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It’s a wrap! Our last ECHN Workshop on ‘Precious Textile’ was a handful of new techniques and inspiring visits!
From 21 to 25 October, 18 participants from 12 countries gathered in Lyon for the latest ECHN Workshop, led by Le Textile Lab, one of ECHN’s fashion & textile Hubs.  Date: 2024-11-11
Join Cyanotypes on the Hackathon on Building Open Source Data-Driven Content for Tomorrow's Educators
In today's fast-evolving digital landscape, there is a crucial need to empower educators with resources that enhance digital literacy and creativity skills. The Cyanotypes initiative is here to bridge this gap. Date: 2024-11-11
The program is online - register now and join us in Bologna!
Check out  the agenda an join us for our next Culture & Creativity Conference + FLIP Conference, from  27-29th November in Bologna and Prato (Italy).  Date: 2024-11-08
First ECHN members selected for the Future DiverCities' Twinning Program
Focused on community engagement, sustainability, ecology, regeneration and contemporary art, this Twin Program aims to foster innovative collaborations among creative hub managers seeking new cross-sectoral cooperation formats, co-creation projects, and knowledge sharing across Europe. Date: 2024-11-08
Coming soon: the MSCA CORAL-ITN Final Conference!
Join us from 11-13 of November at Romantso Creative Hub in Athens Date: 2024-11-08
Call for papers for the REMAKING Project: the RGCS Symposium is coming up!
Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS) Symposium 2025January 23rd - 24th, 2025 Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) Date: 2024-10-16
Learning Labs has Open! This time for textiles and sustainable fashion
LLabs introduce students to creative professions and skills in the field of textiles and sustainable fashion. Date: 2024-10-15
Tic, Tac! We’re nearly starting our next ECHN Workshop, on Precious Textiles!
From the 21st to the 25th of October 2024, Le Textile Lab will be hosting a set of workshops and visits for 17 participants from all over Europe.  Date: 2024-10-15
The next ECHN Conference BauTopia 5 will be on the Triple Bottom Line!
The event in Bologna will focus on People, Planet, Profit - the Ecological and Financial Sustainability in the CCS - and we have opened registrations! Date: 2024-10-15
On our last Online Brunch we 'visited' Croatia and one of our oldest members!
Every first Friday of the month, we meet for our ''Online Family Brunch''. This is the occasion for everyone to e-mingle, share updates and projects. Date: 2024-10-10
It's time to Apply!
The Next ECHN Workshop has Open Applications! Date: 2024-09-23
On our last Family Brunch, we learned how a coliving project is shifting the effects of touristification
The testimony of our member Pueblos Remotos, from the Canary Islands in Spain.  Date: 2024-09-13
Listen to the CORAL ITN Podcast Series!
CORAL ITN Podcast Series unpacks the diverse ways that the function of collaborative workspaces in non-urban areas impacts local businesses, labour, well-being, community formation and creative production. Date: 2024-09-09
We have a winner! The next ECHN Workshop will be about alternative textile recycling practises
Le Textile Lab (Lyon, France) won the most voted proposal by the ECHN Community. Soon we will announce the dates of the Workshop and open the call for participants, so make sure to keep an eye on your inbox then!  Date: 2024-09-04
On the last Family Brunch we discovered the new faith of an old rail yard in Bologna
On July's Hub Spotlight, we hosted Mara from DumBO (which stands for Distretto Urbano Multifunzionale di Bologna) - a temporary urban regeneration space.  Date: 2024-07-17
Creative Skills Week 2024 - Green, Digital and Social Skills Sessions Await
Join us in the beautiful city of Amsterdam for Creative Skills Week 2024, taking place from 16 - 20 September 2024.  Date: 2024-07-16
Call for Abstracts for the MSCA CORAL-ITN Final Conference
The upcoming conference marks the end of the CORAL - ITN project whose mission is to understand the role and impact of collaborative workspaces (CWS) in rural and peripheral areas of Europe. Date: 2024-07-16
Wrap up of BauTopia4 | Metamorphosis
The wrap up of one of our annual meetings: the Hubs Meetup is organised by the European Creative Hubs Network with the support of STPLN, our hosting hub in Malmö, Sweden, from 17-19 June 2024. Date: 2024-07-15
Time to vote for the next ECHN Workshop
The open call for the ECHN Workshops 2024 has closed and this year we received seven great proposals! Date: 2024-07-12
Throwback to June’s Brunch with a visit to one of Porto’s most creative spots!
