BEN Creative Industries

1. BEN Creative Industries Šarūnas Radvilavičius Petrozavodsk, 2008.12.12 Katja Keinänen

2. Definition of Creative Industries (CI) Creative industries are “those industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property”.* The creative industries include: literature and print media visual and performing arts music composition and publishing new media such as animation, games and internet content design broadcasting electronic media and film heritage activities. * UK Government Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) 2001, p.1.

3. Background / Problems • New concept of creative industries (CI), possibilities to utilize in the development of knowledge society and economic development in border regions • Specific problems & unique possibilities of border regions; need to develop new solutions in order to support the economic deveopment of the regions • How to develop innovative solutions within creative industries that could be utilized in the development of cross-border tourism? • How to utilize the cultural differencies of cross-border areas? • Business possibilities of creative people/”artists”? • Creative industries as a cluster – how to link creative industries into other expertice/knowledge clutsers?

4. Objectives Overall objective: Increase capacity of cross-border regions in development of creative industries for social-economic growth of their territories, especially focusing to possibilities to enhance the groth of tourism industry. To enhance cross-border cooperation in participating regions To promote the development of tourism industry and increase of attractiveness of the region by developing new products/services based to the creative industries To establish new facilities for supporting innovativeness and business skills of the artists/creative people To develop new strategies for local, regional and national authorities for supporting creative industries; To facilitate dialogue between regional/local authorities, business, artists community and academica in the border regions.

5. Target groups • Regional and local authorities of border regions in the BSR; • Euroregions and other CBC structurs; • Business community in border regions; • Artists community in border regions; • Academic and research institutions.

6. Project structure WP 1 Project Management WP 2 Communication & Dissemination WP3 Research & Studies WP4 Training Activities WP 6 Regional Cross-border pilots WP 5Institution Building Activities

7. WP 1 Project Management WP1 Leader: Lappeenranta Innovation Project Management Group Meetings bi-annually Financial procedures Procedures for project reporting Communication with project financers Utilization of Severa PSA project management system De-centralized financial management Results: - Effective and transpearent management & coordination of the project

8. WP 2 Communication & Dissemination WP 2 leader: Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation Dissemination activities Web-sites development Project newsletters & brochures Exchange of best practices Seminars for the project partners Collection and dissemination of information policies and strategies in Creative Industries activities of partner regions Networking with other projects and relevant cooperation organisations Results: - Web-site; - newsletters; - materials of the seminars; - studies

9. WP 3 Research & Development Studies • WP 3 Leader: Copenhagen Business School • Comparative studies of the creative industries in the Baltic Stea Region • Research of the economic potential of the creative industries in the cross-border regions • Research work based to the pilot activities Results: - x number studies;

10. WP 4 Training activities • WP 5 Leader: Humak University of Applied Science • Training of different target groups of the project • Creative enterprises & artists • Tourism organisations • Local/regional authorities Results: - training moduls; - x persons trained; - x training sessions arranged in selected regions and for all partners.

11. WP 5 Institution building • WP 6 Leader: ?? • Developing advisory capacity for long term support in border areas – how to serve business needs and local development; • Setting up innovation centers in the border regions with advisory capacity; • Establishing nettworks/associations of creative industries in the region; • Defining non-bureaucratic models for creative industries Results: - X number of new institutions established (clusters, CI centers, CI councils etc.)

12. WP 6 Regional Cross-border Pilots • WP 7 Leader: Lappeenranta Innovation • Establishment of 1-3 innovation centres of cross-border creative industries (every center having own focus area) • Selection of enterprises/artists and reserches to take part in piloting activities • Testing and development of tools created in the framework of the project

13. Project Partnership • Lappeenranta Innovation (FIN) – Lead Partner (FI); • Peipsi CTC (EE) • Tchudskoj project (RUS) • Humak University of Applied Art (FIN) • Center for Tourism and Culture Management of the Copenhagen School of Economics (DK) • Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science (RUS) • Vyborg municipality (RUS) • Siauliai County Governors Administration (LT) • Zemgale Planning Region (LV) • International Secretariat of Euroregion Baltic (PL) • Latvian office of Euroregion “Country of Lakes” (LV) • Murmans City Youth Council (RUS) • Finmark County (NO) • Glubokoje District (BY) • Secretariat of Euroregion “Belovezhskaia Pushtcha” (BY) • Nordic Council of Ministers (DK) • Secretariat of CBSS (SE) • Kaliningrad regional non-governmental organisation Agency for support of cultural initiatives “Tranzit” (RUS) • NGO Arhipelaag (EE) • Center of cultural initiatives of the Republic of Karelia (RUS)