The economies generated within the creative and cultural sectors
are playing an increasing role in international competition between territories. Collaborations and synergies between territories can create the
right conditions for the overall growth of cultural economies and make
the them more attractive and better performing. Building collaborative
cultural policies is challenging due to the parties’ differing attitudes,
priorities, and resources. In this contribution, we have focused on the
funds made available by the Framework Program of the European Commission dedicated to developing cultural and creative sectors. The analysis highlights the characteristics of a network of collaborations between
partners of different cities. Our results show non-trivial features linked
to the cultural-creative dimensions of cities. Findings unveil complex
cultural-creative collaboration dynamics. Results show that effective
collaborative policies require carefully balancing diverse attitudes.
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