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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 creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation can help to improve people’s lives - making cities better places to live, work and play.
Sixty five European cities have so far taken part in one or more of the hundred forty events organised by the Creative Cities project. These events have attracted more than fourteen thousand participants, with a further fourteen million reached online and via other media.
The British Council is managing the project in partnership with a range of cities and organisations active in developing innovative approaches to city policy. Individuals taking part in project events will develop new skills and build new contacts across Europe. Cities which join the project network will have an opportunity to establish competitive advantage for themselves and attract creative talent, and in so doing set the foundations for future economic growth.
The Creative Cities project will be run until the beginning of 2011 in the UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.
The three core project strands are: Future City Game, Urban Ideas Bakery and Urban Forum.
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Future City Game generates new ideas 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. It is a two-day event involving city inhabitants from diverse backgrounds, representing different disciplines and led by a trained games-master. |
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Urban Ideas Bakery builds skills and shares experience on how cities ‘bake ideas’ – that is turn them into practical solutions. It is a problem-solving and planning process that puts people at the centre of social innovation. It includes a two-day international event engaging social innovators and experts from across Europe and local community representatives. |
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Urban Forum is a series of international conferences and workshops that bring together young professionals, community leaders, and city partners from across Europe to debate on the role that creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation play in urban development. |
In addition to the three strands, the project provides platforms to enable young social innovators in Europe to keep in touch with the project and each other:
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