I ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Creative Ukraine 17
About forum.
The event will gather together up to 250 participants. It will be open to professionals from creative & cultural sectors, representatives of business and civil sociaty institutions and projects, researchers and policy-makers from Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries and EU Member States.
The forum is aimed to promote and enforce the perception of “culture” and “creativity” as drivers for growth and sustainable development as well as interconnection of economic, social, environmental and cultural dimensions of societal well-being with inclusive public policy-making support. More specifically the event is purposed to contribute to
  • Sharing of the EU and EaP countries best practices&experience on promotion of CCIs leading to strengthening their impact on social, economic and human development
  • Raising awareness of Ukrainian cultural managers & practitioners, representatives of civil society and business, as well as researchers & public policy-makers on financial and other support available for cultural institutions and creative businesses maturing
  • Promotion of inter-ministerial & public-private cooperation on elaboration of public policies for national and regional cultural and creative industries support
  • Laying the ground for establishing and developing «Business+Government+Community» strategic alliances supporting and promoting CCIs development at local, national and international
Main two-days working programme will be organized around several topics related to international trends and best practices on fostering CCIs and the potential of culture for local, regional and national development.


During THE FIRST DAY of the event, within a key-note speech(es), a strategic approach to developing CCIs already approbated in the EU and other countries will be introduced to the participants. This logical development progression starts with activities creating favorable conditions for CCIs development, continues with strategies aiming at strengthening the cultural and creative sectors and entrepreneurs and finishes with initiatives bridging CCIs with other areas. Then, two panel discussions will focus on latest trends and developments in public policies and practices in fostering CCIs in Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries. A special session on mainstreaming of Ukrainian and EaP cultural actors in the EU networks will investigate internationalization, cooperation & networking as instruments for CCIs development. The session will also inform participants on opportunities for more active accessing EU funding through regional and international partnership development.
A separate module of THE SECOND DAY will provide an overview of the different funding and institutional support opportunities available for the actors of creative and cultural sectors from Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries. These opportunities will include those proposed by Ukrainian and by EU programmes and international donor institutions and projects. The forum will include a special module dedicated to business (stakeholder) consultations on main directions of inter-sectoral public policy support to be provided to CCIs in Ukraine. It is intended to adopt relevant concluding document by the end of the forum, eg. an Action Plan & Work Groups System. Interactive knowledge & best practices exchange sessions of the second day will serve as a dialogue platform for public sector, business community (IT-businesses, start-ups, etc.) and creators, with the aim to consider the factors stimulating innovation in local and national development, as well as at international level. The event is also purposed to provide creative techniques for innovative practices and solutions. It will include two to three practical knowledge & skills development workshops for representatives of cultural institutions & projects and creative businesses.
In parallel to the main programme of the event, Investor Consultations will offer a platform for meeting of actors from business community and donor institutions with creators of innovative ideas and initiatives ready for investment.

PROGRAMME
19 October, Thursday
14:30 - 16:00 Module 7-1, 7-2
20 Oktober, Friday
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16:30 - 18:30 Module 7-1, 7-2
09:00 - 09:45 - Registration, tea, coffee, communication
09:45 - 11:30 - Module 1: Opening session «Creative economy: creativity, knowledge and access to information as engines for growth»
Moderator: S. Fomenko
11:30 - 12:00 - Tea, coffee, communication, networking
12:00 - 13:30 - Module 2: panel discussion «CCIs in Europe and EaP: addressing the main challenges»
Moderator: I. Prokofieva
14:30 - 16:00 - Module 3: panel discussion «Unleashing CCI Potential for Ukraine: the latest trends and perspectives»
Moderator: A. Obraztsova
16:00 - 16:30 - Tea, coffee, communication, networking
16:30 - 17:45 - Module 4: special session «Mainstreaming of Ukrainian and EaP cultural and creative sector institutions and professionals in the EU networks»
Moderator: Y. Fediv
18:00 - 18:30 - Artistic Programme by Kyiv Academic Drama Theatre on Podil
Module 7-2: Knowledge & skills development workshop «Audience & market development for cultural institutions and creative businesses. Reaching more youth» by Antonio Carlos Ruiz Soria (Continuation)
Module 7-1: «Public policies for CCI support in Ukraine». Policy workshop on formulating recommendations and creating future working groups
(Working session and conclusions)
Moderators: A. Obraztsova and T. Biletska
16:00 - 16:30 - Tea, coffee, communication, networking
Module 7-2: Knowledge & skills development workshop «Audience & market development for cultural institutions and creative businesses. Reaching more youth» by Antonio Carlos Ruiz Soria
Module 7-1: «Public policies for CCI support in Ukraine». Policy workshop on formulating recommendations and creating future working groups (Introduction)
Moderators: A. Obraztsova and T. Biletska
13:30 - 14:30 - Lunch, communication, networking
11:30 - 13:30 - Module 6: Business consultations «Creative SMEs»
Moderator: O. Babiy
11:00 - 11:30 - Tea, coffee, communication, networking
09:30 - 11:00 - Module 5: presentations «Easing access to specific funding & institutional support to cultural and creative sectors»
Moderator: I. Petrakov
09:00 - 09:30 - Registration, tea, coffee, communication
13:30 - 14:30 - Lunch, communication, networking
18:45 - 19:15 - Module 8: Concluding session Moderator: A. Obraztsova
Creative Ukraine is a platform for those who want to
Discover the importance of creative industries for Ukraine's economy

Learn how creative industries in Ukraine and abroad are adapting to the challenges caused by the pandemic

Share ideas about state policies in the field of creative industries

Find new partnerships, investors or funding from donor organisations
Participants of the Forum
Creative entrepreneurs and creative industries representatives
Experts in the field of culture and economy
Public authorities
Civil society leaders