Leading partner institution: Utrecht School of the Arts, Netherlands
Chair: Thera Jonker

• maps existing and builds new creative partnerships between arts institutions and the creative industry/cultural sector (enterprises, communities, semi-governmental bodies).
• identifies, documents and supports the exchange of ‘effective practices’ of innovative educational projects and programmes, involving artists in the creative industry/cultural sector with an impact on local communities.
  Subsequently, Creative Partnerships develops categories and criteria for evaluation of such projects, approaching evaluation as a tool to make ‘reflective practice of creative work explicit and conscious’.
• supports the development of sub-networks and working conferences bringing together partnerships between art schools and creative projects and supports strand 2 developing the concept for a ‘teachers’ academy’ in 2009.

You can visit the Creative Partnerships online resources at creativepartnerships.ning.com