The transforming power of cultural and creative industries

On 4 June 2019, the Policy Learning Platform hosted a workshop on the transforming power of cultural and creative industries in Riga (Latvia). (Concept and moderation by Rene Tõnnisson and Luc Scherber, Thematic Experts in SME competitiveness.)

Local and regional policymakers from all across Europe came together to share their experiences and good practices on the development of creative and cultural industries (CCIs) in the framework of a thematic workshop focusing on:

• The competitiveness of the cultural and creative industries.
• The positive contribution of cultural and creative industries to improve the competitiveness of other sectors.

Find the highlights, the good practices and the policy recommendations that were shared and discussed during the workshop in this follow-up brief.

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Agenda and presentations 

• The workshop was opening with 
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  welcoming words and introduction
   to the Policy Learning Platform services by Erwin Siweris - Interreg Europe programme director.
• This was followed by an 
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  introduction to the Policy Learning Platform
   by Thorsten Kohlisch - Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform project manager.
• Rene Tõnnisson and Luc Schmerber continued with a 
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  thematic introduction and objectives of the day
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Throughout the workshop, several good practices were shared: 

• Presentation on a
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  Creative Industries Development in Latvia
  by Uldis Zariņš, State under Secretary, Head of Culture Policy Department of Latvian Ministry of Culture.
• Presentation by Christina Koch on the good practice
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  Creative Industries Strategy for Austria
  and how it leads to initiate policy changes within the RCIA regions (Action Plans under development) by RCIA.
• Presentation by Ákos Szépvölgyi on the
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  policies to be implemented in the framework of the regional Action Plans
  by CRE:HUB.
• Presentation by Piotr Swiatek on
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  policy changes in three to four regions
  by Design4Innovation

Discover the key-learnings in this follow-up brief.