SACCORD combines SKILLS and ACCORDANCE by collecting skills intelligence and data to support the European Skills Agenda and facilitates collaboration and joining up of partners at European and regional level who have not previously worked together in supporting the Creative Pact for Skills.
Creative Skills Week 2025
Co-organised by EIT Culture & Creativity, the Creative Pact for Skills, SACCORD, and CYANOTYPES, Creative Skills Week 2025 (CSW2025) responds to the urgent transitions facing the sector today: digital advancements, the green shift, funding cuts, growing concerns on the implications of AI, the rise of populism, and skills shortages.
Against this backdrop, this year's theme, Create. Transform. Regenerate., reflects a shared commitment to building adaptive, inclusive, and sustainable creative ecosystems.
Together we ask: how can we thrive amid complexity and uncertainty? What competences do we need to meet the future? How can we reimagine learning and shape it collaboratively? What does it mean to contribute to futures worth creating?
Registrations are now open!
This year, Creative Skills Week offers ways to join the experience in Prague and online.
You can now register for our in-person programme: the CYANOTYPES Training (23 & 24 Sept), a hands-on programme for educators, strategists, and cultural intermediaries (onboarding required); and the Creative Skills Conference (24 & 25 Sept) bringing together sector leaders to explore what’s next for the CCSI.
The Online Programme on Monday and Friday will be open to all — registration opens in summer 2025.
Meet SACCORD Partners
BEDA - THE BUREAU OF EUROPEAN DESIGN ASSOCIATIONS
CREATIVE FED
CREATIVE PRAGUE (KREP)
CREATIVE REGION LINZ & UPPER AUSTRIA GMBH (CREARE)
ELIA (EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF INSTITUTES OF THE ARTS)
FEDERATIE CREATIEVE INDUSTRIE
HKU - STICHTING HOGESCHOOL VOOR DE KUNSTEN UTRECHT
MATERAHUB - CONSORZIO MATERAHUB INDUSTRIE CULTURALI E CREATIVE
Show your dedication to CCSI skills advancement
Sign the Creative Pact for Skills Manifesto
Envision a more inclusive, sustainable future where creativity flourishes, gender balance is a given, and every individual in the Creative and Cultural Sector Industries (CCSI) ecosystem has the opportunity to thrive.
Endorse the Creative Pact for Skills Manifesto now.