A collection of useful publications & tools
ECHN Workshop - Rural Hacking Toolkit
Anceu Coliving is a rural hub that promotes impactful initiatives in the local territory, activating local communities and inviting creatives for residencies centred on engaging practices. The toolkit “Rural Hacking- the toolkit for rural activists” compiles all the knowledge unravelled during the Workshop and is enriched with a series of real-life examples provided by Anceu Coliving and some of the participants in the Workshop.
It is an invaluable resource for both rural and urban hub managers, as it encourages self-development and effective leadership. You can navigate the toolkit to explore the necessary steps for an impact-driven project, including aspects on the organisational level as well as on the emotional level - two vital dimensions for an effective and consistent project.
The impact of coworking spaces on coworkers' well-being and skills' development
The first one is to provide a better understanding of the emergence and variations of CWS in the context of rising social and economic challenges in different institutional, political and cultural contexts;
the second is to critically analyze the impact of such projects for their participants/users and for urban/neighbourhood development processes;
and the third and last, to facilitate transnational learning and replication of social and cultural innovation in the context of co-production, extrapolating new knowledge and practices to co-working in the Greek context and other aspects of urban governance.
Ideation Session #1
Do you know how to assess your impact?
The Ideation Sessions is a new series of working sessions initiated among the community of the European Creative Hubs Network (ECHN). The Ideation Sessions aim to create a space to exchange knowledge with our peers and get inspired by the best practices in our hubs.
This report is the compilation of the process of the first working session on the topic “Do you know (how to assess) your impact?”.
The goal of this session was to bring up new dimensions of the creative hub’s impact (locally and wider), and reflect together on the generated value to, maybe in the future, find some standards on this subject for hybrid creative spaces.
Co-hosted by Marina Mussapi (Base), Vittoria Brolis (Basis), Michael Schuster (Basis), and Jeanne Fené (ECHN) this online session was held in order to exchange and work around the following questions: How can we assess our value and the value we generate at a local and wider level? What kind of impact areas can be relevant? How can we measure it? To whom we would like to address it?
Creative Hubkit
Creative Hubkit – Made by hubs for emerging hubs The Creative HubKit is a free toolkit for people looking to set up a hub. It is made up of best practice examples, helpful experiences and tried and tested approaches from some of the most successful hubs in the UK and Europe.
This HubKit aims to illustrate some of the experiences and approaches from those building successful and sustainable hubs. Hubs cannot simply be a response to a space opportunity but need their community at the forefront. The HubKit explains why engaging with your community of users from the start can lead to a much more holistic and sustainable model (refer to pp.2 in the Creative HubKit). Creative Edinburgh and Creative Dundee were commissioned to develop the Creative HubKit, a toolkit for people looking to: set up their own hub; diversify their existing hub; or understand the hub movement from an outside perspective. Whether you are considering setting up a new creative hub, are a hub manager who is looking for an alternative business model, or are a funder who is exploring the different financial structures of hubs; the HubKit will give you insights into how creative hubs are formed, structured and sustained (refer to pp.3 in the Creative HubKit) Anyone who runs a hub (refer to pp.4-5 in the Creative HubKit for a definition of creative hubs) will understand how complex the role is and how ever-changing the business model can be, each being as unique as fingerprints. The Creative HubKit aims to give you the tools to help you work through the design and purpose of your own hub while understanding the invaluable nature that your community plays in its success.
Made by hubs for emerging hubs, the Creative HubKit also includes helpful case studies from Watershed, CodeBase, Baltic Creative, FuseBox, Hackney WickED,Impact Hub Birmingham, Cardiff Start and Residence, with European examples from Factoria Cultural and FabLab Lisboa.
