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Creative Economy programme

Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award 2011

Young Creative Entrepreneur Award 2012

DESIGN AND FASHION

The Young Creative Entrepreneur – Design and Fashion award finds the brightest stars in the world of international design and fashion, recognising the importance of entrepreneurs in driving forward the design and fashion industries, developing their independent sector and representing the best of what’s going on in their local scene.   Since 2005, 80 young design and fashion entrepreneurs from more than 40 countries have taken part in the programme, building an active alumni network in the process, seeing the creation of new collaborations and business, co-designed lines/collections, increased profiles and participation at international design festivals and fashion weeks in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and more.

The British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) programme connects a global network of innovative emerging entrepreneurs in the creative sector. It champions those who find new ways to take creative work to audiences and communities – e.g. using new models of production, distribution, value – and highlights the wider social, economic and cultural benefits in doing so.  It is about people who are passionate about what they do, helping to develop their skills, networks, and international inspiration. The focus of the programme is to catalyse future collaboration and business between the UK and participating countries around the world.

In 2012 a winner will be selected in Sri Lanka who will participate in a shared programme in the UK with valuable networking and idea exchange with their international and UK peers in the  design and fashion sectors. The UK tour will run alongside London Design Festival and London Fashion Week industry events in September 2012.

CHANGES TO THE YCE PROGRAMME IN SRI LANKA

Young Creative Entrepreneur award will not only focus on 'Fashion' but also on the 'Design' sectors. Participants can be drawn from any of the following areas of the sectors:

• Architecture, interiors and environment
• Product design manufacture: furniture, industrial products and craft
• Graphic design
• Fashion, textile, accessories or perfume design and production
• Design and fashion promotion: shows, exhibitions, festivals, events
• Design and fashion retail: buying, merchandising
• Design and fashion product research, sourcing, supply chain management
• Design and fashion marketing, PR, branding, communications, journalism, publishing

TIMELINE

Applications closing date is Friday 11 May 2012
Shortlisting will take place in June 2012
Final judging will take place in July 2012
UK tour to take place in September 2012

Young Creative Entrepreneur - Design and Fashion Award 2012 was launched on Wednesday 28 March 2012 at the British Council Colombo.

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