Examples across the European Union
1. Creating preconditions
1.1. Mappings and studies
 | Study "The Creative Motor for Regional Development: Arts and Culture Projects and the EU Structural Funding in Austria", Commissioned by Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, 2012 (in German) |
 | Mapping the Creative Industries: A Toolkit (Cultural and Creative Economy Series/2). British Council, 2010. |
1.2. Forming strategic alliances and organisational framework
 | Centre for Culture and Experience Economy, Denmark |
 | Generator Swedish Creative Industries, Sweden |
 | Crea:re - Creative Regions, Cross-border network |
| Creative Metropoles: Public Policies and Instruments in Support of Creative Industries, Cross-border network |
| Urban Creative Poles, Cross-border network |
1.3. Raising awareness and providing information services
| Creative Industries Styria, Austria |
 | Creative Estonia, (Loov Eesti), Estonia |
 | Creative Finland, (Luova Suomi), Finland |
 | Creative Wallonia, Belgium |
| Creative England, UK |
| Creative Scotland, UK |
 | Creative Industry Forum, Slovakia |
| Creative Industries Austria (Creativ Wirtschaft), Austria |
1.4. Policies and strategies
 | Spanish Action Plan to Promote the Cultural and Creative Industries 2011, Spain |
| Report: Measuring the value of culture. Commissioned by Department for Culture Media and Sport, written by Dr David O’Brien (Leeds Metropolitan University), 2010, UK |
2. Strengthening the CCIs
2.1. Capacity building
| Enterprise Estonia, Estonia |
| Creative England, UK |
| The Refinery Model, Finland |
2.2. Physical infrastructure
 | Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Ireland |
| Art Factories, Barcelona, Spain |
| Trans Europe Halles, Cross-border network |
2.3. Creative business incubation
| Tartu Centre for Creative Industries, Estonia |
| Tallinn Creative Incubator, Estonia |
 | Creative Factory, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
 | Creative Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia |
2.4. Access to finance
 | VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, Germany |
| Advantage Creative Fund, UK |
| departure, The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna, Austria |
| CultuurInvest, Flanders, Belgium |
| Cultuur-Ondernemen, The Netherlands |
 | Institut pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles, France |
| Institut Catala de les Indústries Culturals, Catalonia, Spain |
| St'Art Investment Fund for Cultural and Creative Industries, Wallonia, Belgium |
2.5. Networks and clusters
 | Addict - Creative Industries Portugal, Portugal |
| European Creative Business Network, Cross-border network |
| Innovation Music Network, Cross-border project from 2008 to 2011 funded by Interreg to develop music industry in inner Scandinavia (Dalarna, Hedmark and Värmland) |
3. Spill-over effects
3.1. Innovation and productivity
| Toolkit: Guide to Creative Credits, NESTA, UK |
| Creative Industries Innovation Fund, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, UK |
| Art Goes Work, Finland |
| TILLT, Sweden |
| Arts & Business, UK |
| TAIKA - Art developing innovation 2011-2013, Finland |
| Riga Film Fund, Latvia |
3.2. Education and life-long learning
3.3. Tourism and branding
| European Capitals of Culture, EU |
| Study: Ex-post evaluation of 2010 European Capitals of Culture, EU |
| Study: Creating an impact: Liverpool’s experience as European Capital of Culture 2008, UK |
| Study: Festivals and the Creative Region 2002, Arts Council, UK |
3.4. Regional development
3.5. Social innovation and well-being
| Open Window, Ireland |
| Brigāde, Riga, Latvia |
3.6. Environmental sustainability
| Beulas Foundation’s Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca, Spain |
| César Manrique Foundation, Spain |