CCC aims to build and implement an integrated evidence-based strategy for cities to strengthen their innovative capacity by means of a methodology of joint development and pilot testing of new tools and instruments in the fields of skills development, business cooperation and the development of urban creative clusters. CCC focuses on the catalyst role of creative industries in building and strengthening the innovative capacity of these urban economies, using a transnational triple helix of government, education and business. Outcomes include new and tested transferable instruments for skills development for entrepreneurs and methods for increased linkages within and beyond the creative sector as well as master classes, a network for NSR business cooperation and an extended information platform. Urban showcases will demonstrate instruments on how to establish creative clusters.