Last month, we had Tânia and her CRU Creative Hub as our guests for June’s online Family Brunch.   Date: 2024-06-19
NOW OPEN - Twining Opportunity from FutureDivercities!
Apply now for the Peer-to-peer program between the ECHN members and the partners of the Future DiverCities project! Date: 2024-06-14
On the last Family Brunch we explored the cultural scene of Tirana
 For May's Hub Spotlight, and together with Co-founder Sonila Abdalli, we went through 10 years of Destil, the first Creative Hub in Tirana, Albania and we heard all about their future plans. Date: 2024-06-05
Open call for the Design Academy ‘ADAPT’ co-hosted by VORN -The Berlin Fashion Hub and Zalando
Are you a fashion designer eager to learn about innovation and inclusive design techniques? Don't miss the chance to embark on an educational journey and learn from fashion industry experts.  Date: 2024-06-05
Digi-Art project on metaverse and NFTs has open (re)sources on the topic
From our member CRU Creative Hub: In a world that is rapidly digitising and facing pandemic situations, the Digi-Art project aims to open a new field of activity for artists and to develop the vocational training program they need in the fields of metaverse and NFT production.  Date: 2024-06-05
The call for the ECHN Workshop 2024 is now open!
Does your Creative Hub have some valuable knowledge to share among the ECHN community? Submit your proposal and ECHN will support you produce your very own workshop for hub managers and creative and cultural professionals! Date: 2024-04-30
Cyanotypes & Creative Skills Week 2024: Play a Central Role
Don’t miss the great opportunity to be part of Creative Skills Week 2024! Date: 2024-04-15
Open Registrations for the ECHN Hubs Meetup 2024
Date: 2024-03-15
The FLIP3 project came to a close with a handful of good contributions!
Date: 2024-02-12
Making was the highlight of 2024 ECHN’s Workshop!
The 2024 ECHN Workshop was held in Blackburn, UK, at the Making Rooms: the selected hub to host this year’s training for ECHN members! Managed by Tom Pope, the Making Rooms had created a series of technical and practical, hands-on and theoretical sets of masterlcasses in order to train the 15 participants on how to create a Makerspace in their own hubs! Date: 2023-12-29
Future DiverCities’ webinars are starting again, and you might want to check them out!
Date: 2023-12-11
Wrap up of our yearly General Assembly and Conference!
Date: 2023-10-31
The CSW & ECHN Conference recap video is out!
Date: 2023-10-14
On our last Family Brunch, we learned about Hacking in the Rural world!
Date: 2023-10-13
Next4Fashion: the final conference of the S4Fashion project happened in Brussels!
Date: 2023-10-09
Register for the ‘Next4Fashion: Unlocking New Sustainable Pathways’, the S4Fashion final event!
Date: 2023-10-08
On our last Online Family Brunch, we all got inspired by the creative & social impact of Fashion Gren Hub!
Date: 2023-10-07
Throwback to the European Culture & Creativity Days!
Date: 2023-10-05
CHLaYdoscope launched the “European Youth Leaders Academy” in Portimão, Portugal!
Date: 2023-10-04
We have a winner! The Making Rooms is hosting the next ECHN Workshop!
Date: 2023-10-02
Our first Policy Workshop brought together stakeholders from the Creative Hubs and Fashion Ecosystems in Portugal!
Date: 2023-10-01
BauTopia3 happened in Timisoara with an incredible community!
Date: 2023-09-30
ECHN’s next Conference is within The Creative Skills Week!
Date: 2023-09-01
The Rural Hacking Toolkit is online and available for download!
