Programmes supporting digital creativity and competencies: digital culture grant scheme, immerse\interact, digital heritage x public and literature on the screen

The netherlands is one of the five most innovative economies in the european union, https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/42981 since 2002, the netherlands has been focusing on reinforcing the social and economic utility of art and design disciplines including architecture, design (including fashion) and new media in the netherlands and internationally. the aim is to improve quality and access to the various disciplines at both the sectoral (creative industries) and the individual level (talent development). in the netherlands, the creative industry is one of the ten top sectors. ‘top sectors’ policy was rolled out nationwide in 2011. as part of the cultural policy, the stimuleringsfonds voor creatieve industry (creative industries fund nl) and the nieuwe instituut (part of the basic cultural infrastructure) are ensuring that the cultural sector is integrated into the top sectors policy. in this section, you will find information on the measures by the stimuleringsfonds creatieve industrie (creative industries fund) that support digital creativity and competencies. 1. with the digital culture grand scheme, the creative industry fund supports artistic projects in the field of digital culture. in addition, the fund organises meetings devoted to current topics that are relevant in this field. 2. the immerse\interact programme stimulates projects within the interdisciplinary media landscape. started in 2019, this programme is a collaborative project of the stimuleringsfonds voor creative industrie and the nl filmfonds (netherlands film fund). artistic research and experimentation in the field of digital storytelling and the use of interactive or immersive media are central to this. 3. the stimuleringsfonds voor creatieve industrie invests in new stories created by consortia with makers from the creative industry. designers, makers and heritage institutions can jointly submit projects that bring digital heritage to the attention of a (wide) public by means of new applications. 4. “literature on the screen” is a programme in which authors, together with interaction designers, game makers or digital media makers, develop literary productions aimed at the digital domain. with “literature on the screen”, the nederlandse letterenfonds (dutch foundation for literature) and the stimuleringsfonds voor creatieve industrie want to strengthen talent development, cooperation and knowledge exchange between different disciplines.