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British Council Cuba
Creative Economy

We approach the arts as a business which can both sustain individual artists and lead to wealth creation in the economy of whole countries. It engages with creative industry professionals to help entrepreneurs produce a sustainable creative sector, through professional development and networking in areas such as music, design, fashion and film.

Vision

To create an active network of artists and creative entrepreneurs across Latin America with the professional skills to advance their careers, businesses, and the creative industries sector in their country.

Mission

To help artists and creative entrepreneurs foster a growing and sustainable creative sector through a programme of professional development and networking which draws from the best of a decade of experience from the UK.

Definition of the creative industries that make up the creative economy

‘The creative industries are those industries that are based on individual creativity, skill and talent. They are also those that have the potential to create wealth and jobs through developing intellectual property,’
Definition by DCMS

The creative industries include: advertising, architecture, arts, antiques markets, computer and video games, crafts, design, designer fashion, film and video, music, performing arts, publishing, software, television and radio.

Our Creative Economy team was established in 1999 to lead in this area and runs programmes in both emerging economies and developed countries, including within the UK..

There are several different activities which form the Creative Enterprise programme; find the individual links below for more information on the programmes and how to get involved.

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