The concept
The aim of the b.creative challenge is to foster new ideas in an international endeavour to better handle issues like: growing poverty rates, social cohesion, access to education and digital literacy, mental and physical wellbeing, transport and people’s mobility, new food and sustainable agriculture, climate change and environmental protection.
The competition focuses on interdisciplinary and international collaborations between professionals in creative fields like: visual arts, advertising, architecture, crafts, design, fashion, film and video, gastronomy, publishing, radio and television, computer games, performing arts, with the aim to explore the potential of arts and creative entrepreneurship in fostering social and economic innovation.
Application requirements

Text document
- Project’s name
- A description of the idea
- The rationale behind the idea
- Cross-sectorial aspects
- Target audiences
- Key activities
- Key resources / partners
- A financial plan

Video and Photo
- A video not longer than 2:30 minutes of a max. size of 500 Mb which should visually describe the project’s idea
- A ‘cover’ photo which best describes your project

Team Members' Biographies
- A short member’s background description
- Member’s profession and current activity / organisation
- Member’s email address
- The country where the person is based
Award

Timeline
Deadline
- Closing of the application process
Preselection
- 10 competing projects will be shortlisted
Winner
- Announcement of the winning application
Presentation
- Presentation of the winning project at b.creative 2017
Jury
Rules and regulations
- Artists and creative entrepreneurs from all over the world, under 40 and from the specified fields are allowed to participate
- The official language of the competition is English. All applications must be submitted in English
- Contacting any member of the jury is prohibited
- KEA, the organiser of the competition, has the right to modify the timeline
- Project ideas can be maximum 5 years older and they must have never been shown before in similar competitions
- Applications which do not contain all required documents and media files and do not respect the structure will be disqualified
- Participation implies acceptance of the rules and regulations