How can CCI innovation ecosystems be fostered in non urban areas This is the focus of IN SITU Webinar 2 on Monday October 30 2023 14h30 16h30 CET Hosted by Carolina Castaldi Utrecht University IN SITU Consortium partner the webinar will include presentations and discussions of insights arising from the projects RURITAGE Heritage for Rural Regeneration FLIARA Female Led Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas IN SITU Place based Innovation of Cultural and Creative Industries in Non urban Areas research conducted in the United States by Tim Wojan National Science Foundation and lessons from the EMES Network on fostering social innovation and social enterprise

Over the next four months the IN SITU project will present three webinars to address key themes that support the work of cultural and creative ecosystems in European non urban areas Together with cultural and creative organisations and initiatives EU research projects as well as IN SITU partners and advisors to learn from their insight and experiences to discuss common challenges

IN SITU has delivered its latest research a report presenting 12 creative place responsive case studies that become part of the IN SITU project Identified by the IN SITU Labs through a multi stage participatory process the case studies are located in six non urban regions in Azores Portugal Ireland Iceland Finland Latvia and Croatia two case studies in each IN SITU Lab location

A total of twelve case studies will be involved in a participatory monitoring process as well as training and mentoring programme with the objective of studying creative responses to key local issues and the generated transformative effects at local level as well as strengthening internal capacity

From May 31 to June 1 2023 the IN SITU Consortium of partners came together in Rauma Finland This in presence working meeting themed Mapping and Diagnoses was hosted by the University of Turku team of researchers