Project Summary

Greece and Italy have huge cultural and natural assets that can contribute to boost their economic growth and improve people’s quality of life.

The main objective of Creative@Hubs project is to establish an increased synergy between creative industries and public authorities in order to contribute to the capability of regions to create new knowledge and to generate innovation. "Creative Industries (CI)" - which include advertising, marketing, architecture, arts and crafts, design, fashion, film, video, photography, music, performing arts, publishing, research & development, software, computer games, electronic publishing, and TV/radio - are among the most dynamic sectors in the world economy providing new opportunities for developing countries to leapfrog into emerging high-growth areas of the world economy. They are also considered an important source of commercial and cultural value.

Specific Objectives

1. Encourage and support collaboration through optimal partnerships between different authorities responsible for creative industries.

2. Improve cooperation in the fields of selected areas to help creative entrepreneurs and resources in the field of innovative industries and to promote innovation, through existing local systems (clusters, w laboratories, universities, science parks, etc.).

3. Strengthening entrepreneurship in the development of new creative standards in related industries by small and medium sized businesses and networking by pooling resources related to their development.

Thanks to the project, 8 buildings will be renovated into functional intervening buildings, acting as new hubs and incubators in all partner regions, equipped with administrative and logistics support, as well as with full support of innovation-related cross border cooperation structures and networks.