NEB Fashion Adaptor: This initiative focuses on implementing circular practices for creative businesses, specifically targeting micro-enterprises and SMEs in the fashion industry. Participants will engage in a 10-week program offering mentoring, training, and pilot funding to adopt sustainable and circular approaches. The program will address critical issues like overproduction, material waste, and transparency, highlighting the pivotal role of creative industries in the green transition.
NEB Systemic Narratives: Through a learning pathway, this initiative aims for a systemic commitment by leveraging existing NEB project networks to deepen the understanding of systemic transformation. It seeks to provide policymakers, professionals, and communities with the necessary tools to expand the NEB approach and inform future European innovation policies.
Anette Schaefer, CEO of EIT Culture & Creativity, emphasized the significance of this collaboration: “By working hand in hand with the New European Bauhaus, we are advancing a European vision of innovation that is competitive, sustainable, and socially cohesive. Culture and creativity are essential for shaping this transformation.” Creative practices possess a unique capacity to foster new perspectives, drive imagination, and regenerate systems. This synergy underscores that cultural heritage and creative industries are not merely recipients of innovation but active agents capable of leading it.
Implications for the Cultural Sector
The alliance between EIT Culture & Creativity and the New European Bauhaus sends a clear message to the entire research and cultural community: the skills and practices of the sector are fundamental to innovation across all domains. This evolving model moves beyond a linear, growth-centric paradigm, aiming instead for a collaborative, regenerative, and democratic approach that prioritizes social cohesion and sustainability.
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