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Creative Cities is an international project designed and managed by the British Council. It shares experience across Europe on the ways in which creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation can help to improve people’s lives – making cities better places to live, work and play.
The Creative Cities project explores new ways to improve the quality of life in urban communities by involving young professionals from diverse backgrounds. The project will enable them to acquire knowledge, networks, skills and tools to strengthen their voice in making decisions on the environment they live in. Discussions will cover a range of issues, including public spaces, arts and social activities, the contribution of creative industries to city development, and the role of cultural policy.
The project works in partnership with a range of cities and organizations active in developing innovative approaches to city policy. Involvement in the project provides an opportunity for cities to establish a competitive advantage for themselves and attract creative talent, which contributes to their future economic growth.
The project is organized with partners within private and public organisations and with European cities in the UK, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. It will continue until the end of 2011.
For more details see the Creative Cities project website.
The three strands of the Creative Cities project are:
Future City Game is a team-based process designed to create new thinking and actions to improve quality of life in cities. It enables people to find solutions to the long-term challenges facing cities. It is played during a two-day event by city inhabitants from diverse backgrounds, representing various disciplines and led by a trained games-master. The aim of the game is to generate the best idea on how to improve the quality of life either in a specific area within a city, the city as a whole, or in response to the common challenges facing cities around the world.
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Future City Game Łódź (22-23 October 2008)
Future City Game Poznań (19-20 March 2009)
Future City Game Gorzów Wielkopolski (17-18 June 2009)
Future City Game Gdańsk (29-30 June 2009)
Future City Game Kraków (16-17 September 2009)
Future City Game Warsaw Vision-Vistula ! (21-22 September 2009)
Future City Game Warsaw Samborska Street (1-2 October 2009)
Urban Ideas Bakery will provide a method for young professionals to work together to develop and put into practice solutions to urban challenges across Europe. It will provide a model for debates to take place in a number of selected cities where groups of specialists will work together on specific problems put forward by the city authorities in consultation with the Future City Game teams and the city’s inhabitants. The project will be launched in autumn 2009.
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Exploratory Activities provide a forum for ongoing debates on the role that creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation play in urban development, together with practical examples of creative events developed by and for people living in cities.
What Makes Cities Creative? (16-18 March 2008, Warsaw) - Creative Cities workshop for 30 ‘urban innovators’ and city partners from the participating countries were examining the people, places and practices that make cities creative places. Organised in Warsaw, March 2008, and led by Charlie Leadbeater, project consultant
Andrew Shoben Presentation (24th April 2009, Warsaw; organized by SAR – Advertising Agencies Association)
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