This group of experts covers all cultural and creative sectors including architecture, archives, libraries and museums, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), tangible and intangible cultural heritage, design (including fashion design), festivals, music, literature, performing arts, (including theatre and dance), books and publishing, radio, and visual arts.
How EU creative entrepreneurs can grow
The PULSE podcast focuses on how creative entrepreneurs can grow and brings together experts and entrepreneurs from various fields (finance, digital, EU programmes, etc.) and creative industries (fashion, design, audiovisual, etc.) to discuss access to finance, digital transition, internationalisation, intellectual property, equality, and more.
Led by Katrina Sihel, this podcast offers valuable insights into European Union initiatives such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the SME fund, and the InvestEU programme, providing guidance on how to expand businesses and enhance creativity within the single market and beyond:
- Episode 1 - How creative SMEs and entrepreneurs can grow and internationalise their business
- Episode 2 - Creative entrepreneurs and financing instruments: How can the InvestEU Programme help?
- Episode 3 - Making creative SMEs more sustainable: The fashion sector
- Episode 4 - Being a women entrepreneur in the creative industries
Needs and challenges of the cultural and creative industries
To improve EU support for cultural and creative industries (CCIs), the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs launched a survey from 31 January to 23 February 2024.
The results reflect the needs and challenges CCIs face, particularly, regarding access to finance, digitalisation, IPR, sustainability and skills. This data is publicly available on the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs' webpage.
Creative Europe
Since 2014, Creative Europe has been supporting projects to foster cultural diversity, promote artistic expression, and boost the economic potential of the creative industries.
Pushing boundaries is about finding new ways of artistic expression, how you redefine creating a work of art. Challenging boundaries is to challenge ourselves every day.
The Creative Europe programme is divided into 2 strands, Culture and MEDIA, and is supported by a cross-sectoral strand.
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