Following months of preparations and proposal evaluations, last June 23 the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced the winning team set to build EIT Culture & Creativity.
Members of the Basque ecosystem such as Tecnalia Research & Innovation, as a founding member, and the Euskampus Foundation and the Gaia Cluster, as associates. The consortium has had the support of the Department of Education and the Department of Culture and Language Policy of the Basque Government.
The Institute’s ninth Innovation Community is designed to strengthen and transform Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI). The winning team, ICE- Innovation by Creative Economy consists of 50 partners from 20 countries to create new innovation opportunities for the entire sector. The EIT has provided a budget of 300 million euros within the framework of Horizon Europe to be shared between two Innovation Communities created in the period 2021-2027, among which is the newly designated EIT Culture & Creativity.
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News article published at the EIT website.
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