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CORDIS · SPECTRA

Stimulating Performance of Ecosystems in Creative Territories and Regional Actors

Code
SPECTRA
Programme
HORIZON
Call
HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01-01
Status
CLOSED
Period
2022-12-01 – 2024-11-30
EU contribution (whole consortium)516 424 €
EU contribution to Bulgarian participants73 103 €

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Participants

OrganisationsRoleCountryGrant
WESTERN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONcoordinatorIE102 733 €
FONDEN CREATIVE BUSINESS CUPparticipantDK131 601 €
MEDIA DEALS UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKT)participantDE112 248 €
COMHOIBRIU COMPANY LIMITED BYGUARANTEEparticipantIE96 740 €
BIZNES INOVATSIONEN TSENTUR INOBRIDZH SDRUZHENIEparticipantBG73 103 €
Сдружение "Русенска търговско-индустриална камара"associated partnerBG
ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYassociated partnerIE
Galway Cultural Developmnet and Activity Company TA Galway 2020associated partnerIE

Description

The SPECTRA proposal embodies the collaborative vision of 8 partners (including 3 associate partners) representing 4 regional ecosystems – an emerging innovator region in Bulgaria (North-Central-BG), moderate innovator region in Ireland (Northern and Western), together with lead innovator regions in Denmark (Hovedstaden) and Germany (Berlin). SPECTRA will put in place key ingredients required to equip the emerging innovator and moderate innovator regions with a more responsive, resilient ecosystem, capable of growing and developing coordinated responses to many challenges creative industries are facing to achieve the National and European goals. This will be based on interaction with 2 successful initiatives - Media Deals Investment Network and Creative Business Network. SPECTRA will harness and multiply the power of individual ecosystem initiatives to enhance participation of financiers/investors and women innovators - resulting in enhanced, more inter-connected, diverse, gender-responsive, competitive, and sustainable ecosystems. Additionally, SPECTRA will include activities that will encourage development of joint strategies and amplify collaboration. Stakeholders will benefit extensively from the advanced business support models developed to fast-track start-ups, produce scale-ups, avail of best practice, new systems, structures and tools, as well as data-driven & carbon-reducing challenge-based innovation methods, case studies, role models, cross-sectoral and intra-territorial learning - engaging over 1000 stakeholders over 30 workshops, experiments/challenges, huddles and roundtables, supporting over 100 start-ups and SMEs and creating an excess of 300 new linkages. SPECTRA measures will be integrated within the context of policy, economic, societal framework and implemented on a transversal and transdisciplinary basis, encouraging the maximum output in terms of potential for additional new linkages, interconnections, joint initiatives and replication.

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