Growing Derry’s Digital Economy 8th May 2013 MediaTIC

Digital Economy Strategy Journey Pre 2013 Key Strategic Themes in Strategy – Sector Stimulation and Animation – Enterprise Development – Investment (Public and Private) – Skills and Employment – Digital Capital Targets and Outputs

Journey Pre 2013 Ernact Network (Established 21 years) Digital Derry 1.0 BT investment in telecoms infrastructure Hibernia Exchange Centre at Fort George North West Regional Science Park Creative Hub at Ebrington Knowledge Partner Activity (UU and NWRC) Small business base / cluster

Key Strategic Themes Key Strategic Themes in Strategy – Sector Stimulation and Animation – Enterprise Development – Investment (Public and Private) – Skills and Employment – Digital Capital

Sector Stimulation and Animation Will focus on continued promotion, animation and stimulation of the digital economy – Marketing and Promotion Infrastructure – Showcasing and Animation Events – Digital and Innovation Conferences – Digital and Creative Innovation Awards – Benchmarking with 100+ digital entrepreneurs – Virtual Digital Derry Business Centre – Digital Action Team, Chair/President and Ambassadors – Digital Derry Membership Model

Enterprise Development Enterprise Development activities for digital creative entrepreneurs are under the 4 themes – Pre Start – Start Up – Growth – International Support will also be given to traditional businesses to accelerate them along the digitisation continuum

Investment (Public and Private) Digital Investors Forum Private Sector Investment (SeedComp, Halo, Angels, Equity, Banks, Enterprise NI Loan) Public Sector Funding (Invest NI, NISPO Funds, Intertrade Ireland, DSD, DCAL) Supporting Inward Investment Activities (regional model with INI) Locate in Derry Proposition

Skills and Employment Digital Career Animation in schools Into Employment Programmes (Digital Kick Start, DEL, DSD Projects) Smart Enterprise (digital skills for non digital businesses) (NWRC, UU, LogOnNI) Further and Higher Education interventions Entrepreneurship activities with education providers

Digital Capital Digital Derry – Brand – Membership – Governance Connectivity Digital Space Digital Test Bed Public Sector Digitisation Programmes

Targets and Outputs New start ups – 50 New Jobs – 100 Additional Turnover - £4.7million Number of business events / interactions– 400+ New Clients for Invest NI – 15+

Thank You Marc McGerty Derry City Council