The CCI Contact Desk | Open Call Baltic Creative Pitch

The CCI Contact Desk is organising together with ARS BALTICA and the Policy Area Culture an event for professional consulting on funding applications aimed at internationalisation and development of the Cultural and Creative Industries in the Baltic Sea Region. 


May 08, 2023

The CCI Contact Desk is organising together with ARS BALTICA, and Policy Area Culture of the EUSBSR the Baltic Creative Pitch! and invites you to apply with a project idea. Selected participants will get professional consulting on funding applications aimed at internationalisation and development of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR).

Target Group

The CCI Contact Desk is hosting this event for potential applicants who plan to submit a project idea for the upcoming Interreg Baltic Sea Region open calls for late 2023 and 2024: individuals, SMEs, for-profit and non-profit organisations that address challenges in Cultural and Creative Industries. Individuals and entities from all EU countries across the Baltic Sea Region (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden) are warmly welcome to apply.

Αlign your Cultural and Creative Industries project idea with the thematic priorities of the Interreg BSR funding programme: Innovative societies (Priority 1), Water-smart societies (Priority 2), or Climate-neutral societies (Priority 3).

  • First Pitching Round (longlist): 31 May (online).
  • Second Pitching Round (shortlist): 14/15 June (online).

Agenda

For the first pitching round, eight projects are invited to dive into the inspiring project presentations followed by a Q&A session, give thorough feedback on the submitted project ideas, and work out a clear guideline towards an elaborated project application.

For the second pitching round, the four most ambitious and promising projects will receive more detailed consulting on the application documentation, project idea forms, budgeting, and the timeline for project submission and realisation.

Deadline: 21 May 2023

Submit your project idea here.