News

7 April 2013

Programme Refresh for Americas

David Codling looks forward to a refreshed creative economy programme in the Americas, following a productive strategic meeting in Medellin.

3 April 2013

ACIIS: African Creative Industries Event

African Creative Industries Investment Summit (ACIIS) to focus on 'Business Models and Investments in Africa's Creative Industries'. 10th April at the Africa Centre, London.

22 March 2013

Creative Industries Development in Macedonia

Agreement signed between Ministry of Culture and British Council in Macedonia to develop creative industries in Macedonia.

17 March 2013

Mapping workshop in Cuba

Laura Pérez reports on a recent mapping workshop, facilitated by Richard Naylor (BOP Consulting), which attracted participants from across Cuba's creative industries.

7 March 2013

Medellin Meeting: CE Programme in the Americas

Creative Economy experts from the UK and Americas are meeting in Medellin to share ideas and map approaches for the future development of the British Council's Creative Economy programme in the region.

24 February 2013

UK-Indonesia: Stepping in the Right Direction

The first meeting of the Joint Working Group for Creative Industries development between UK and Indonesia took place last week, building on the MoU between the two countries signed in November 2012.

19 February 2013

Tender for New CE Publication: Hubs

The Creative Economy team are inviting responses to a brief for a new British Council publication on the theme of 'hubs'. Deadline for response 27th February.

4 February 2013

'Crossing the River' Delegates Announced

The delegation of UK cultural leaders and policy experts travelling to China this March has been announced. The group will engage in two major forums, focussing on the impact of digital on cultural organisations and the research elements arising from this work.

11 December 2012

'Crossing the River' project launch March 2013

New culture-meets-digital project, ‘Crossing the River’ announced to exchange knowledge and forge relationships between cultural organisations in UK and China.

10 December 2012

Fashion Forward: Beyond the Catwalk

Policy makers and fashion design practitioners look forward to developing UK-Indonesia partnership.

25 November 2012

Forum to boost Nigerian Creative Industries

Next week key investors, strategists, policy-makers and creative businesses will gather in Lagos for the 2nd Nigerian Creative Industries Expo, to discuss a practical programme of investment to strengthen the Nigerian Creative Economy.

12 August 2012

UK-Nigeria: Sustainable Creative Partnerships

Creative entrepreneurs and cultural practitioners gathered for the UK-Nigeria Creative Partnership event earlier this month. Ojoma Ochai, Assistant Director Nigeria at the British Council, reports on a positive legacy ahead.

25 July 2012

UK-Nigeria Creative Partnership

Join us on 6th August for an inspiring and forward-thinking event aimed at artists, creative businesses, entrepreneurs, educators, cultural practitioners, investors and policy influencers who want to develop creative partnerships between the UK and Nigeria.

28 June 2012

Creative Industries Forum in Skopje, Macedonia

The Creative Industries Forum took place on June 20th, 2012, in Skopje, Macedonia. The Forum presented a general overview of the creative economy in the UK and gave bright examples of stimulating the economic growth in particular cities and industry sectors via proper cultural policy from the UK for the policy makers and practitioners from Macedonia.

21 June 2012

UK-Nigeria Creative Partnership Applications

APPLICATIONS FOR 4 AND 5 AUGUST ARE NOW CLOSED. The British Council and New World Nigeria are looking for innovative creative and digital practitioners working in the UK and/or Nigeria’s film/TV, fashion, music or digital media sectors to participate in the UK-Nigeria Creative Partnership programme and seminar on 4, 5 and 6 August 2012 at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London.

2 April 2012

IP and the Creative Economy

For the third instalment of the Russian-British Creative Economy forum, experts from UK and Russia joined participants to discuss copyright and efficient business modelling.

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