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== EIT Culture & Creativity Strategic Agenda 2024–2027 ==
The ''[https://eit-culture-creativity.eu/eit-cc-sa-2024-2027/ EIT Culture & Creativity Strategic Agenda 2024–2027]'' positions the creative and cultural industries as drivers of Europe’s triple transition — green, digital and social. It targets five core sectors (Fashion, Architecture, Heritage, AV Media, Gaming), tackling three structural challenges: skills, innovation capacity and venture scaling. Through education, innovation and business creation activities — including an Investment Network and RIS Hubs — EIT-CC builds a pan-European ecosystem of creative entrepreneurship.

For '''OPENVERSE''', [https://eit-culture-creativity.eu/ EIT-CC] is the creative industry bridge among the SRIAs — linking XR, AI ethics, digital identity and data space interoperability with cultural content production and governance. Engagement with its calls and Policy Advisory Board would allow OPENVERSE to embed virtual-world priorities in Europe’s creative SRIDA agenda.

=== Basic Identification ===

'''Initiative / Partnership Name:''' [https://eit-culture-creativity.eu/ EIT Culture & Creativity] (EIT-CC)
'''Document Title:''' ''[https://eit-culture-creativity.eu/eit-cc-sa-2024-2027/ Strategic Agenda 2024–2027]'' (May 2024)
'''Institutional Type:''' [https://www.eit.europa.eu/opportunities/call-eit-knowledge-and-innovation-communities EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community] (KIC) for the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI)
'''Governing Body:''' EIT CCSI e.V. (parent non-profit) + EIT CC GmbH (operational entity for EIT grants)
'''Primary Policy Links:'''
* [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52021DC0573 New European Bauhaus];
* [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52019DC0640 The European Green Deal];
* [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2481/oj/eng Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030];
* [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng Artificial Intelligence Act];
* [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2854/oj/eng Data Act];
* [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/818/oj/eng Creative Europe Programme].

=== Strategic Orientation ===

==== '''Vision''' ====
“Fundamentally change the CCSI towards new understandings of competitiveness, resilience and sustainable economic growth.”

==== '''Mission''' ====
Empower and nurture a sustainable innovation ecosystem uniting education, research and business actors across the CCSI knowledge triangle to deliver solutions in education, innovation and entrepreneurship, fostering cross-sector collaboration and Europe’s triple ( green | digital | social ) transition.

==== '''Impact Goals''' ====
# Create and maintain jobs in a resilient CCSI ecosystem able to scale and compete globally.
# Increase resilience by reducing environmental impact and increasing social cohesion.
# Accelerate transitions towards sustainable and responsible economic growth.

==== '''Priority Sectors''' ====

* Fashion
* Architecture
* Cultural Heritage
* Audio-visual Media
* Gaming - representing a large share of EU CCSI jobs and revenue

==== '''Strategic Objectives''' ====
# Future-proof skills for the green and digital transition.
# Deploy and scale CCSI innovations on green & digital technologies and new business models.
# Accelerate market opportunities and global competitiveness.

=== Technological & Thematic Priorities ===

==== '''Green & Digital Tech Adoption''' ====
AI (incl. Generative AI), super-computing for AV media, data ownership and IP protection, Digital Product Passport, circular materials and production processes.

==== '''Education & Skills''' ====
Entrepreneurship, emerging technologies, digital ethics, circular design and sustainable crafts.

==== '''Innovation Implementation''' ====
Open calls for innovation projects ranging from proof-of-concept to multi-stakeholder international consortia.

==== '''Business Creation''' ====
Pan-European incubation and acceleration network (26 programmes by 2027); Investment Network linking VCs, angels and philanthropic funders.

==== '''RIS Integration''' ====
Hubs in Sofia, Tartu and Nicosia (initial wave) expanding to Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Serbia and Croatia.

=== Governance & Ecosystem ===

'''Dual Structure:''' EIT CCSI e.V. (non-profit association for ecosystem) + EIT CC GmbH (operational entity with commercial subsidiaries).
'''Advisory Bodies:''' Supervisory Board, Executive Board, IP Board, ELSI (Ethics Legal Social Impact) Board.
'''Openness & Transparency:''' Digital Participation Platform (DPP), Engagement Forum, open calls for innovation and education.
'''Synergy Mechanisms:''' Policy Advisory Board linking DGs of the European Commission and other EIT KICs for alignment with EU priorities; active role in cross-KIC activities.
'''Scale & Partnership Growth:''' Target of 90 core partners, 200 cooperation partners and ~700 community participants by 2027.

=== Building-Block Crosswalk (Staff Working Document Alignment) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''EC Technical Building Block'''
|'''EIT-CC Emphasis'''
|-
|'''Data Spaces & Interoperability'''
|Data ownership & IP marketplace; trust frameworks; alignment with Data Act
|-
|'''AI & Generative Tech'''
|AI in AV media, design, gaming; ethical AI for creativity
|-
|'''XR / Immersive Interfaces'''
|Training and co-creation for design, heritage, architecture
|-
|'''Digital Twins & Simulation'''
|Heritage preservation, virtual architecture and urban cohesion pilots
|-
|'''Cloud–Edge–HPC'''
|Partnerships with super-computing centres for AV and data processing
|-
|'''Green & Circular Tech'''
|Circular fashion and architecture; low-footprint business models
|-
|'''Digital Identity & Trust'''
|IP Marketplace, copyright management, data ethics
|-
|'''Human–AI Interaction'''
|Upskilling creative talent for ethical AI and co-creation
|}

=== '''Alignment with Virtual Worlds''' ===
'''Strategic Fit:''' EIT-CC acts as Europe’s creative innovation KIC — the entry point for OPENVERSE to engage with culture, arts, and design industries using AI, XR and data spaces.

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