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Creative City Berlin is the central internet portal for the cultural sector and the creative industries in Berlin. It is both a presentation platform and a contact point – whether you are already based in Berlin or plan to be.
The site was initially set up by the Berlin Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs; the project is now also managed in co-operation with the Senate Department for Economy, Technology and Women’s Issues. The project is co-financed by the EFRE Fonds of the European Union. Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH operates the website.
Under the “Questions and Answers” heading on the left-hand side you will find a variety of information on the promotion of culture, financial support, creating a business, copyright law, finding a workshop, taxes and much more. Beneath each heading corresponding to a creative sector in the menu on the left-hand side you will find information on locations.
A complex database enables a comprehensive overview of the vast number of institutions, businesses, individuals and events. It also includes many links to further sources of information, so-called infolinks.
The portal’s was created secondly as a community platform. This means: artists, businesses and employees belonging to the creative industries as well as institutions now have the opportunity to create their own profile, by which they will also be able to be located within the database. Profile holders are able to get in contact with each other. Profiles for institutions or companies can be managed by an individual as long as he/she is authorised to do so by the institution.
All fields will be completed and updated. Thus, the information and content of www.creative-city-berlin.de grows thanks to the user.
No, membership is free.
We let our users decide which data they want to publish about themselves. For information on this topic, please read our Terms and Conditions as well as the Privacy Policy.
You will always be able to decide which information appears on the portal. For information on this topic, please read our Terms and Conditions as well as the Privacy Policy.
Left-hand side:
Questions and Answers
Through the menu on the left-hand side you will be able to access the “Questions and Answers” site. Here you will find a variety of information on the promotion of culture, financial support, establishing a business, copyright law, finding a workshop, taxes, a list of contacts and partners’ addresses and much more. This field is divided into four main sectors: “Questions on the promotion of culture”, “Questions on the Economy and Business”, “Question on Individual Creative Sectors” and “General Questions”.
Location information
On the left-hand side you see a menu listing eleven different creative sectors. After selecting a particular sector, you will find a variety of PDF brochures under the heading “Location Information” with specific and general information on creative industries in Berlin and its surroundings.
By selecting other headings you can see the organisation of our database for yourself. For example, if you click on the creative sector ‘Architecture’ and then on ‘work placements and further education’, you will generate a list of all institutions and services offering work placements or further education opportunities either in the field of architecture or specifically for architects.
Individuals, events, infolinks and institutions or businesses listed under the keyword
Search the database
With the quick search and advanced search options, which are both in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen, you have yet further opportunities to search the Creative-City-Berlin database. Whereas all records corresponding to the search term will be listed by using the “quick search” option, you will be able to obtain more specific results by using the “advanced search”.
To obtain a selection of data specific to your query you do not need to complete all search fields. However, by doing this, you can restrict your search as much as possible.
Creative sector: Choose the creative sector you wish to search through
Type: Depending on what you are looking for, e.g. institutions, individuals, infolinks etc.
Category: Depending on the field the company or individual is active in
Location: Depending on the location of the business or individual etc.
Further sub-categories: Depending on the search, more search options will appear.
Right-hand side:
Pin Symbol
Here, visitors of the website can temporarily save specific search results, news etc. in a separate field
Community Features
All functions associated with the Creative City Berlin community can be found on the right-hand side:
Become a member:
If you do not have an account on Creative City Berlin, you can become a member or create a profile for your business or institution.
Activities:
Here you can present new infolinks and institutions and suggest appointments as well as contact other members if you log in as a member.
My account:
Firstly, you can log in or register by clicking on “My Account”. As soon as you are logged in, you can edit your profile, read personal messages, edit your blog, add appointments, and edit your privacy settings and much more.
Top menu:
Individuals, institutions/companies, events, infolinks
By clicking on these buttons you can obtain a list of all individuals, institutions, businesses, appointments or infolinks filed in the database. Plus, you will receive an overview of your confirmed contacts, bookmarks, invitations from other users etc. once you log in.
Guided Tour, Help, Blog
The Guided Tour is a short video explaining the portal’s basic functions as well as its potential. By clicking on ‘blog’ you will be able to access the operator’s blog, which will keep you up-to-date on the portal’s current developments.
To register, please click on the “Register” icon on the right-hand side in the “My Account” section.
If your institution/business is already listed, then you will be ale to manage its profile. To do this you must first create an individual profile and then go to your institution/business’s profile as a logged in user. In the menu on the right-hand side under “Activities” you will see the heading “Is this your business?” After our team checks and confirms your data, you will be sent an e-mail informing you of your rights as a profile administrator and you will be able to manage your institution/business’s profile.
First you have to build an individual profile. If you are legitimated by the institution you want to build a profile for you log in and click the button “add an institutional / company profile” in the "My Profiles" menu on the right side. After a positive check by the Creative City Berlin team the profile will be visible for all vistors.
Firstly, you have the opportunity to contact us directly via the menu on the right-hand side. Under “Activities” you can propose new institutions, infolinks and events. In the “Community” field many tools are made available to users so that they can shape this field themselves. The member can inform the community of his own up-coming events, appointments and news. More features are being planned.
Please check out our Guided Tour Videos about that topic: http://www.creative-city-berlin.de/guided-tour/#screencast_events
The members have many ways of communicating with each other. However, communication is limited to e-mail contact and the communication of appointments and events. Over the course of the internet platform’s development, more functions will be enabled.
To delete your profile please write an E-Mail with the subject "delete profile" to ccb-contact@kulturprojekte-berlin.de
Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH is the operator of the portal in co-operation with the Senate Chancellery for cultural affairs and the Senate Department for Economy, Technology and Women’s issues.
Studio 38 pure communication GmbH is responsible for the development of the homepage.
