The cultural and creative industries in Emilia-Romagna play a key role in the development and quality of life of the local community. The production sectors involved cover cultural and artistic enterprises, the media and cultural industries, multimedia and ICT creative services, artistic hand-made products. In a more general sense, they also comprise the economics of creativity concerning high-tech innovative companies, the fashion industry, furniture and all other products connected with design.
The region boasts a strong offer of cultural festivals ranging from classical and electronic music to theatre and movies. Emilia-Romagna is also well known at global level for excellences such as the Cineteca - Centre for audiovisual development and technological innovation with top skills in restoration. The Fellini Museum in Rimini is the largest ever named after a film director.
Innovation ecosystem
The regional cultural and creative companies are supported by the innovation ecosystem that is able to create collaborations and synergies between knowledge system and business. Here are some key actors:
Clust-ER Create – Culture and Creativity
Clust-ER Associations are communities of public and private bodies (research centers, companies, training institutes) created to support the competitiveness of the most important production systems in Emilia-Romagna.
Regional High Technology Network
Discover the High Technology Network industrial research offering in ‘Multimedia’
EIT Culture & Creativity
An innovation community designed to strengthen Culture and Creativity by connecting creatives and organisations. Bologna will host one of the 6 Co-Location Center (CLCs) through an international project worth 150m euro. Among the partners: ART-ER, University of Bologna.
NEB – New European Bauhaus
www.new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu
The New European Bauhaus initiative connects the European Green Deal to daily lives and living space, creating a bridge between the world of science and technology, art and culture. Emilia-Romagna is involved in the initiative with many partners, such as ART-ER, University of Bologna, Clust-ER Association and Technopoles, REI Foundation and others.
Info-sheets "Invest in Culture and Creativity in Emilia-Romagna"
Key facts
| Culture and Creativity in Emilia-Romagna | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Employees (2023, Infocamere, processed by ART-ER)
99,054 |
Local units (2023, infocamere, processed by ART-ER)
39,322 |
Museums
530 |
Theatres
202 |
Smart Specialisation Strategy - S3
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CULTURE AND CREATIVITY |
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|---|---|---|
| Funded R&D Projects
2,462 |
million euros of total investment
409 |
million euros of public funds
245 |
| SERVICES INNOVATION, DIGITAL TRANSORMMATION, LOGISTICS RESULTS OF THE REGIONAL SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY (2014-November 2024) |
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|---|---|---|
| Funded R&D Projects
3,627 |
million euros of total investment
1,442 |
million euros of public funds
1,165 |
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Main international trade fairs
International events related to Culture and Creativity in Emilia-Romagna include: ArteFiera, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, We Make Future, MIR Tech, Restauro, Famaart, Rimini amusement Show, Nerd Show, Play
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Invest in Culture and Creativity in Emilia-Romagna
New renovated version of the regional fact-sheets on Culture and Creativity including focus on videogames and film industry, figures on number of local units and employees, imports/exports, maps, some top companies, innovation ecosystem, main international trade exhibitions, cultural offer, and much more.
Online new video presenting the Emilia-Romagna Data Valley
Emilia-Romagna qualifies as an international Data Valley boasting top world supercomputers, cutting edge data centres and a wide ‘big data community’ with policies supporting new investments and a dynamic business environment aimed to put Europe on a par with the giants USA and China.
it-ER Careers: 300 software developers apply for the pilot program
The international recruitment campaign promoted by it-ER Careers ends after 6 weeks with the application of 300 young developers of software and IT platforms living abroad, including Italians.
Porticoes of Bologna awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status
Porticoes of Bologna awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status. The decision has been taken by the 44th World Heritage Committee meeting in Fuzhou, China.
