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22nd February 2021

Creative Industries Strategy and Roadmap for Ukraine 2021-2023

TFCC has been commissioned by USAID to support the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy in Ukraine to develop a Creative Industries Strategy and Roadmap 2021-2023. Our work will involve the development of a Creative Industries Strategy development framework. This will be established via engagement with Government and key partners in business and the wider cultural sector.

Ukraine, a vast and diverse nation, has for some years prioritised the cultural and creative industries for their ability to drive inclusive growth and diversify the economic base. However, economic, social and political challenges have limited the impact of approaches to date. The establishment of a Strategy and Roadmap marks an ambitious new phase in policy development, with the cultural and creative industries well-placed to play a key role in post-Covid recovery.

TFCC has worked in the Ukraine across a number of projects, including early mapping and capacity-building activities with The British Council and Council of Europe, and a range of city-focused work, notably in Kirovograd in the centre of the country.


www.mincult.kmu.gov.ua/control/en

18th February 2021

Milton Keynes Cultural Infrastructure Plan, UK

TFCC has been commissioned in a team led by We Made That to undertake a cultural infrastructure plan for Milton Keynes. This work, as part of an interdisciplinary team which also involves PRD and Counterculture, will provide an evidence-based approach to cultural infrastructure planning.

Milton Keynes is the largest 'new town' in the UK and the brightest economic success of this movement. The town has grown significantly over recent years, requiring a fresh look at the role culture can play for wellbeing and quality of life and economic development. This Plan will provide an evidence-based approach to cultural infrastructure development, set out an overarching vision for cultural infrastructure, and deliver a business plan.

It is the latest in a series of cultural planning projects which TFCC has played a major role - from the Thames Estuary Cultural Production Corridor to a Cultural Assets Strategy for Sheffield.



https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture

18th February 2021

The Creative Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in the Time of Crisis. Lecture for Kuwait Public Policy Centre.

Tom Fleming will provide a keynote address to the Kuwait Public Policy Centre. The lecture will introduce core concepts regarding the global creative economy, introduce emerging trends and consider how the creative industries and culture can play a vital role in economic and social recovery.

Tom will set out some major opportunities for Kuwait and the region to be a hub and catalyst for the creative economy. This includes approaches to talent development, clusters and hubs, innovation and soft power.

The lecture will draw on examples from across the world, where TFCC has been playing a leading role in evidence, strategy and policy development for the creative economy.


www.kppc.scpd.gov.kw/index.php/

12th February 2021

Workshop on EU Cultural Relations After Brexit

Tom Fleming will facilitate a workshop on EU cultural relations after Brexit in partnership with the University of Manchester and Creative Manchester. This is a follow-up to the recent Arts After Brexit report by Dr Charlotte Faucher, to which Tom Fleming played an advisory role.

The workshop will bring together cultural organisations, intermediaries and partnership bodies from across Europe to reflect on future cultural relations and how the sector can work together to overcome the damage caused by Brexit. It will include provocations from Tom Fleming, Charlotte Faucher and leading European cultural relations expert Geoffrey Brown of EUCLID.


www.creative.manchester.ac.uk

4th February 2021

Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Cultural Sector in the West Midlands, UK

TFCC has been commissioned as part of a consortium including Hatch and We Made That to undertake a detailed cultural baseline report for the West Midlands Combined Authority.

The West Midlands is a region with a diverse and distinctive cultural and creative economy which spans innovative micro enterprises and freelancers to excellent cultural infrastructure; and which includes a rich mix of places, emergent clusters and strong networks which, together, have helped establish a coordinated strategic approach to
sector development.

Over years of committed partnership, a level of consensus has been achieved which recognises how all areas of the region benefit from the economic, social and cultural dividends that investment in culture, creative industries and tourism brings. ‘Big ticket’ interventions such as Coventry, UK City of Culture 2021 and Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, will help the region to catapult its cultural and creative offer to a national and international audience, provide a runway for the region’s creative talent, and generate spillover effects for wider culture-led economic development.

This piece of research will provide the data and intelligence partners need to realise their cultural potential and respond as effectively as possible to the twin challenges of Brexit and Covid-19. It will also build on and connect with our ongoing work to develop a Creative Economy Strategy for Coventry.


www.wmca.org.uk