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Creative Economy

		Adequately nurtured, creativity fuels culture, infuses a human-centred development and constitutes the key ingredient for job creation, innovation and trade while contributing to social inclusion, cultural diversity and environmental sustainability.
		(Creative Economy Report 2010)

News

17 May 2013Culture vital for development progress, Deputy Secretary-General tells meeting

Culture, as exemplified by thriving creative industries around the world, has many positive spillovers for human development, UNCTAD’s Deputy Secretary-General has said in China.

15 May 2013Trade in creative products reached new peak in 2011, UNCTAD figures show

Numbers released in run-up to Global Services Forum in Beijing show creative industries exports rose sharply from 2002-2011.

15 April 2013Bank officials discuss financing of services exports and creative industries

How to capture the potential of services exports, and of creative-industry products such as films and music, was the topic of a recently held meeting of officials from export-import banks.

12 April 2013Spanish version of the Creative Economy Report 2010 now available

Thanks to the kind support of the Universidad Tecnologica de Chile, INACAP in Concepcion, Talcahuano, the UNCTAD Creative Economy Report 2010 has been translated into Spanish.

23 November 20122nd International Forum: Developing Trade Facilitation to Strengthen the International Competitiveness of SMES, Beijing (21st-23 November 2012)

UNCTAD was invited to make a presentation on the session under the theme: The creative industries and international trade highlighting the main sectors with export potential in the Asia/Pacific region.

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Publications

Creative Economy Programme: E-Newsletter, No. 18 (June2012) (UNCTAD/WEB/DITC/TAB/2012/3)

02 Jul 2012, 4 page(s), 294.3 KB

Strengthening the Creative Industries for Development in Mozambique (UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2009/2)

31 May 2011, 110 page(s), 6809.0 KB

Strengthening the Creative Industries for Development in Zambia (UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2009/1)

31 May 2011, 116 page(s), 2781.0 KB

Creative Economy Report 2010 (UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2010/3)

15 Dec 2010, 423 page(s), 4500.0 KB

Creative Economy Report 2008 (Summary) (UNCTAD/DITC/2008/2/overview)

19 Apr 2008, 25 page(s), 384.0 KB

Creative Economy Report 2008: The challenge of assessing the creative economy towards informed policy-making (UNCTAD/DITC/2008/2)

19 Apr 2008, 357 page(s), 2668.0 KB

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Events and Meetings

Start Date	Title	Location
19-21 Jan 2010	Redefining Sustainability in the International Agenda: Inspiring Greater Engagement in Biodiversity Issues
13-15 Jan 2008	High-level panel on the creative economy and industries for development: UNCTAD XII pre-event
14-16 Dec 2005	UN Global South-South Creative Economy Symposium	Shanghai
17-20 Apr 2005	Enhancing the Creative Economy: Shaping an International Centre on Creative Industries	Salvador, Bahia
12-13 Jun 2004	High-Level Panel on Creative Industries and Development	São Paulo