Creative industries are a key sector of the economy and play an important role in social and economy
development of city and territorial development.
Creative Industries Agency activities:
• Shaping innovation strategies of territorial development via culture and creativity;
• Adopting new approaches to the economy of culture – social entrepreneurship in the field of culture, private public partnership and endowment;
• Developing investment programs in the field of creative entrepreneurship and creative cluster development;
• Promoting projects in creative economy sectors and cultural entrepreneurship; implementation of pilot projects in selected regions;
• Researching, monitoring and analysis of the situation within the creative industries and their influence on the economy and the city environment;
• Sharing experiences in creative industries best practice at an international level and promoting the Russian experience in creative industries development;
• Organizing and delivering various educational programmes; developing new
academic disciplines in the field of new humanities for the syllabus of Russian
higher education institutions;
• Supporting freedom of creativity and unlocking the creative potential of our citizens as the main engine of the creative economy; facilitating networks among creative professionals.
Agency
projects in 2009:
• Annual summer school «Creative industries» for students from Russian regional
universities;
•
A series of public lectures «The creative economy and territorial
development» with the
participation of leading foreign experts;
• New educational programme «Creative industries» in the Moscow School of Social and Economic
Science;
• A series of interactive exhibitions and seminars «The creative setting
of a city» in
Russian regions;
• Publication of the book «Creative industries: theories and practices».
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