Policy Brief Launch
Public
What are Arts & Design Based Collaborations and Cross-Innovations and their potentials? How can these practices be supported, orchestrated and championed by supportive policies?
On September 12, at 15:00 CET, we are inviting you to join us online for the presentation of the Policy Brief that has been an outcome of the NDPC led project Creative Cross-Innovations for Sustainability (2022-2023) and is authored by commissioned expert – Johanna Kouzmine-Karavaïeff (Artisans of Innovation). The launch of this Policy Brief will be followed by a Panel Discussion featuring distinguished participants. Agenda can be found below.
The Policy Brief, titled “Arts & Design Based Collaboration and Cross-Innovation: Practices to be Enabled, Orchestrated and Championed Through Policies for Systemic Impact”, serves a dual purpose. It aims to inform and support policymakers within the Northern Dimension region and across Europe, while simultaneously kindling partnerships and nurturing discourse about these practices among stakeholders on other continents.
The Brief will be available for free downloading on the day of the event and sent out to all registered event participants.
Everyone interested is very welcome to join through this link.
Agenda
15:00-15:05 Event opening words by Krista Petäjäjärvi, Acting Head of the Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture Secretariat
15:05-15:20 Presentation by Johanna Kouzmine-Karavaïeff Author of the Policy Brief “Arts and Design Based Collaboration & Cross-Innovation: Practices to be Enabled, Orchestrated and Championed Through Policies for Systemic Impact”
15:20-15:50 Panel Discussion: Reflections on the Policy Brief
Speakers:
- Robert Nilsson (Deputy Director, The Ministry of Culture in Sweden);
- Barbara Stacher (Senior Expert at the EU’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC)’s Cultural Policy Unit);
- Ambassador Phạm Sanh Châu (Vice-Chair of the Board, Europe Asia Center).
15:50-16:00 Conclusions and closing words
Context:
Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture is an international governmental initiative that aims to enhance the creative sector capacities in the region.
The Creative Cross-Innovations for Sustainability project (carried out by the NDPC) has conducted a small-scale benchmarking of creative cross-innovations in a global context, with analyses of results filtered to this policy brief. The initial benchmarking survey reached respondents in 49 countries in Europe and globally to locate creative cross-innovation developments on various continents. Additional interviews and discussion have been held as follow up to the survey and these have provided indications on different kinds of activity such as fundings, research, trainings and more.
The aim of the project was to contribute to the knowledge gathering about the state of the practice, and by methodological piloting and development to support and encourage the emergence of new arts-based initiatives and cross-overs in the region.
The Creative Cross-Innovations for Sustainability project is funded by Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the funding instrument of co-operation in the Baltic Sea, Barents with support from Ministry of Education and Culture Finland.
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