Creatvie Industry Cluster (at Cultural Innovation Competence Centre)
Looking for Partnership Looking for Extra EU Funds
The Cultural Innovation Competence Centre Association was founded in 2006, in Pécs. Its main goals are supporting the creation of a cooperative network between SMEs and inspire them for the internationalization. In 2007 the CICC Associacion founded the Cultural Creative Industry Cluster acting as an umbrella organisation for the creative industry of the region.
The cluster management organization is self-supporting, its incomes originates from various tender sources. We were cooperative partners in numerous European Union-funded and domestic projects. (Break In the Desk, Forget Heritage, Artenprise, ICCI projects.)
Activities of the CICC Association:
- Exploring R&D partnerships with universities in the cultural and creative industries (development and innovation strategy of the university).
- Assisting the incorporation and development of enterprises in the innovation and cultural industry, integrating them into the cluster.
- Supporting shared procurements and the organisation of cultural service provision.
- Organising joint sales.
- Managing joint development, production and service provision activities.
- Assisting the joint launching of products on the market (shared image and brand name).
- Preparation of PR and advertising material.
- Developing partnerships, organising partner meetings both within Hungary and internationally.
- Supporting administration and project accounts.
- Fund coordination and preparing tender applications.
Ongoing projects:
Forget Heritage
Duration:
Project budget: 2,47 EUR
The Forget Heritage project is a three year long INTERREG Central Europe program, which started at The main objective of the project is promoting
cooperation between CE cities in order to identify innovative, replicable and sustainable PPC management models of the historical sites by valorising them through setting up cultural and creative companies.
Break in the desk
Duration:
Project budget: 434 000 EUR
The partnership will innovate the current offer for CC industries training on entrepreneurship by making the competences, the skills and the entrepreneurial attitudes a mean for artists/creatives interact with other public and private contexts (PA/SME) to become trainers, promoters, facilitators of innovation and problem solving through creative thinking and intervention.
ICCI
Duration:
Project budget: 298 000 EUR
The project aims to:
- train the Creative and Cultural Industries sector on how to internationalise its services and products.
- raise awareness of the need to integrate general management and internationalisation, export skills in cultural and creative curricula
- promote national and international CCI-s networks and clusters
Art(EN)prise
Duration:
Project budget: 253 000 EUR
The project aims to:
- train the Creative and Cultural Industries sector on how to internationalise its services and products.
- raise awareness of the need to integrate general management and internationalisation, export skills in cultural and creative curricula
- promote national and international CCI-s networks and clusters
Design Pécs
Duration: 2014-2017
During the one-week long program, where the visitors could meet with local actors, artists, creatives and they can visites workshops, open galleries, fashion shows, and presentations.
References:
- CLUSTERS MEET CULTURE – EU project
- CREATIVE CITIES – EU project
- KOHÓ COWORKING HOUSE PÉCS – Open office
- „Self-Starter” Local enterprise support programme for creative ideas
- PÉCS LEXIKON - Pécs City Lexicon
- Gábor Baross Program Cultural Creative Industry development
- South Transdanubia Film Fund
- Architecture – Context – Economy – City cooperation and city strategy project
- CinePécs International Film Festival
- Project manager training for NGOs
- „EUROPEAN ACCENTS IN PERM" PROJECT
- „ÉVEZREDEK ÖRÖKSÉGE" – Heritage cultural quiz
- European Capital of Culture – Junior sub-programme