CreativeFED

📢 Save the Date | #SDECE2026
How can AI strengthen artists’ working conditions & career sustainability?
A high-level dialogue bringing policymakers & creatives together to move from principles to implementation.

🗓 5 May 2026
📍 Brussels
💻 In Person & Online
🎟 Info & registration: shorturl.at/Mg7iV

The UK just mapped 5,987 high-growth creative firms generating £20.9bn (€23.9bn) & 169k jobs — 44% in Createch.
👉 pec.ac.uk/research_rep...
Europe needs its own measurement layer to make creative growth visible, comparable & investable.

#CreativeEconomy #Createch #Innovation

#Eurostat 2023:
Culture (€81.1bn) + media (€35bn) = ~1.4% of public spending in the EU — stable, but modest.
Yet culture is strategic infrastructure for democracy, competitiveness & soft power.
If it’s strategic, funding must match.

A point we make in the #CreativeFED white paper: shorturl.at/VRA9a

Why the #GreenCCIrcle HUB matters:
It turns sustainability from ambition into practice: practical resources, knowledge & skills that work across sectors, regions & funding cycles - the HUB treats sustainability as infrastructure for CCIs.
🔗 Explore: shorturl.at/ChogY
🔗 Contribute: shorturl.at/iu9RV

🌍 The #GreenCCIrcle HUB is live!

A new shared European knowledge space turning sustainability policy into practical tools for cultural & creative professionals. A key milestone for #CreativeFED — and a growing resource shaped by the community. 💚
👉 hub.greenccircle.eu

POLICY & ETHICS: Leading with Integrity | #GreenCCIrcle Academy
5 Feb | 10:00–11:30
Info & registration: shorturl.at/aHymv

#CreativeFED leads this GreenCCIrcle Academy mini-seminar exploring how values, ethics & responsibility translate into real leadership practice.

Europe is moving from AI principles to enforceable copyright rules.
The EP JURI report on Generative AI backs consent, transparency, EUIPO infrastructure & real enforcement — aligning with CreativeFED’s call for practical AI rights rails for creators & SMEs.
Read more: shorturl.at/5YTvo

Label4Future Booth at #CIMIx2026
Real products, prototypes, & materials from SME–artist collaborations, plus the launch of the Innovation Cook Book.
Clear takeaway: circular innovation works when creativity meets production — supported by strong intermediation.

📘 label4future.eu#innovation-c...

Label4Future Panel at #CIMIx2026
Two years of SME–artist collaboration on stage, focused on how innovation really happens.
Key takeaway: small experiments, trust & creative collaboration drive lasting industrial change.

Read the Innovation Cook Book:
📘 label4future.eu#innovation-c...

#Label4Future Policy Lab at #CIMIx2026

1️⃣Creatives need human stories to reach policy.
2️⃣Change comes from collaboration, not strategy papers alone.
3️⃣Creatives can elevate RIS3 & regional innovation.

SME-artist collaborations show: systemic change grows from trust, facilitation & learning by doing.

If EU is serious about independence & security, it must recognise #CulturalStrategicSovereignty as core infrastructure— the ability to create, circulate, & retain cultural value underpins #Competitiveness, #Democracy, & global influence in the #AI era.
Read the policy commentary: shorturl.at/fmQMb

Europe’s innovation metrics still miss creative R&D. Design, media, interfaces, and human–AI workflows drive competitiveness—but are often counted as costs, not R&D. A Creative R&D lens in the EU Scoreboard would reflect how innovation really happens.

👉 iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/scoreboard/2...

The @ec.europa.eu’s “A Decade of Creative Europe” report confirms what many applicants feel: massive & rising oversubscription in EU Cooperation Projects.
This is not an argument against @creativeeurope.bsky.social. It’s an argument for smarter access & scaling.

Read more: shorturl.at/eVvqH

"Creative Shifts" from @ec.europa.eu’s OMC experts underscores our mission: CCIs are vital for the #GreenTransition by driving change of mindset, public engagement & concrete action.
We strengthen CCIs through sustainability, skills development & smarter policy frameworks.
🔗 shorturl.at/GgY6g

We support @ec.europa.eu’s draft declaration.
#Europe can’t be competitive or cohesive without #culture.
Now let's deliver: artistic freedom, fair pay, access for all & a human-centred approach to AI. #CreativeFED is ready to help turn words into results!

