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As focal points for creative businesses, hubs offer the most effective way to support the growth and
development of creative industries. To achieve this, hubs themselves need to network, to pool resources,
share best practices, and build on advocacy, policy and opportunities. It is clear that the European Creative
Hubs Network offers the best route to support hubs, and hence Europe’s creative industries.

List of creative hubs

The European Creative Business Network (ECBN)

is a unique not for profit foundation, founded in 2011, promoting the interests of the cultural creative
industries in Europe. Given the diversity of cultural expressions as well as of cultural and creative markets
across Europe, ECBN works – on purposes indirectly and decentralized – by supporting leading agencies,
funders and intermediaries on local, regional and/or national level to help them support their cultural and
creative entrepreneurs. ECBN is an independent foundation funded by its members fees and in kind
contributions. Based upon this it supports the supporters of creative business with the following actions:
the 100 members of ECBN are leading agencies, funders, promoters and researchers in the cultural and
creative industries in Europe.

The Artists and the Others

The Artist and the Others is an initiative based on the importance of arts for our society and the benefit
of shared knowledge. The foundation, initiated in 2013, supports young artists and cultural professionals
during their career in the cultural field. The goal is to overcome the difficulties that artists and cultural
professionals encounter in the first years after their studies, a critical period when they need to establish
connections, and develop the knowledge and necessary skills to boost their future career. The projects
organized range from workshops, lectures, and symposium, through to exhibitions, connecting tours and
international cultural exchanges and they are based on sharing knowledge, enhancing skills, creating
awareness of the cultural world and developing new connections.

3.4 Coworking spaces - BEST PRACTICES

Best Practise n.1

https://oportocool.blog/2012/03/21/cru-loja-co-work/