Developed by Creative Edinburgh & Creative Dundee Commissioned by the British Council Supported by Creative England Designed by Martin Baillie
Creative Hubs Barometer 2017 - Capturing the profile and evolution of creative hubs throughout Europe
The Barometer is based on a self-assessment feedback targeted at creative hub managers in order to know more about trends in their sector, to better advocate for it, and to better understand where their hub fits in the creative economy.This Barometer is not only taking a picture of the state of creative hubs in Europe, but is fundamentally a reflection exercise that can hopefully lead to asking the right questions and taking the right actions for the sustainability and success of the hubs and the cultural and creative industries.
European Creative Hubs Network Workshop #1 Toolkit (Madrid)
This toolkit builds on the European Creative Hubs Skills Workshop organised in Madrid on 22-23 March 2017 by Factoria Cultural. The ‘How to Set Up a Creative Hub’ workshop was hosted by Factoria Cultural. It contains testimonials of 30 hub leaders who participated in the event.
If you are interested in using or distributing the toolkit, please contact us beforehand: info@creativehubs.net
European Creative Hubs Network Workshop #2 Toolkit (Berlin)
This toolkit builds on the European Creative Hubs Skills Workshop organised in Berlin on 7 – 8 June 2017 by betahaus. The How to be a Hub Superhero workshop was hosted by betahaus Berlin together with Jörn Hendrik Ast, the founder of Berlin-based start-up Superheldentraining GbR (Superhero training). It contains testimonials of 30 hub leaders who participated in the event.
If you are interested in using or distributing the toolkit, please contact us beforehand: info@creativehubs.net
European Creative Hubs Network Workshop #3 Toolkit (Edinburgh)
ECHN Trade Magazine
This first edition captures ideas and stories of the ECHN community, collected through interviews and conversations, at the 1st and 2nd European Creative Hubs Fora, and in online interactions. The next edition will be powered and created by a European community of hub leaders. Please get in touch with your stories, ideas and feedback!
This magazine has been prepared as part of the European Creative hubs Network project, co-funded by the EU’s Creative Europe programme. It has been developed by the British Council together with Open°, an open-source platform and global meeting place for hub-makers.
http://trademagazine.creativehubs.eu/
How Work Works – An inventory of effects
The publication was produced by the Belgrade based creative hub and design incubator Nova Iskra/Kulturni Kod, with the occasion of the European Creative Hubs Forum in Belgrade, which took place on 22-24 September 2016. The three-day international forum gathered more than 100 hub organisations from across Europe, Serbia and the region. You can read more about the How Work Works Forum here and here.
The print version of this collection has been distributed to participants at the Forum in Belgrade, and we would like to share it further with the creative hubs community and its ecology. Therefore the European Creative Hubs Network is pleased to be able to make the How Work Works – An inventory of effects publication available online.
The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. The statements, reflections and opinions contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors of texts and visual contributions, and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or the publisher.
syn | acting together
The publication was produced by the first hub for creative industries in Athens, Bios-Romantso, with the occasion of the European Creative Hubs Forum in Athens, which took place on 26-28 January 2017. The three-day international forum gathered more than 100 hub organisations from across Europe, and the region. You can read more about the Syn- Forum here.
The print version of this collection has been distributed to participants at the Forum in Athens, and we would like to share it further with the creative hubs community and its ecology. Therefore the European Creative Hubs Network is pleased to be able to make the syn- acting together publication available online. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. The statements, reflections and opinions contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors of texts and visual contributions, and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or the publisher.
Creative Hubs in EU funding
Facilitator:
Barbara Stacher, European Commission
Going Further of being just a space-Talent management
Facilitators:
Lorene Garcia, MOB & Atilim Sahin, ATOLYE
How to design a collaborative space by combining tangible, social and digital design
Facilitators:
Wolf Kuehr, VOLUMES & Atilim Sahin, ATOLYE
The role of creative hubs in small and medium-sized cities
Facilitators:
Sarah Daly, Creative Spark & Ronnie Garattoni, Warehouse
Sustainability of Creative Hubs
Facilitators:
Ben Kolp, The Living Room & Tania Santos, CRU cowork
Team Culture
Facilitator:
Nana Radenkovic, Nova Iskra
