COLIN (Creative Organisations Linked In Networks) was established in September 2006. Being able to work interdisciplinary and linking culture and economy, COLIN operates at the crossroads of education, government and entrepreneurs, and is financed via these three parties. COLIN connects, establishes encounters, boosts processes and makes illogical connections logical. By means of creative methods COLIN aims to inform, inspire and connect creative businesses with one another and with other economic sectors. By doing so, COLIN stimulates the further development of the creative industries and the creative economy in Noord-Brabant. Since COLIN is initiated and facilitated by NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences its base is education and (practically oriented) research focused on leisure, creative industries and imagineering. Students and professionals work together to fulfil COLIN’s aims..