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- A comparative analysis of the creative ecology of cultural and creative Industries in UK and the Southern European countries: lace market versus Portugal, Spain and GreecePublication . Totterdill, Peter; Porfírio, José; Exton, Rosemary; Carrilho, Tiago; LLadósmasllorens, Joseph; Rodriguez-Ardura, Inma; Schulze, Juliane; Christopoulou, Popi; Gkiontsi, Dimitra; French, Anna; Meloni, AlessandraThe unique ecology of Nottingham’s creative industry sector was the inspiration for CINET, the creative industries network funded by the EU’s Leonardo programme. CINET is a Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation Project funded by the European Union which brings together creative industry clusters in Nottingham, Greece, Portugal and Spain. Its aim is to facilitate shared learning amongst entrepreneurs and to promote entrepreneurship in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) by developing the conditions for learning and collaborative advantage within small firm clusters. CINET started with an analysis of Nottingham’s creative ecology, not to provide a blueprint for other countries but as a generative resource to stimulate new thinking and innovative ways of supporting entrepreneurs in one of Europe’s increasingly important sectors. Geographical clusters of creative enterprises such as that found in Nottingham’s Lace Market can become learning networks where entrepreneurs share knowledge and experience with each other and build “collaborative advantage” by working together. Nottingham’s experience also demonstrates the important role that institutional actors such as local authorities, universities and colleges, social entrepreneurs and places of cultural consumption can play in sustaining and growing a dynamic creative economy. In addition to its account of Nottingham’s creative ecology, this eBook includes analyses of the sector in Greece, Portugal and Spain as well as reflections from experiences gained during the CINET project. These provide valuable insights into the emergence of the creative sector in Southern Europe and the types of learning interventions that will both enhance the success of individual entrepreneurs and maximise their contribution to the wider economy. CINET partners are: Universidade Aberta, Lisbon (Portugal); UK WON (UK Work Organisation Network) ;Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain); Kentro Erevnon Panepistimiou Pireos - University of Piraeus Research Centre, Athens (Greece); Association for Education and Sustainable Development (Romania); DNA, Cascais (Portugal); Media Deals Association (France)
- Creative Industries’ Network of Entrepreneurs Lessons learned from the offering of an Acceleration Program in Portugal, Spain and Greece, to foster entrepreneurship in CCIsPublication . Hassid, Joseph; Porfírio, José; Carrilho, Tiago; Polemis, Michael; Gilabert, Eva; Rodriguez-Ardura, InmaThe Creative Industries Network of Entrepreneurs (CINet) is a research project in innovation and creative entrepreneurship being implemented, within the Lifelong Learning Programme, Leonardo da Vinci, of the European Commission. The CINet project aims at improving business skills for creative entrepreneurs and enhancing the potential for business creation in the creative industries in three Southern European countries (Greece, Portugal, and Spain). To achieve its objectives, CINet brings together six partners (Universidade Aberta, the University of Piraeus, the Open University of Catalonia, UKWON, MediaDeals, and DNA Cascais), with expertise in entrepreneurship research and education provision for potential entrepreneurs. The course was offered in a pilot fashion, during the April – June 2015 period, and aimed to help and provide support to would-be entrepreneurs who desire to start-up in the creative sector (including arts and crafts, architecture, gastronomy, leisure, videogames, advertising, press and media, film and audiovisual activities, public relations and publishing industry, among others). After a period of conception, development and testing, this acceleration program was offered in Portugal, Spain and Greece in three different modalities: face-to-face in Greece; bLearning in Portugal; and eLearning in Spain.