Aston University (UK) as coordinator is looking to involve a South Korean art/culture and creative ecosystem (comprising academic and non-academic partners) led by an academic institution for a pilot action in a proposal under this call:

• HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-05: Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation.

The proposal will aim to establish international cultural diplomacy relations for global resilience.

Partners sought:

The academic partner should have strong cultural heritage expertise (digital cultural heritage/use of AI would be added value) and extensive knowledge about the national/local cultural and creative ecosystem and policies/models supporting this ecosystem, particularly cultural, creative industries. Researchers should have established links with / ideally co-produced assets with:

• regional heritage organisation(s) such as museum(s), cultural centres (can eventually join as a beneficiary depending on the scope of the pilot action)
• creative industries/SMEs (equipped with digital/AI expertise) (can eventually join as a beneficiary depending on the scope of the pilot action)
• policy makers (can eventually join as a beneficiary depending on the scope of the pilot action)

If you are interested the UK-led consortium, please get in touch with anett.ruszanov@birmingham.gov.uk directly before 18/02.