CREATIVE METROPOLES
Newsletter #2

European cities see supporting creative industries (CI) as encompassing economic, social as well as spatial dimensions, however the economic aspirations tend to dominate. 11 European metropoles see the opportunities of enhancing business capacity, supporting development of urban space and creative city districts, support of events to enliven the cultural or creative scene of the city, providing multifunctional spaces for artists as main tasks for policy makers. These key policy areas can be drawn from the research carried out as one of the central activities for the EU funded project CREATIVE METROPOLES: Public Policies and Instruments in Support of Creative Industries.

Research on creative industries

A comparative analysis of the urban policies needed to strengthen the development of the creative economy has been undertaken during the year 2009 in the 11 cities involved in the project. The results of the research will form a basis for partner-to-partner study visits to be carried out in 2010 by the cities involved in the project. The research report will also be publically available and distributed to policy makers and other stakeholders to help developing CI strategies in the cities.

The Research Report is being finalised and it will be available publically from the beginning of the year 2010 as a download Pdf file from the CREATIVE METROPOLES website.

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Research topics and team
Main conclusions from the research

Stockholm experience exchange event

To present the results of CREATIVE METROPOLES research and bring togehter representatives from local governments, creative companies, academic field and other stakeholders, the second experience exchange event will be held on 18 and 19 March in Stockholm. This event will be devoted to the topics of Enhancing business capacity and internationalization of creative industries and Developing urban space and creative city districts. Three other themes of the project were already presented and discussed at the first CREATIVE METROPOLES experience exchange event that took place in Warsaw, October 2009.

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Stockholm event
Highlights from the Warsaw event
Presentations of the participants at Warsaw event
Warsaw event in Photos

Season's Greetings

CREATIVE METROPOLES team is wishing you Merry Christmas and looking forward to a very creative and fruitful year with experience exchange events, partner-to-partner study visits, networking meetings for creative entrepreneurs and many other activities to be held in all 11 metropoles involved in the project.