Out of the crisis: the role of creative industries

Johanna van Antwerpen 23-01-2014 Thessaloniki

Summary

1. The role of creative industries in Europe2. ECIA: the European Creative Industries Alliance3. How to grow: use good practices

Creative industries in Europe

• Key accelerator for economic growth and innovation -> Europe 2020 Strategy

• A sector of around 6.7 million jobs and ± 3% of EU’s GDP, 3.8% of EU workforce

• A fast growing sector

European Creative Industries Alliance (ECIA)

ECIAP

What is ECIA

• Open platform with policymakers and business support organizations (28

partners, 12 countries)

• Aim: increasing role creative industries as a driver of the European

economy

• Via policy learning based on practice

• Runs from 1-1-2012 till 1-1-2015

Tasks of ECIA• Prepare policy recommendations with concrete masterplans to better support creative industries

• Important themes:

• Access to finance

• Cluster excellence

• Spillover effects (a.o. by voucher schemes)

• Demand driven innovation

• Internationalization

• And of course…. Entrepreneurship!

• Analyze practices and benchmark

How to grow

• For innovation you need a crisis

• Incubator policy: breeding places

• Better access to finance

• Stimulating spillovers

• New markets: internationalization

Overview ‘broedplaatsen’ Amsterdam city center

Success stories NDSM wharf

Shell lab: breeding place for media companies

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We need creative entrepreneursand a facilitating government

www.eciaplatform.eu