CINEMA: Creative Industries for New Urban Economies in the Danube Region

Programme:

Interreg Danube

Purpose and goal:

CINEMAs objective is to improve the innovative framework conditions for creative industries and urban regeneration in the Danube Region, by developing and testing innovative model, tools and services based on cross-fertilisation and start-up actions among CI and the urban economy sectors like retail and small businesses. CINEMA will build capacities and foster the cooperation of all actors and stakeholders in order to sustainably improve the framework conditions for innovation for CI and urban economies. The CINEMA quadruple helix partnership will act as a policy driver to improve transnational dialogue and cooperation on institutional & policy level, especially amongmunicipalities & city administration in the Danube Region.

Expected results:

CINEMA partnership of municipalities, BSO, SMEs, creatives and NGOs will:

develop a three roadmaps to support the shaping of new & restructuring of old urban economies meeting environmental & social challenges of the DR like revitalisation of abandoned buildings and deserted city centres
develop tools & services for BSO & policy makers to improve the capacities for innovation among CI and urban economy sectors with strong focus on start-up activities
pilot all tools to bring creative spirit & innovation to urban economy sectors and initialise 5 cross-sectoral collaboration projects and establish 4 CI support centres
build a sustainable network of key actors in urban develeopment
prepare a set of transnational policy recommendations including 9 local action plans

Project partners:

Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban rergion (RRA LUR)
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia LP CCIS (GZS) (lead partner)
Creative Industry Košice, Slovakia
Agency for the Support of Regional Development Košice, Slovakia
Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation, Germany
West Regional Development Agency, Romania
Resita Municipality ERDF PP7 Resita RO, Romania
Regional Development Agency with Business Support Centre for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Bulgary
Studio Komplekt, Bulgary
Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH, Austria
Regional Development Agency Backa, Serbia
North Regional Development Agency, Moldova
CIMA Consulting and Management, Austria
City of Sombor, Serbia
Gabrovo Municipality, Bulgary
City of Leonding, Austria