We live in a critical time of global crisis, fear, uncertainty in all areas: healthcare, financial markets, tourism, entertainment business, arts, culture. Time where ONE virus, an “invisible monster” is trying to take over our Planet, changing the way we … Read More
Reinforcing Public and Private Partnerships for Georgia’s Creative Cluster Ecosystem
Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, determined to be a leading creative city in the Caucuses The face of Tbilisi is rapidly changing. With art venues, co-working spaces and museums lining the streets, festivals and fashion week filling the calendar, and … Read More
International Award UCLG-Mexico City-Culture 21: the 4th edition has been launched!
This distinguished Award will recognise good practices from cities and local and regional governments in the field of culture and sustainable development, as well as individuals who have made substantial contributions to the recognition of how cultural aspects are important for … Read More
Join our Informative and Inspiring Online Workshops: University of British Columbia
Cultural Entrepreneurship: University of British Columbia (March 6-20, 2018) Cultural entrepreneurs are encouraging economic growth and international visibility in communities around the world. In this workshop we will focus on the importance of cultural entrepreneurship for strategic management and policy-making. … Read More
Millennials are Turning the Museum World Upside Down and I’m Here for It
Blog by Julie Jung, in: Big Ideas & Innovation, Design, Student Voices Millennials are usually the butt of the joke. They’re “entitled, lazy, and expect everyone to do their work for them”; everyone loves to hate a millennial. But, … Read More
Folkk: A New Social Business Changing Society with Quality Design
Nova Iskra is a design incubator and creative hub in Belgrade, a unique meeting point of the emerging creative professionals and forward-thinking business. I included it as a case study in my new book “International Entrepreneurship in the Arts” as an … Read More
Entrepreneurial Theory: Let’s Make it Simple!
There are so many sources on entrepreneurship-books, articles, online tools, publications…Let’s make the entrepreneurial theory simple! If you have not read any theoretical resource on entrepreneurship, here is a quick summary of the schools of thoughts, split into six groups. … Read More
iC MTL: A Collaborative Rainbow of Creativity, Talent, Innovation & Business
Madeleine Bazerghi is the Project Lead of the Entrepreneurship Initiative of Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dawson College, Montreal. She is a passionate educator, inspiring mentor, creative leader, great communicator and connector. Madeleine stays behind the overall concept development and … Read More
NEW Online Workshop: Cultural Practices and Strategies in the Digital Realm
In 2017 we start a great new workshop at University of British Columbia, Centre for Cultural Planning and Development: “Cultural Practices and Strategies in a Digital Realm”! The registration is now open: https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/online-workshop-cultural-practices-strategies-digital-realm/uc033 In this workshop we will focus on … Read More
Cultural and Creative Industries for Sustainable Development: Policy Directions and Innovative Projects
Paper, presented at the III International Conference “Cultural Policy, Policy for Culture: the Role of Culture in Sustainable Development in Post-2015 Agenda”, within the framework of 70th Anniversary of UNESCO (11-13 July 2015, Yerevan, Armenia). The full results of the research … Read More