The study will create a map of institutions and ongoing programmes/activities linking ICT and the arts in Europe and worldwide. It will analyse best practices to enhance interaction between artists and IT experts and to increase the impact of these interactions on innovation and creativity.

From this analysis, recommendations will be drawn for a DG Connect strategy to engage more broadly with the arts in H2020. The aim is to thereby contribute to enhancing creativity and innovation in society, technology, science, education, and business and to more gracefully, better embedding science and technology in society.

The following 4 objectives should be addressed:

(i) provide an overview of European and worldwide activities linking art and ICT in research, education, and innovation. The contractor will make results broadly available online in form of an interactive map of institutions and programmes;

(ii) take stock and analyse best practices in Europe and worldwide for linking art and ICT and thereby enhancing creativity and innovation. The contractor will provide a report on best practices;

(iii) a list of recommendations for a DG Connect strategy on how to best engage in H2020 with the arts will be presented and based on the analysis in (i) and (ii). The contractor will help create an active and sustainable online community linking art and ICT that will feed into such a strategy;

(iv) the contractor will organise a final 2-day symposium on 'ICT & art connect'. This event should bring together artists, technologists, scientists and representatives of relevant institutions and funding bodies identified in the study.