Creative Knowledge Communities (CK Communities) don’t sustain themselves — they need institutions that believe in them.

CK Communities are the living heritage ecosystems at the heart of CK Foundation’s work: the territories, traditions, and groups of practitioners whose knowledge is worth preserving, transmitting, and making economically viable. Governments, ministries, academic institutions, UNESCO Creative Cities, foundations, and NGOs are the partners who make that possible on a scale.

A partnership with CK Foundation is built on complementarity: you bring institutional authority, local knowledge, and community access; we bring a proven methodologies, a scalable digital framework, and an international network.

Knowledge Seekers are individuals that help living Knowledge Keepers to document and transmit their knowledge to future generations. They expand appreciation of the Knowledge Keepers’ contribution to community resilience by collecting KK’s stories, practices, traditions and make them available online through the Creative Knowledge Platform.

Knowledge Keepers are the living guardians of the Creative Knowledge systems that preserve and maintain unique and diverse practices for a more sustainable and resilient world.
They include farmers, ranchers, gatherers, makers and artisans that are deeply connected to their territory.