Support

Is your idea suitable for an ESF+ project? Are you looking for tips on how to clarify your idea or turn it into a project? Do you need help in structuring your application?
Creative Net encourages actors in the creative industries to develop project ideas and apply for ESF+ funding. We provide sparring for turning ideas into projects and those interested in ESF+ funding.
Our approach is based on the project criteria of the national Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme. We also provide assistance with regional ESF+ applications for the creative industries.
Sparring and workshops
Creative Net sparring and workshops offer perspectives on the ESF+ projects, as well as tips for clarifying and co-developing project ideas. Our sparring sessions focus on specific ideas, while our workshops develop ideas together with others.
We organise open sparring sessions and workshops at various creative industry events. The sparring sessions are held mostly in Finnish, but you can also present your own idea in English.
You can also request project-specific sparring, which we provide free of charge: [email protected]

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Support materials
Do you need support in brainstorming ideas for a project proposal? Are you looking for help with project planning and meeting funding requirements? The Creative Net team offers support materials for different stages of planning.
The materials are particularly useful for those interested in ESF+ funding, but they are also suitable for other project design purposes.

Ask the funding authority
The ELY Centre for Häme serves as the funding authority for the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise theme (ESF+).
Contact information
Minna Taipale, Financing Specialist, ELY Centre for Häme minna.taipale(at)ely-keskus.fi, +358 (0)295 025 106
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