Göteborg Artist Center

GAC, a co-operative based in Gothenburg, Sweden, aims to help and to support artists and freelancers. For its members, GAC provides billing and administration services, rehearsal rooms and coaching, among others. GAC also co-operates with universities as well as several regional and national development projects.

Creative Community Builders

CCB, led by Tom Borrup, is a team of consultants, researchers and planners dedicated to helping communities. CCB works with towns, cities and regional organizations across US and builds "strategies and plans that lead to vibrant and prosperous futures".

Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy

Tom Fleming, an international consultant and thinker on the creative economy, is a leading strategist for maximizing the role of creativity in city and regional competitiveness. He specialises in establishing the distinctive conditions for creativity to thrive – such as through clusters, cultural planning, new types of cultural infrastructure, cultural tourism, and approaches that connect creativity to innovation.

Centre for Tourism, Innovation and Culture, University of Southern Denmark

Associate professor Klaus Lindegaard from Centre for Tourism, Innovation and Culture at University of Southern Denmark is specialized in developing rural areas and local communities. His concept of interaction between universities and local resources for participatory design and innovation supports the activation of local resources and mobilization of local actors across cultural and business life.