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Accommodating Creative Knowledge –
Competitiveness of the European Metropolitan
Regions within the Enlarged Union
Rationale
European cities want to be competitive. In the last years it became more and more
evident that along with the traditional ‘hard’ location factors (such as avai-lability
of capital or labour, infrastructure, tax regimes and other institutional context),
new ‘soft’ location factors that are mainly related to attracting the required ‘talent
pool’ would deserve increasing attention. ACRE aims to assess the impact of the
emerging ‘creative class’ and the rise of the ‘creative industries’
ACRE is funded by the Sixth Research Framework Programme of the EU.
Prof. Dr. Musterd chairs the consortium of 13 research institutions in Western and Eastern Europe (see
map). The Amsterdam region is analysed as local case study in the Netherlands. ‘Local partnerships’ in each
region, which include both policy-makers and members of the related business community and constitute a
European Council of policy makers and creative and knowledge experts, support this study.
Research Question
What are the conditions for creating or stimulating ‘creative
knowledge regions’ in the context of the extended European
Union? More particularly, what is the role of so-called ‘soft’ factors
in creating and stimulating ‘creative knowledge regions’?
Schedule and work packages (10.2006-09.2010)
I. Analysis of paths of creative knowledge regions and the policies applied
II. Survey of creative and knowledge workers in Amsterdam and other partner cities
III. Policy recommendations for local governments and the EU
First Result
Musterd, S., M. Bontje, C. Chapain, Z. Kovacs & Alan Murie (2007).
Accommodating creative knowledge. A literature review from a
European perspective. ACRE report 1. Amsterdam: AMIDSt, 42pp.
Contact
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/acre/index.html
Prof. Dr. Sako Musterd ([email protected])
Dr. Marco Bontje ([email protected])
Dr. Heike Pethe ([email protected])
Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM