Turning IPs into valuable assets for the the cultural enterprises

While looking for information on IPs in the creative industries and how they are used in cultural enterprises, I found a very interesting initiative by the Malaysian government called "MyCreative Ventures". MyCreative is "a government investment arm to spur Malaysia’s creative industry via strategic and innovative funding in a form of equity or debt investments." … Continue reading Turning IPs into valuable assets for the the cultural enterprises

Young people urged to join cultural entrepreneurship in Angola

Last September 2013, the "Handicraft Fair of Dondo" took place in Angola, Africa.In the Agencia Angola Press article, "the governor of the northern Kwanza Norte province, Henrique André Júnior, called in Kambambe municipality, for youth to also join the cultural entrepreneur, thus being active participants in the generation of national wealth and improvement of social conditions … Continue reading Young people urged to join cultural entrepreneurship in Angola

Strengthening entrepreneurship through policies and strategies

Through the Diversity of Cultural Expressions Programmes of the UNESCO, I came across the Technical Assistance in Cultural Governance project that took place in 2012 in Barbados as one of the selected missions. Following three calls for applications by the Programme, Barbados, the City of Buenos Aires, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the … Continue reading Strengthening entrepreneurship through policies and strategies