A unique new two-year project was launched today to examine how innovation and creativity can be stimulated in European businesses through the intervention of artists and creatives.

Led by the Dutch foundation Cultuur-Ondernemen (Culture and Entrepreneurship), Training Artists for Innovation (TAFI) will analyse the needs of business for artists’skills and investigate the competences needed by artists in order to intervene as businesses require.

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This unique two-year project will examine how innovation and creativity can be stimulated in European businesses through the intervention of artists and creatives. It is led by the Dutch foundation Cultuur-Ondernemen (Culture and Entrepreneurship). It will analyse the needs of business for artists’ skills and investigate the competences needed by artists in order to intervene as businesses require.

KEA will be responsible for the research on training models in this project.

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MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

OPINION of the Committee on International Trade

OPINION of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

OPINION of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

OPINION of the Committee on Regional Development

OPINION of the Committee on Legal Affairs

RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE

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