Introduction to the project
PROSPERO supports public authorities across Europe in integrating cultural and creative industries into regional and local strategies to foster more inclusive, resilient and sustainable territories. This Interreg Europe project aims to position CCIs as a key driver of regional transformation, contributing to social cohesion, environmental sustainability and innovation. By improving policy frameworks and supporting peer learning, PROSPERO creates tangible changes in strategic decision-making and funding allocation, placing culture and creativity at the core of long-term development.
The project will run from 2025 to 2029 and is supported by Interreg Europe.
Project in action
PROSPERO facilitates structured peer learning and capacity-building among regional and local authorities, helping them unlock the transformative potential of CCIs. Partners exchange good practices, assess their policy needs and define action plans for embedding CCIs into their development strategies. Through collaborative learning and strategic mentoring, regions are supported in aligning policies with the needs of their creative ecosystems. The result is stronger, evidence-based cultural and creative policy frameworks with real impact on funding mechanisms and regional priorities.
ERRIN’s role
ERRIN is the Advisory partner in the project, in charge of coordinating the communication and dissemination activities and peer learning. It ensures visibility through targeted dissemination and engagement with a wide network of regional stakeholders. ERRIN also draws on the expertise and network from its Culture and Creativity Cluster Working Groups to foster peer learning and exchange of experience. ERRIN supports partners in identifying, analysing and sharing good practices, while guiding the development and monitoring of policy changes. It ensures quality learning and helps translate knowledge into impactful regional strategies.
Benefit for members and Links with ERRIN’s Working Groups and priorities
The PROSPERO project is strongly integrated into the work of the Culture and Creativity Cluster (Culture, Heritage & Tourism and New European Bauhaus & Creativity). ERRIN members have privileged access to the project's peer learning through knowledge and experience sharing. The project offers valuable insights and tools for regions aiming to integrate creativity into sustainable development.
Through this new project, ERRIN will continue its efforts to support better policy coordination across governance levels, as well as build stronger regional R&I ecosystems by enhancing collaboration among local stakeholders and interregional peer learning. This new project will connect ERRIN, and its members, to 9 project partners across 8 countries, seeking new alliances for advocating for the place-based perspective in research and innovation.
Latest Updates
- By Zoé Thomazeau
Discover ERRIN's autumn 2026 activities
ERRIN’s revised Annual Plans for 2026 are now available, outlining the upcoming activities, priorities and opportunities for engagement across ERRIN’s Working Groups for the remainder of the year. Each year, ERRIN’s member-led Working Groups develop Annual Plans that set out their strategic priorities, planned activities and key objectives. Shaped by members’ feedback and expertise, these plans ensure that ERRIN’s work remains closely connected to the needs and priorities of its regional and local innovation ecosystems.
- By Dubravka Jurišić
Join ERRIN, our members and the wider NEB community at the New European Bauhaus Festival 2026!
Between 9–13 June, the third edition of the NEB Festival will take place in Brussels, with satellite events bringing the initiative to local communities across Europe. ERRIN and its members will actively contribute to the Festival through participation in the Fair and several satellite events, including the 14th edition of the EU Design Day. Discover all opportunities and join us on the occassion!
- By Zoé Thomazeau
PROSPERO partners gathered in Sarajevo for the project third interregional meeting
On 22 and 23 April, ERRIN took part in the third Interregional Meeting of the Interreg Europe project PROSPERO, hosted by Sarajevo Economic Regional Development Agency and the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Sarajevo Canton. As an advisory partner, ERRIN joined partners from across Europe to explore how cultural and creative industries (CCIs) can foster sustainable growth, community engagement and regional resilience.
- By Zoé Thomazeau
Applications open for the ekip Academy: Building open innovation ecosystems for Cultural and Creative Industries
The ekip Academy is inviting policy teams from across Europe to take part in a new hands-on training programme designed to strengthen innovation strategies that meaningfully integrate cultural and creative industries (CCIs) into broader cross-sector innovation ecosystems. The deadline for applications is 28 February.
- By Zoé Thomazeau
New EU Report highlights the role of culture in driving the green transition
A new European report, Creative Shifts: Empowering Culture for Sustainable Living, sheds light on the growing contribution of the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) to sustainability and climate action across the European Union. The report is the result of work carried out in 2024 and 2025 by the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) group on the Green transition of the cultural and creative sectors, bringing together experts from EU Member States under the EU Work Plan for Culture 2023–2026.
- By Dubravka Jurišić
Call for members interested in participating in a proposal for Erasmus+ Blueprint project on Skills in the CRAFTS sector
For the upcoming Erasmus+ Lot 2 calls on Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the 'Blueprint'), ERRIN is exploring the possibility of joining a proposal for a Skills Alliance in the sector of Crafts and Artisanship. We are inviting members regions with relevant prior experience and track record on skills and/or the crafts sector to express interest in joining the proposal as affiliated partners through ERRIN.