Smart Specialisation Creative Districts

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CREADIS3 addresses the issue of innovation driving territorial development through non-technological forms of innovation. To tackle economic, social and environmental challenges, innovation is needed, not only based on the technological sectors but in allying these sectors to culture-based creativity. The main objective of CREADIS3 is to align territorial public policy agendas to support the development of more efficient CCI policies in territories aiming to generate innovation and economic development in European regions. It is declined in 6 sub-objectives along 2 priority themes: Improving institutional governance and Boosting CCIs contribution to regional development. A Creative District, in this sense, is defined as an ecosystem that generates collaboration across public authorities and industrial stakeholders in order to foster the development of culture and creative industries as well as innovation according to its RIS3. CREADIS3 will produce an integrated report on “Good Practices on Governance and creative Ecosystems”, organise 6 study visits, deliver 6 Action Plans tailored for partners’ territories and respective policy instruments addressed, a Policy Toolkit and an international conference. These outputs will support the establishment of sustainable Smart Specialisation Creative Districts with the following characteristics: - Better governance models aligning territorial public policy agendas to offer tailored support to CCIs. - Increased synergies between culture and economic development policy instruments. - Better policy measures to integrate CCIs in the local innovation ecosystems Increased partners’ attractiveness for creative talents and enterprises. - Increased cross-collaboration and cross-fertilisation initiatives between CCIs and other sectors of economy, education and research to drive innovation. - Better policies to support internationalisation of local creative SMEs. - Reinforced role for CCIs in ESIF and RIS3.

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