Call for Nominations: Cultural And Creative Best Practices in the Southern Mediterranean

Objectives of the call

The overall objective of this call is to identify, engage with and promote examples of Best Practices (BP) that have the potential to boost CCI entrepreneurship and enhance sustainable and inclusive growth in the Mediterranean region.

The specific objectives of the call are:

• To identify examples of BP in terms of cultural and creative entrepreneurship, ecosystem enablement and local and regional cooperation in the Southern Mediterranean.
• To acknowledge and celebrate the examples of BP identified; engage with their promotors in events and trainings; and award a prize to the best example for each country during the final project event.
• To facilitate access to knowledge and promote the use and replication of successful practices with applicability and transferability potential by creating a public data repository.

Categories of Best Practice

They understand Best Practices as methods or processes that have been proven by experience or research to work reliably and effectively to reach a desired objective. The results of these practices should be tangible, and their impact measurable. Moreover, according to EMEA research, an example of BP should be inclusive, economically and environmentally sustainable, innovative and efficient.

Given the diversity of processes in the cultural and creative industries, this call is open for examples of Best Practice (BP) on a broad range of categories:

• Cultural and creative entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship in the CCI (viable business models, lasting operations, growing market)
  • Inclusion of women and young people in creative and cultural projects
  • Financial sustainability in the CCI
  • Innovation in cultural and creative value chains
  • Event organization (lasting operation, growing attendance)
  • Social impact of a cultural or creative project in terms of social cohesion and wellbeing of individuals
  • Stable job creation in the CCI
• Ecosystem enablement
  • Facilitation and support of the CCI from local and regional authorities
  • Facilitation and support of the CCI from NGOs and civil society organizations
  • Advocacy for and mainstreaming of the importance of culture and creativity to public policy
  • Awareness-raising of CCI as a viable career path among young people
  • Effective adaptation of regional, national, or international CCI programs to local requirements
  • Incubation, acceleration, and entrepreneurial support in the CCI
  • Education programs and methods for professionalization in CCI
  • Sustainable and effective funding schemes to support the CCI
• Local and regional cooperation
  • Productive multi-disciplinary partnerships for strengthening the CCI
  • Effective engagement of stakeholders in CCI initiatives at at local or regional scale
  • Networks, projects and platforms to support cross-border collaboration in CCI

Nominators are encouraged to submit nominations for other practices with potential to enhance the achievability of CREACT4MED goals.

Eligible Subsectors

The eligible subsectors under this call for nominations are:

• Arts and culture: cultural heritage, gastronomy, visual arts, performing arts, leisure and recreation (including cultural tourism), crafts
• Design: software, advertising, architecture, interior design, graphic design, industrial design, fashion
• Media: publishing, TV & radio, digital media, film and video, music, gaming.

BP Eligibility and Selection Criteria

• In order to be eligible, BPs must be:
  • Implemented in the Southern Mediterranean countries
  • Linked to the cultural and creative industries
  • Proven by experience or research to work reliably and effectively
• Building on the model for CCI good practice collection developed under the project STIMULART, the following selection criteria have been defined:
  • Economic significance (business sustainability, contribution to exports, economic impact, spillover effects on the economy)
  • Replicability and upscaling potential
  • Capacity to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, productive employment and decent work
  • Contribution to inclusiveness (efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls, efforts to ensure inclusive and equitable access to opportunities)
  • Social impact and contribution to community development
  • Innovativeness and level of digitalization
  • Contribution to environmental sustainability.

For more information, visit CREACT4MED.