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New Resource: Informal Economy in the Global South

Research and creative outputs from 10 countries across the Global South.

UN Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development

The UN year focuses on the critical role of the creative economy in promoting innovation, inclusive economic growth, and opportunity for all. Read on to find out more on why and how we’re celebrating it.

Creative Hub Leader's Toolkit

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Innovation flourishes when diverse perspectives, disciplines and skills meet. The British Council's Creative Economy team supports people around the world to shape and share a creative and prosperous future. Read more »

Our themes

Creative enterprise

We’re helping to build sustainable businesses in the creative and cultural industries worldwide, sharing our knowledge and experience through skills workshops, mentoring and peer networks.

Hubs and communities

In an ever-changing global landscape, we support spaces and communities where people can design, test, scale and launch imaginative and enterprising ideas together.

Tech and interactive

We help people use technology as a creative medium, to explore new forms of storytelling and think about different ways of living and working, now and in the near future.

Latest blog posts

12 November 2021

Project grant open call - UK-SEA creative hubs networking platform

We are looking for a UK creative hub eager to collaborate with a Malaysian partner to expand and activate a networking platform for arts communities and creative hubs in Southeast Asia and the UK.

10 November 2021

Call for proposals: Innovative governance in Southeast Asia’s creative economy

We are looking for a UK consultant to manage and deliver a new project on Innovative Governance in Southeast Asia’s Creative Economy.

Reginald Sarmenta

4 October 2021

(Closed) Open Call: Creative Communities Learning Lab Grant

We are seeking applications from creative hubs and creative individuals from the United Kingdom and the Philippines to develop a new digital course for the Creative Communities Learning Lab.

Photo by Poyraz Tutuncu, Istanbul Biennial 2019

26 August 2021

(Closed) September Opportunities

New collaboration opportunities for UK-based artists, creatives, professionals and organisations to support our programmes and colleagues around the world.

Rang Sutra

27 July 2021

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