2. 2
CreativeMED
MED Programme
• EU transnational
cooperation programme
among the “Territorial
Cooperation objective”
• partners from 13 countries
including the whole
Northern Mediterranean
seacoast working together
to strengthen the
competitiveness,
employment and
sustainable development
3. 3
CreativeMED
Capitalisation
To shed a critical and analytical eye on past and
current experiences of the MED Programme and
of the projects in order to gain insight and
improve practices during the current
programming period.
To feed future actions and strategies for the next
programming period 2014-2020, also
considering emergening trends, challenges,
debates (including macro-region perspectives)
and the EU 2020 strategy.
5. 5
CreativeMED
Projects
SMILIES: supporting innovative SMEs
MEDLAB: Living Labs for regional policy
TEXMEDIN: innovation mixes in fashion
CHORD: cultural heritage poles
SOSTENUTO: culture, creativity, innovation
MedGovernance, CentraLab, Alcotra, MEDINS,
Periphèria...
6. 6
CreativeMED
Partnership
IT - Municipality of Prato
IT - Consorzio ARCA
GR - Region of Central Macedonia
GR - Business Dev. Agency of Rethymnon CCI
GR - Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce
SI - E-Zavod, Institute for Comprehensive Dev. Solutions
ES - University of Valencia (Economics)
ES - Chamber of Commerce of Seville
PT - University of Evora (History)
CY - Larnaca District Development Agency
FR - French Agency of Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories
HR - Brodarski Institute
7. 7
CreativeMED
CreativeMED
Develop a framework for bottom-up Smart
Specialisation based on
cultural anchoring,
open network organizations,
innovation mixes,
collective learning, and
shared values
9. 9
CreativeMED
Work Groups
Policy Makers
EU, Regional and National levels
Right now drafting S3 strategies
Local and Regional Actors
In or out of tune with regional policy
Applying cultural and business models in practice
Expert Community
Shaping opinion on policy futures and options
Drawing up and managing innovation projects
10. 10
CreativeMED
Key Outputs
White Paper
Targeted to EU, national and regional levels
Recommendations for policy programming
On-line toolkit and guidelines
Supporting take-up among local and regional
actors
11. Thank you for your
attention
Besnik Mehmeti
Municipality of Prato
cmed@comune.prato.it