| 4/3/2009: Investing in education for the sake of local economy | |
| Two weeks ago a new £ 4.4 million campus officially opened in the Thames Gateway area, East of London: the Thurrock Learning Campus, which courses are geared to provide the skills needed by the local ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/30/2009: Gaia becomes the first Atlantic Axis Capital of Culture | |
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The Portuguese city of Vila Nova de Gaia becomes this month the first Atlantic Axis Capital of Culture, a qualification that will be attributed by the axis every two years.
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| 1/27/2009: First Luso-Spanish Museum Meeting aims to strengthen bilateral relations | |
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Forty Portuguese and Spanish museum directors will gather this week in the Spanish city of Merida to strengthen bilateral relationships and encourage common projects.
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| 12/23/2008: Portugal has a new cultural infrastructure: the Douro Museum | |
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The Douro Museum has finally become a reality, ten years after its creation was decided by the Portuguese Parliament. The new museum has a distinctive characteristic: it is a territory museum that cov...... Read Announcement... |
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| 12/12/2008: Galicia hosts 1st International Congress “Places of Culture. Creativity for development” | |
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From January 21st to 24th 2009, the Galicia Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions in Santiago de Compostela will host the 1st International Congress “Places of Culture. Creativity for development”.
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| 12/8/2008: Côa Valley Archaeological Park celebrates ten years without a concrete management model | |
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Ten years after the UNESCO World Heritage title was attributed to the Côa Valley, where unique and extensive Palaeolithic vestiges were found, it is time to define the management model of this Archaeo...... Read Announcement... |
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| 12/5/2008: The Swedish ERIBA model: The World Tour | |
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In the 1980’s, some Swedish youngsters with a huge interest in punk music came up with an idea. They lived in the tiny and idyllic Swedish town Hultsfred, and for a visitor it was a place that did not...... Read Announcement... |
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| 11/21/2008: New report on the impact of creative degree programs on Paris economy | |
| The Paris Chamber of Industry and Commerce recently published a report on the degree courses in “Creation- Fashion-Design” in Paris and its region. The study analyses the potential contribution of des...... Read Announcement... |
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| 10/15/2008: Atlantic Axis commission launches cultural capital | |
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The Euro-Region of Galicia/North of Portugal will have a biannual cultural capital from 2009 onwards, with the main objective of enhancing the bonds between the cities of the two regions it comprises....... Read Announcement... |
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| 9/12/2008: High Tech + High Touch | |
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Creativity and innovation have become increasingly relevant factors for enterprises’ international competitiveness. Creative economy constitutes the spearhead of the present change towards a knowledge...... Read Announcement... |
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| 9/8/2008: 5th conference on cultural and creative industries 2008 in Berlin | |
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The 5th conference on cultural and creative industries will be taking place in Berlin on October 17th. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands will be inviting to a “Creative Night” the previous day...... Read Announcement... |
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| 8/13/2008: Zurich publishes second creative economy report | |
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In May 2008 Zurich published its second creative economy report. The first report, brought out in 2005, provoked a large debate on the meaning of this economic sector. The current report was commissio...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/30/2008: Design Special: ARIST Paris and German design | |
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Creation, fashion and design industries play a strategic role for the economy of the Ile-de-France Region (urban agglomeration around Paris): they generate turnover and value added, create employment ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/6/2008: Design Special: Danish design ambassador assists food-industry in becoming driver of regional development | |
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Bornholm, an island in the Baltic ocean with some 43,000 inhabitants, has begun using design as a weapon in the fight for creating viable, competitive production that can provide the jobs and income m...... Read Announcement... |
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| 6/2/2008: Design Special: Paris soon to be hosting a regional design centre | |
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About 60% of the French enterprises involved in design as well as numerous famous design schools like the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle [National School for Industrial Design], t...... Read Announcement... |
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