The objective of the project trans-making is to strengthen research capacities, through exchange of knowledge, expertise, skills and experiences between academic and non-academic partners from Europe and Third Countries in a shared research programme focusing on: Collecting, Documenting / Exploring, Experimenting / Performing / Designing. Through these dimensions, trans-making aims at fostering the links between art and culture, economy and democracy, at EU level and beyond. Trans-making’s result will be a network of research and innovation staff active in the fields of #placemaking / #placebased art activities as a space to create alternative narratives for social, economic and democratic renewal.