1. Mgr. Blanka Marková 5. May 2013

2. An Interreg 1VC Project CROSS INNOVATION The project starts in early 2012 and runs to December 2014. The objective is to identify and share good practices in policy in “cross-innovation” – how creative industries work with other growth sectors in 11 cities across the EU. The total project value is c €2.5m. The partner cities are: Amsterdam, Berlin, Birmingham (BCU is Project Lead Partner), Stockholm, Linz, Plzen, Vilnius, Warsaw, Rome, Tallinn and Lisbon.

3. The project will look at 5 key policy themes of Cross Innovation Smart incentives – finance Internationalisation – local support measures Culture based innovation – unleashing new ideas into other businesses Brokerage services – bridge building Spatial – cross collaboration services in co-working spaces, incubators, Fab labs & science parks

4. Creative Industries Mapping Local Implementation Group to establish creative incubator in Pilsen We map creative potential of the city of Pilsen to get relevant (not only) statistical data and arguments and to uncover the potential of CI Qualitative and quantitative research methods (NACE, interviews, strategic documents, plans, web sites) 4

5. Local Implementation Group? Relevant actors from various sectors BIC, academic sector (ÚUD), public sector (ÚKEP, Urban Planning and Development Institute of the city of Pilsen) Plzeň 2015, creative entrepreneurs, external consultants (facilitators) 5

6. Results (may 2013) NACE (former OKEČ) 6

7. How to support CI in Pilsen? 1. to establish new companies – CzechEkoSystem, seminars offered by BIC (financed by OPPI, OPVK), Seed Fond 2. financial support for companies in Pilsen to buy services from Westbohemian University through „Vouchers“ 7

8. Creative Incubator? 8

9. Thank you for your attention Markova.blanka@gmail.com Tel: 00420 731 188 388 9