KreaNord – a Nordic Steering Group

Working to Develop and Promote a Nordic Profile of the Nordic Creative Economy

KreaNord

• Where does KreaNord operate?

• KreaNord’s Vision & Ambition

• KreaNord’s Tasks

• KreaNord’s Working Structure

• KreaNord; Branding & Profiling

• KreaNord’s Ongoing Projects

Where does KreaNord operate?

• SWEDEN

• ICELAND

• NORWAY

• FINLAND

• DENMARK

• FAROE ISLANDS

KreaNord’s Vision

Through targeted interaction, provide the Nordic region with a common platform, to become one of the leading regions of the global creative economy

… in action: by carrying out – Network Activities,– Development Initiatives, – Policy Recommendations and – Profiling activities.

KreaNord’s Ambition

Establish a close cooperation between government and creative economy experts from both culture and business in the Nordic region, and within the framework of the KreaNord project conduct a series of measures and activities that directly, individually or collectively can improve conditions for the Nordic region's creative economy.

KreaNord’s Tasks

• Meet the demand for a joint Nordic development and policy program within the Nordic creative economy

• Take a multidisciplinary focus on experience, knowledge and development measures that cover both the business and cultural sectors

• Contribute to an enhanced co-ordination between the Nordic countries, draw up policy recommendations and initiate joint-Nordic development and profiling activities

• A Creative Economy Green Paper for the Nordic Region based on far-reaching inter-sectorial consultations in the Nordic countries

• Activities are implemented in line with the strategic profiling work of the Nordic Council of Ministers

• Connection with other development and profiling projects within the globalisation process

KreaNord’s Working Structure

Steering Group Reference Group

Ad-Hoc Expert Groups

• March; workshop in Copenhagen – How to establish a collective Nordic platform for

profiling activities?

• Creative Industry Experts

KreaNord; Branding & Profiling

KreaNord’s Projects• KreaNord’s Webportal (ph 1+2)• KreaNord Roadshow (ph 1)• Financing (ph 2)• Entrepreneurship in Artistic and Creative Higher Education (ph 1)• Nordic Game (ph 1)• New Nordic Food + Nordic Film (ph 2)• OECD analysis on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) (ph 2)• NOMEX – Nordic Music Export (ph 2)• Creating a Minister Conference, Copenhagen 2010 (ph 2)• Expo Shanghai 2010 (ph 2)

• Phase 1: 2008-2010• Phase 2: 2010-2012

For more information:

thjo@norden.org

anna.hag@enterprise.ministry.se