1. Report on Developing Culture and Creative Industries in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Creative Industries Forum Baku, 26th October Culture and Creativity for Innovation and Growth
Report on Developing Culture and Creative Industries in Azerbaijan
Challenges and Recommendations
Cristina Farinha
EU EaP Culture & Creativity

2. Team Mandate Cristina Farinha Mykola Skyba Zviad Mchedlishvili
Culture Creative Industries (CCIs) development
in the 6 EaP countries report
Identify main challenges and dynamics
Draw recommendations

3. MAIN CHALLENGES Mainstreaming CCIs into policy-making
Setting up participatory policies and platforms
Building on emerging creative hubs
Easing access to specific funding and support
Improving creative entrepreneurial education and skills
Developing audiences and markets
Encouraging internationalisation and cooperation

4. BACKGROUND

5. POLICY-MAKING. PARTICIPATION. PLATFORMS.
Mainstream CCIs intro policy making
CCIs development programme (road map)
CCIs specific national programme to favour tourism and associated businesses development
Mappings of resources throughout the country
Joint national policy framework for CCIs development
CCIs council to promote inter-institutional interactions
Audiovisual and media policy and legal framework
Research and monitoring unit for CCIs
Promote participation and joint collaborations
Alliance of CCIs professionals
CCIs cluster to promote coordination and crossovers
Support programme for hubs, clusters and networks

6. INFRA-STRUCTURES. FUNDING. FRAMEWORKS.
Promote access to spaces
Access to venues and public spaces to creative projects
Joint platforms among IT, business, creative and arts hubs
Evidence-based management and collaborations in between state institutions with independent and start up community
Provide favourable framework for CCIs to operate
Incentives to sponsorship and investment in CCIs
CCIs crowdfunding campaigns and platforms
Arms length competitive funding system – audiovisual, publishing, decentralisation, NGOs
Film Commission
Innovation vouchers for industry crossovers
Awareness and monitoring of copyright and collective management accountability

7. SKILLS. AUDIENCES. MARKETs
Promote skills development
Mobility and exchanges for students and young graduates/entrepreneurs
Management courses within CCIs curricula in higher education
Peer to peer exchanges targeting cultural professionals and creative entrepreneurs
CCIs information and training platform for professionals and amateurs
Makers spaces and clubs within schools and universities
International Jazz School
Promote wide CCIs dissemination and diversify audiences
Network of workshops for local CCIs products
CCIs content media platforms

8. INTERNATIONALISATION. COOPERATION
Promote “Creative Azerbaijan” worldwide
Focal point “Creative Azerbaijan” to support CCIs abroad
Culture and creative tourism platform
EaP cooperation in culture & creativity
CCIs external relations strategy
Support internationalisation of creative professionals and their contents
Mobility grants scheme to participate in international circuits
Membership of EU Creative Europe
Favourable regulatory conditions for international trade
Match-funding support for international projects and consortia
Legal basis for defining “national film certificate” and membership of Eurimages

9. Cristina Farinha Porto, Portugal cristinafarinha2011@gmail.com
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