: Diversifying Local Economic Base and Opportunities to Young People". The event will take place in the Municipality of Mizil (Romania), one of the project partners, in 29 -31 October 2009. INTELI, as a partner of the network, will present a communication entitled "Creative-based Strategies to re-think an Industrial District on Furniture Manufacturing: Paredes Design City [Portugal]". The "Pact for Creativity - Óbidos...

The 1st Inter-regional Conference of the European Project CeRamICa, supported by the INTERREG IVC, will take place in Vallauris (France) on the 16th October 2009. In the event, INTELI will present the preliminary results of the study "SWOT Analysis, Best Practices and Policy Recommendations for the Crafts and Ceramics Sector in the Oeste Region ‐ Portugal". The other partners of the initiative, led by the Municipality of Hódmezővásárhely (Hungary), will also contribute with the results of their analysis: Municipality of Vallauris (France); Municipality of Turda...

 The Strategy Meeting of the EICI - European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation will take place on October 6th in Brussels. On the day, the potential benefits of establishing a formal European creative industries network that has a regional dimension, its objectives, as well as the formal requirements of such undertaking will be discussed. The EICI vision is to act as a platform linking local, regional, national and European initiatives that promote the cause of the creative industries and innovation. It wishes to enable local and regional agencies and other stakeholders to...

INTELI is an official partner of the European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation ("EICI") The EICI connects local and regional stakeholders that foster this relationship in order to make Europe's economy more competitive and sustainable. Its vision is to act as a platform linking local, regional, national and European initiatives that promote the cause of the creative industries and innovation. Learn more about our Objectives. EICI is currently being established and emerges at an appropriate point in time. It wishes to enable local and regional agencies and...

Between 27 and 29 October, in the city of Riga, the Latvian capital, will take on the 32nd World Urban Development Congress. The programmme is built around three thematic axes: • Promoting territorial competitivenes • Developing new tools for territorial attractivene ss: strategic marketing, economic intelligence and creative sectors • Managing Large scale urban development projects. Catarina Selada, researcher of INTELI, will participate in the panel "Creative workshop on the cultural future of cities" on 28 October. On the same day, Rui Rio, the mayor of Porto, will...

INTELI will participate in the business mission to Morocco promoted by AICEP from the 12 to the 16 October 2008. INTELI´S participation is justified by its interest in developing knowledge on a market that is becoming increasingly important for Portuguese companies and the automotive European industries. As has happened in the past with the East European countries, INTELI is developing its knowledge base on environment provided by Morocco for the development of business and investment by understanding Morocco's economic reality and factors determining attractiveness....