Cultural and Creative Industries

The world over, cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are an engine that shape social change. Promoting CCI sectors according to local needs is therefore a central field of action for the Goethe-Institut. We train, advise and network creative professionals and support the development of sustainable infrastructures. The Goethe-Institut strengthens the cultural sector and thus opens up access to culture and education through further education measures for cultural entrepreneurs, through assistance in the internationalisation of creative businesses and through the provision of (co-)production structures.

Ongoing Projects

Georgia
Creative Compass Georgia

Creative Compass Georgia is a four-year EU-funded project implemented and co-funded by Goethe-Institut Georgia. It fosters sustainable growth and employment in cultural and creative industries (CCI) across Georgia. The project supports CCI development through funding, capacity building, creative spaces, networking, and knowledge exchange.

Eastern Europe
EU4Culture

EU4Culture is a four-year project funded by the European Union to assist cities in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region in developing and implementing their Cultural Development Strategies following the model of the European Capitals of Culture.

Ukraine
House of Europe

House of Europe is an EU-funded programme fostering professional and creative exchange between Ukrainians and their colleagues in EU countries and the UK. The programme focuses on different professional fields: culture and creative industries, education and youth work, social entrepreneurship, and media.

France
Unternehmen – START

With the project Unternehmen - START, the Goethe-Institutes in France and the Institut français Germany have created the largest Franco-German exchange platform in the field of cultural and creative industries.

Europe
Creatives Unite

Creatives Unite is a platform for members of cultural and creative sectors that gathered all initiatives and information related to the CCI sector in the EU with respect to response to the COVID crisis.

Europe
Cities Ahead

Cities Ahead is a European programme initiated by the Goethe-Institut that promotes the transformation of creative places. Its aim is to transform the city into an ideal ecosystem for culture and creativity, harnessing its full potential for global dissemination and international cultural cooperation.

Europe
Creative FLIP

Creative FLIP - Finance, Learning, Innovation and Patenting is an EU-co-funded pilot project that aims to promote sound and sustainable ecosystems for the cultural and creative industries in relation to these four key policy areas.

Baltic Sea Region
CCI Contact Desk

The Culture and Creative Industries (CCI) Contact Desk was established as part of the Interreg project Creative Ports, which ran from 2019 to 2022. The aim of the project was to promote the internationalization and collaborative value creation of the cultural and creative industries in the Baltic Sea region.

Global Project Cultural and Creative Industries, 2018 – 2023

The project Cultural and Creative Industries was jointly implemented from late 2018 until early 2023 by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Goethe-Institut on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It improved employment and income opportunities for creative professionals in six partner countries: Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa. The project operated mainly in the music, fashion, design and animation sectors. In addition to promoting the development of entrepreneurial, digital, creative and technical skills through training programmes, the project aimed to strengthen the framework conditions and the ecosystem of the cultural and creative industries.

Lebanon
FANTASMEEM

Creative entrepreneurship, network building and (continuing) qualification of Lebanese designers with the goal of acting as multipliers within their scene were the main focus of FANTASMEEM.

Jordan
Takween

Creating, creating, developing together - young designers and creative entrepreneurs in Jordan were supported by various learning opportunities to build networks, establish cooperation and become creative together.

Iraq
KHAN AL FAN

With its KHAN AL FAN project, the Goethe-Institut Iraq promoted the emerging market of cultural and creative industries, the entrepreneurial and political perception of the sector, and the development of employment prospects in Iraq.

Son et Création au Senegal, Goethe-Institut Dakar

Senegal
Cultural and Creative Industries in Senegal

Goethe-Institut Senegal offered sustainable training for professionals from various cultural fields, especially music, fashion and journalism.

Kenya
JENGA CCI

The sustainable expansion and promotion of the cultural and creative industries in Kenya was strengthened through integrative educational and promotional offers, for example, for the qualification and development of different business models.

South Africa
Cav’ Platform

The Cav’ Platform project aimed to coordinate the local CCI sector through networking and creating possibilities for the visibility of the industry, as well as for the cultural ecosystem to recognise each other and the work the various parts are doing to further develop the industry.

South Africa
Cav’ Townships

To counteract high youth unemployment, this programme implemented formats for the development of concrete career perspectives in the creative sector in close cooperation with local actors.

More about Cultural and Creative Industries Support Programmes at the Goethe-Institut

Cultural and Creative Industries Promotion of the Goethe-Institut in the Region North Africa and Middle East

Cultural and creative industries(PDF, 3 MB)

Manual for the establishment of Cultural Entrepreneurship Hubs

Online Hub Manual(PDF, 3 MB)

Factsheet on the Cultural and Creative Industries Project, which the Goethe-Institut and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH jointly implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Factsheet Global Project Cultural and Creative Industries(PDF, 2 MB)

Contact

Nico Degenkolb
Goethe-Institut Zentrale
Tel. +49 89 1592 1436
Degenkolb@goethe.de

Imke Grimmer
Goethe-Institut Zentrale
Grimmer@goethe.de

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Cultural and Creative Industries

Ongoing Projects

Georgia Creative Compass Georgia

Eastern Europe EU4Culture

Ukraine House of Europe

France Unternehmen – START

Europe Creatives Unite

Europe Cities Ahead

Europe Creative FLIP

Baltic Sea Region CCI Contact Desk