ERRIN's Culture & Creativity Cluster

ERRIN’s Culture and Creativity Cluster includes the activities of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Working Group, Design and Creativity Working Group and New European Bauhaus Task Force, aligning their efforts to address key EU priorities and strengthen the R&I capacities of the regional innovation ecosystems of the ERRIN members. Operating as a Cluster enables the Working Groups and Task Force to deliver more impactful messages with a collective voice, enhancing their influence on key EU strategies and initiatives. The cross-sectoral perspective further fosters innovative, holistic approaches to complex challenges while enhancing collaboration.

The Culture and Creativity Cluster actively monitors and engages with major EU priorities and strategies in the field of cultural heritage, tourism, creative industries and design, including the Horizon Europe Programme, its partnerships and the New European Bauhaus initiative. It gathers intelligence to support regions' roles in macro-regional strategies and interregional knowledge-sharing. Further strategic initiatives of interest to the Cluster are the New European Bauhaus Facility, the EIT Culture and Creativity KIC, the Tourism Transition Pathways, the EC Expert Group on Cultural Heritage, the new Horizon Europe Partnership on Resilient Cultural Heritage, the Pact for Skills on CCIs and the EU Design Day.

In 2025, ERRIN will engage in a new INTERREG project, PROSPERO, focussing on the CCI’s in regional development, and a second project the NEB Junction, currently under Grant Agreement preparation and set to kick off in 2025, aiming at setting up national NEB Hubs.