This toolkit is the result of the first ECHN Workshop hosted by Anceu Coliving in the Galician countryside. The ECHN Workshops put the spotlight on smaller or peripheral creative hubs in order to identify hidden basins of innovative practices and accelerate the sharing of knowledge among the members of the ECHN network and beyond.  Date: 2023-08-02
The EIT Culture & Creativity needs your input!
Date: 2023-08-01
This month, our Online Brunch took us to Eindhoven!
Date: 2023-06-07
Open Survey for GLAMMONS project!
Date: 2023-05-01
S4Fashion just joined ECOSYSTEX!
Date: 2023-04-07
COMING UP: Free cycles of Future DiverCities webinars!!
Date: 2023-04-02
The first ECHN Workshop was an intense and fulfilling 5 day success!
Date: 2023-03-31
This month’s Online Brunch took us to a converted train station in Lille, France!
Date: 2023-03-24
SAVE THE DATE! On 5-6 June, we’ll meet in Timișoara!
Date: 2023-03-17
Coming up: the ECHN Programs are opening for 2023!
Date: 2023-03-15
Glammons Project has launched online!
Date: 2023-03-09
Sneak Peek: our Staff Exchange Program
Date: 2023-03-03
This month’s Online Brunch had a co-creation session and took us to Moldova!
Date: 2023-02-28
Can cultural policies tackle future challenges? Find out here.
Date: 2023-02-24
What exactly are Cultural Experiences?
This research paper defines answers to this question! Date: 2023-02-03
Creatives Unite has gone SOCIAL!
Date: 2023-01-31
S4Fashion had its 1st Policy Workshop in Ghent!
Date: 2023-01-30
Earthquake: a message & ways to help from our Turkish members
Date: 2023-01-27
UrbanCo-WORK project is debating the Future of Collaborative Spaces in Athens!
Date: 2023-01-09
The first Family Brunch of the year introduced us to Skola6’s new creative quartier!
Date: 2023-01-06
Time to Act 2023 | European Arts & Disability Survey is live and open for your contributions!
Date: 2023-01-04
Willing to host an ECHN event? We’re all ears!
Date: 2023-01-02
December’s Family Brunch took us to a decentralized hub
Date: 2022-12-30
CHLaYdoscope is looking for future Community Leaders to join a leadership program, online and in person!
Date: 2022-12-22
We are family! The ECHN Membership renewal is coming up!
Date: 2022-12-22
CYANOTYPES Project has gone live!
Date: 2022-12-21
A useful guide to navigate key-terms, brought to you by CORAL researchers
Date: 2022-12-16
OPEN CALL! The first ECHN Workshop is open for applications!
Date: 2022-12-15
Coming up: Another S4F Inspiration Circle, this time on ‘Pitching!’
SAVE THE DATE! Thursday 8th Dec. 17:00-18:30 CET Date: 2022-11-30
“Museum of Ukrainian Victory” just launched!
a war-documentary project on scanning the historical heritage of the Russian war against Ukraine Date: 2022-11-23
The Future DiverCities project has launched all its official platforms!
Date: 2022-11-16
Our Rural Hubs Researchers’ POV: reflections on BauTopia2
Date: 2022-11-09
The last Family Brunch took us on a virtual tour to the middle of the Atlantic
Date: 2022-11-07
Ukrainian Support Program – a series of personal stories
Date: 2022-11-04
CALL TO ACTION: a peer contribution to this PhD research.
Date: 2022-10-31
Bautopia2 – a warm welcome in Porto!
Date: 2022-10-28
CENTRINNO’s distributed consortium meeting
Date: 2022-10-27
2nd CORAL Late Summer School wrap up!
Date: 2022-10-13
Coming up: S4F Inspiration Circle on ‘Measuring and Communicating Sustainability Impact’
Date: 2022-10-12
On the last Online Family Brunch we learned about circularity in Maker Spaces!
Date: 2022-10-10
CHLaYdoscope partners meeting in Athens
Date: 2022-10-07
Call to Action: the Mlyn Creative Hub in Ukraine’s joint efforts for reconstruction
Date: 2022-10-06
Future DiverCities: a new program kicked-off!
Date: 2022-10-04
Our last Online Family Brunch had the tales of an adventure on 2 wheels!
Date: 2022-09-12
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