At its last International Council in January 2021, the Moscow region (the Central Federal District of Russia) was welcomed as the newest member of the Districts of Creativity Network (DC Network).
Founded in 2004, the DC Network unites regions around the world that focus on cross-disciplinary creativity and innovation to improve prosperity. The DC members believe the combination of creativity/creative industries, technology/science and entrepreneurship is a major source of prosperity and growth. Creativity is what makes people, companies, and regions unique. It offers the capacity to find innovative solutions to challenges in society. It allows to create new products, services or processes and contributes to the creation of economic value and to the general well being of people.
“We need to be close to people with a global mindset and extensive experience in the development of the creative economy in order to bring about qualitative changes in our region.”
The Moscow region will be represented by the Creative Russia Network (CRN), which aims at learning from other regions in the network on how to develop its creative ecosystem further as well as contributing its own experiences and best practices. “Creative industries are not a part of the city and region brand yet. Despite the diversity and volume of the offer, there is no uniform communication policy and there are not enough events in English to attract an international audience. Although we have something to be proud of and what to offer the markets of other countries. To do this, you can see at least the list of leaders of creative industries in Russia, which we have collected after our big research – 100MCR.com,” says Mr Igor Namakonov, spokesperson of CRN. “We need to be close to people with a global mindset and extensive experience in the development of the creative economy in order to bring about qualitative changes in our region. For our part, we will try to expand the network participants’ field of vision by bringing our culture, experience and best practices.”
“In Moscow alone, creative industries generate more than half of the total added value of the creative industries in Russia, which is more than $13 billion.”
Moscow certainly has a vibrant creative scene: “Moscow has a unique set of values that allows a multitude of creative business projects to flourish. Today creative industries are an important branch of the city’s economy. More than 100.000 organizations, more than 500.000 employed in various areas of the creative industries: architecture, advertising, IT, fashion, music and others. In Moscow alone, they generate more than half of the total added value of the creative industries in Russia, which is more than $13 billion.”
More info on the Creative Russia Network:
www.100mcr.com – www.facebook.com/creativerussianetwork
