EfVET is happy to announce that Creative Skills Week 2026 (CSW2026) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, from 7-11 September 2026.
As supporters of CSW2026, we are bringing together Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI), policymakers, educators, and industry leaders in Brussels at a time when democracy, technological sovereignty, and social cohesion are under pressure to ask: how can we harness and target the transformative power of creative skills for wider societal challenges?
Europe’s future depends on creative skills – the capacity to imagine alternatives, experiment with new solutions, and respond to uncertainty.
By embedding creative skills into professional development strategies, we can ensure that organisations have the confidence to tackle challenges, experiment, and thrive in an era of rapid change.
While these skills are deeply rooted in cultural practice, their relevance extends far beyond the CCSI.
Through high-level debates, case studies, and cross-sector showcases, CSW2026 demonstrates how creative skills operate in practice and why they represent a different perspective, one that reframes challenges, connects ecosystems, and shapes Europe’s capacity to act.
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Creative Skills Week 2026 is co-organised by EIT Culture and Creativity, CYANOTYPES and Creative Futures Academy, in collaboration with the Creative Pact for Skills, CREDEX and the GreenCCIrcle project.
The event is kindly co-hosted by ICHEC Brussels Management School and LUCA School of Arts, and is curated by ELIA.