ecia - presentation by johanna van antwerpen, aim/coordinator eciap (thessaloniki 23 january 2014)
TRANSCRIPT
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
12
We need creative entrepreneursand a facilitating government
www.eciaplatform.eu