✨ Creative FLIP Final Conference on 9 June 2026!
Creative FLIP is happy to announce its Final Conference on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 at La Tricoterie, Brussels!
This full-day event will offer a unique platform for collaboration and dialogue, bringing together stakeholders from across the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries to present and discuss the project’s main outcomes.
📅 9 June 2026
📍 @latricoterie , Brussels
Mark your calendars! Further information will follow soon!
📜 Many artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors face precarious working conditions and struggle to make a living. Despite recommendations for fairer working conditions from the OMC and a call from the European Parliament for an EU Directive, concrete steps have yet to be taken at the European level. ⎯⎯
“Towards the Culture Compass: A Sector Blueprint” was developed collectively by over 30 European cultural networks as a complementary vision for cultural policy ahead of the publication of the European Commission’s #CultureCompass.
In the Sector Blueprint’s chapter, Working Conditions, a proposal for a Charter on Working Conditions is presented as a first step towards an EU Directive. The Charter would provide definitions for artists and workers in the CCS, outline best practices, and propose actions in accordance with Fair Pay, Fair Share, Fair System principles. The creation and implementation of the charter would be supported through a stakeholder consultation process, including through the creation of an Expert Working Group.
🧭 ...and what does the Commission’s Culture Compass for Europe propose?
‣ An EU Artists Charter outlining principles, guidance, and commitments for fair working conditions in the CCS, particularly for recipients of EU funding for culture.
‣ A high-level exchange to support the design of the EU Artists Charter.
‣ An EU structured dialogue with cultural and creative stakeholders.
Find the full policy brief and how it compares with the Culture Compass in our bio 👉
#AskPayTrust
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Audio clip features Joost Heinsius, @creativeflip.eu
Music credit: Ketsa – No Limits | Free Music Archive, License: CC BY
📢 We are happy to share more info on the agenda of our Final Conference - in particular, our Learning Labs! These parallel sessions will give the participants the oppportunity to experiece the project's hands-on programme on sustainable fashion 🌿
💫 Flipping fantastic patched by @creativesparkdundalk
This hands‑on workshop invites participants to creatively explore repair and personalisation through fabric. Using screen printing, embroidery and fabric markers, participants will create a personalised fabric patch featuring the FLIP logo, which can later be used to mend clothes or customise an accessory.
Facilitation: Gráinne Murphy and Oscar Díaz, Creative Spark, (Dundalk, Ireland)
💫 Upcycling & Natural Dyeing by @studio_wouw
In this hands‑on workshop, participants explore circular textile practices through natural dyeing and upcycling. Blending traditional techniques with contemporary experimentation, the workshop offers practical skills and insights into sustainable, circular textile chains.
Facilitation: Kasper Kerkhoffs and Jolinde Deprez, Studio WOUW (Ghent, Belgium)
The workshop is part of the Creative FLIP Final Conference
🗓 9 June 2026
📌 La Tricoterie, Brussels
Want to take part? Registration is now open - link in bio💚
Photo credits: Creative Spark CNC; Karel Saelaert
#casestudy 🌱 Can hemp waste replace leather?
🔹This week we meet Revoltech, a German startup transforming agricultural waste into fully bio-based, biodegradable leather alternatives made from hemp and algae.
🔹By eliminating synthetic plastics and designing materials for circularity from the start, Revoltech is rethinking how fashion, automotive, and design industries approach sustainability. Their hemp-based material LOVR™ is already being tested in products ranging from watch straps to future car interiors.
🔹The project proves that waste materials, smart design, and long-term innovation can help build a more circular future for fashion and manufacturing.
🔗 Discover more on Creatives Unite. Link in bio!
➡️ The Case Studies were created under Creative FLIP
Images: Courtesy of Revoltech
📢 Registration to Creative FLIP's final conference is now open!
💫 Join us at @latricoterie in Brussels on 9 June at an event that will bring together policymakers and stakeholders from across the Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) to reflect, connect, and look ahead.
You can register and view the programme form the link in our bio 🔗
Stay tuned as we share more info about the speakers and topics presented! We look forward to seeing you there 💚
🎤 Announcing the first speakers of our Final Conference
Why does human creativity matter (socially, culturally and democratically) and how can communities, policies and ecosystems better support it in disruptive times?
In a time shaped by continuous technological, social, ecological, and political change, the value of human creativity is both increasingly visible and increasingly contested. It shapes democratic participation, cultural diversity, social cohesion and our ability to imagine fairer futures.
