Cultural and creative industries are recognised as smart, sustainable and inclusive growth drivers for Europe. Besides contributing to economic growth, they foster social cohesion, nurture innovations, and create jobs at the local and regional level, despite the challenges facing European economies following post-crisis restrictive public budgets. The non-technological innovations most effectively bridge the social and economic development priorities.Yet, business and arts education and training do not adequately reflect this trend, especially in the Southern and Eastern European countries. The necessary sector-specific skills of the CCIs refer to management of knowledge and creativity and change quickly. FENICE project is built on the rationale that for CCIs to sustain their social impact, they need interdisciplinary and relevant vocational education that builds on subjects from business, management, entrepreneurship, IT, media and others, in addition to culture and the arts.This project is a partnership initiative involving four Higher Education Institutions with different profiles and one universities’ network. FENICE has the overall objective to promote cooperation, innovation and exchange of good practices among stakeholder organisations from 5 Programme countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Portugal and Serbia) in enhancing the quality and relevance of business education for the CCIs, fostering their innovative potential and social impact.The specific objectives of the project are:- to support research and best practices exchange in the field of management and entrepreneurship for the CCIs in adapting education to creative economy’s skills needs, innovation and sustainability value- to initiate cross-fertilisation between business/economics, arts, heritage, IT and media studies to develop innovative syllabuses that fully integrates the subjects of innovation and change management, cross-sectoral collaboration, cultural co-creation, creative technologies and cultural entrepreneurship in the teaching/training materials- to develop a model for HEI-business partnership to promote incubation, start-ups and entrepreneurship in CCIs, including career counselling/professional pathways for traditional and non-traditional students- to contribute to the establishment of functional creative partnerships between HEIs, business and public authorities to sustain the innovation and spillover effects of the creative economy- to maximise the impact of the integrated innovative syllabuses by demonstration initiatives, pilot trainings and the development of a pilot e-learning platform for training in management and entrepreneurship for the CCIsThe main target group is faculty and students in the fields of CCIs, arts, media, tourism, management and entrepreneurship. A secondary target group are independent researchers, artists, entrepreneurs and managers in CCIs who will be able to enhance their knowledge, skills and competences regarding the management of CCIs through the e-learning platform with online courses and the database of case studies.The activities of the project include the development of intellectual outputs, transnational project meetings, sustainability activities, dissemination activities, an international study program, and evaluation activities. The main project outputs and results are:- Database of good practices and Roadmap for entrepreneurship and innovation in the CCIs- Course syllabuses “Management and Entrepreneurship in CCIs”- Teaching/training materials for courses “Management and Entrepreneurship in CCIs”- E-learning platform with online courses for training in management and entrepreneurship in CCIs regarding non-technological innovations- Model for HEI-business partnership to promote incubation, start-ups and entrepreneurship in CCIs, including career counselling/professional pathways for traditional and non-traditional students- 5 national-level Creative Partnerships Conferences in the 5 project countries- an International Intensive Study Program and national pilot training sessions- 5 focus groups with academia, cultural entrepreneurs, SMEs in CCIs, NGOs and a representative of local public authorities in in every project country- a peer coaching for start-up ideas in CCIsThe project’s intended longer-term impact is:- to reconfirm the credibility of the CCIs as innovative, inclusive and sustainable sectors- to contribute to the development of interdisciplinary education programs that respond to the current and prospective skills’ needs of the CCIs and increase the positive spillover effect on the other industries and society- to contribute to the establishment of university-driven creative partnerships involving business and public authorities the support the CCIs within the communities and regions- to facilitate knowledge and capacity transfer in managing the CCIs between the European education institutions and regions