Kicking off Phase 2

Overview of policy impacts of the ECoC-SME project in the five cities of Leeuwarden, Matera, Rijeka, Timisoara and Kaunas.

The ECoC-SME project worked under the specific objective “SME competitiveness” of the Interreg Europe programme 2014-2020. Five cities and regions were enga...

The final dissemination event of the ECoC-SME project was weld in Matera, Italy on June 9th 2022. Our partners and stakeholders finally met in person again ...

Out of just another COVID-19 wave and immediately straight into the Ukraine war: the uncertainties are ever-present. Along our project lifetime, our partners ha...

A step-by-step manual for successfully applying for European funding for the Frysian's cultural and creative industry

Timișoara received good news from the European Commission on Culture regarding their mega-event Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture (TM2023): the progr..

The Department of Entrepreneurship of the City of Rijeka has launched two new educational programmes - Startup Lite and Startup Creative.
They were launched to...

Materahub started the implementation phase of its approved Action Plan by presenting it in two occasions: one technical at Fiera del Levante in Bari at Salone d...

One of the focuses of the ECoC-SME project is connecting the Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) with existing start-up and innovation ecosystems. On top of th

At the end of October, the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities hosted a webinar on “Heritage as a driver for new local creative entre..