💫 We are thrilled to announce the first speakers joining our panel on “The Value of Human Creativity in Disruptive Times”:
✨ Daryna Zhyvohliadova, PhD (Cultural Relations Researcher, Cultural Heritage Advisor, Project Coordinator at KU Leuven, Ukraine/Belgium)
✨ Nina George (President of Honour & Political Commissioner for the European Writers' Council (EWC), Multi-awarded novelist, Journalist, Moderator)
✨ Justin O'Connor (Author of “Culture is not an Industry”, Professor of Creative Economy at Adelaide University, Australia)
Moderation: Elena Polivtseva (Independent Researcher, Co-founder of Culture Policy Room)
The panel is part of the Creative FLIP Final Conference
📅 9 June 2026
📌 La Tricoterie, Brussels
Public registration opens very soon! Stay tuned and join the conversation shaping resilient creative futures. 💚
#casestudy Rebuilding War-Torn Ukraine with Renewable, Community-Led Materials
🔹 In the breadbasket of southern Ukraine, a transdisciplinary team is reimagining reconstruction, using straw, hemp, wool, and mycelium.
🔹 They're not only rebuilding houses but also communities, traditions, and most importantly, the sense of home in the war-devastated country.
🔗 Read the full story on Creatives Unite. Link in bio!
➡️ The Case Studies were created under Creative FLIP
Image credits: Courtesy of HOPE HOME
💫 Resilient Creative Futures are built together!
Over the past years, Creative FLIP has explored how resilience in the CCS can be strengthened across levels: individual, organisational, sectoral and ecosystemic. 💚
📣 We are excited to give a first peek into our final conference programme over on our website!
The event will take place at @latricoterie in Brussels on 9 June and bring together different insights, highlighting the importance of shared knowledge, fairer approaches to finances and working conditions, continuous learning opportunities and policies grounded in the realities of creative work. 🎨
Registration to the public will open soon! Stay tuned!
#casestudy 🌱 Can art bring abandoned spaces back to life?
🔹In Zagreb, KONTEJNER (@kontejner_org ) transformed part of the former Vjesnik industrial complex into a vibrant hub for bio-art, ecological experimentation, and community learning. Through exhibitions, workshops, and sensory mapping activities, the organisation reconnected people with a forgotten urban space.
🔗 Read the full story on Creatives Unite. Link in bio!
➡️ The Case Studies were created under @creativeflip.eu .
Images: 1)Agnes Meyer-Bradis workshop at KONTEJNER, 2023, photo Sanja Bistričić Srića, 2) 02 masharu workshop at KONTEJNER, 2025, photo Sanja Bistričić Srića, 3) Bio-sonic installation and performance “cellF” by Guy Ben-Ary, Nathan Thompson, Darren Moore, Andrew Fitch and Stuart Hodgetts at KONTEJNER, 2025, photo Ivan Buvinić
📢 Out now: Equipping creators and creative professionals for the AI era.
With the series of Creative FLIP (CULTURE) POLICY ORIENTATIONS, we explore some of the main challenges in the European Union with the objective to better integrate culture (policy) in transformation areas.
💡 In the most recent Orientation Policy paper, our topic expert Sylvia Amann focuses on the role of transformational (cultural) policy making – in particular related to (new) skills and future jobs in the era of AI.
👉 Read the paper: link in bio
@goetheinstitut_belgien@creativesunite_eu
#casestudy 🤖 Can AI support sustainable making?
🔹In “AI for Upcycled Futures”, a collaboration between @ruralhackers and Atelier Luu, artists explored how AI can act as a creative partner rather than a threat. By digitally pre-visualising designs on garments before production, they reduced waste and enabled a “concept-to-order” model, producing pieces only once sold.
🔹The result? A new methodology that blends technology, sustainability, and craftsmanship, proving that when artists stay in control, AI can become a powerful tool for ecological and creative innovation.
🔗 Read the full story on Creatives Unite. Link in bio!
➡️ The Case Studies were created under Creative FLIP.
Images: Courtesy of Rural Hackers / Atelier Luu
#casestudy 🎬 How can a small animation studio turn local stories into a global success through IP?
🔹Cartoon Saloon (@cartoonsaloon ) grew from a student film project into a globally acclaimed animation studio by building its model around owning and managing intellectual property.
🔹Through a strategic mix of copyright, trademarks, and selective licensing, Cartoon Saloon demonstrates how IP can go beyond protection, becoming a powerful tool for sustainable growth, audience engagement, and long-term creative independence.
🔗Read the full story on Creatives Unite. Link in bio!
➡️ The Case Studies were created under Creative FLIP. Authors: Intellectual Property Institute Luxembourg
📸 Images: Courtesy of Cartoon Saloon