Comment & declaration: shorturl.at/ZDJ79

EU publication: shorturl.at/y947i
Statement: shorturl.at/goVgN
White Paper: shorturl.at/n7qbA

#CreativeFED welcomes the launch of the European Democracy Shield and the EU Strategy for Civil Society.

Strong democracy needs free media, resilient institutions & an active civil society. As set out in our White Paper, cultural ecosystems help safeguard EU values, participation & cohesion.

What is the #GreenCCIrcle HUB?
Imagine one place where artists, cultural professionals, educators & policymakers can find everything they need to make sustainability practical. 🌿
Launching in January 2026, the HUB is built from the ground up.

👉Submit your resource: forms.gle/qnhnD3Po9WVK...

Share your knowledge. Shape the HUB.
#GreenCCIrcle HUB is being built, your expertise can help!
We’re collecting resources tto support sustainability in CCIs!From policy guides to toolkits, from research to hands-on practices.

Submit here: shorturl.at/pVGyo
Join the Academy: shorturl.at/pahAj

🇪🇺 Yesterday, #CreativeFED was invited to the EU High-Level Roundtable on Artists’ Working Conditions. We delivered a clear message: fair conditions for creators are key to Europe’s agency and cultural sovereignty.

👉 Read our Position Papers: creativefed.eu/advocacy

Join the GreenCCIrcle Academy: www.xamk.fi/en/greenccir...
Do you have a resource to share? Submit it to the HUB and be part of Europe’s green transition: 👉 forms.gle/qnhnD3Po9WVK...

Day 3 in #Venice: Partners & participants transformed challenges into solutions & helped shape next steps of #GreenCCIrcle Academy & HUB.

What we accomplished:
🏛️ Guided tour: Basilica di San Marco
📝 Finalization of co-designed solutions
🎤 Innovative ideas for CCIs
🎓 Closing & celebration of collab

💚 Day 2 at #GreenCCIrcle EU Living Lab focused on transforming challenges into actionable solutions & amplifying voices through the Radio DeuS session. Energy was all about collaboration, bridging sectors, ideas & experiences to co-design greener pathways for CCIs.
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union.

🌱 Day 1 in Venice:
#GreenCCIrcle European Living Lab opened with over 50 participants — coming together to rethink how CCIs can lead the green transition.

✨ Yesterday showed the power of diverse perspectives — & how much potential #CCIs hold for driving #sustainable #innovation.

🎙️💚 Radio DeuS at the EU Living Lab in Venice!

🗓 3 Dec
🕒 15:00 CET
📡 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnX...

🎧 What you’ll hear:
🌿 Conversations with CCI professionals
💬 Reflections on leadership, innovation, collaboration & challenges
🛠️ Insights from the testing of the Academy & Hub

YouTube video by Consorzio Materahub Radio Deus - GreenCCIrcle

🔗 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnX...

Thank you for sharing! And we take this as an opportunity to remind everyone that the White Paper on Strategic Cultural Autonomy is online and can be read at any time.

Read the #CreativeFED NOV Newsletter!
CCIs are accelerating their work on sustainability, skills & innovation — this month’s edition is packed with news - from major publications & project milestones to live events, cross-sector collaborations & tools for #CCIs.👉 shorturl.at/AUVnf

🌍Label4Future at #CIMIx2026!
#CreativeFED is proud to show how collaboration can drive #CircularInnovation & strengthen #CCIs. #L4F will present the results of 2.5 years of work - showing how creativity impacts #sustainability, #resilience & #transformation.

📍 Vienna, 27–28 Jan 2026
🔗 www.cimix.at

💡 Tune in. Listen. Get inspired - What’s coming up?
✨ Conversations with CCI professionals shaping sustainable change
✨ Voices from the Academy & HUB testing
✨ Insights on how creatives are working toward greener practices
✨ Reflections from project partners

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union.