Creativity week radi!2017

Creativity week radi!2017 with a rich programme of around 24 events took place in Latvia in autumn 2017. The aim of Creativity Week is to highlight the local ideas, talents, achievements, as well as the potential of creative and culture industries and their interaction with other sectors. Moreover, radi! events were also organised outside Latvia, gathering representatives of creative industries and promoting international experience exchange.

The main directions of radi!2017 were the following: Interaction of creative industries and other sectors, emphasising their potential and involvement in progressive and innovative entrepreneurship in the context of the development of social well-being, life quality and urban environment of the Baltic sea region; Design thinking methods and an interdisciplinary approach in public administration management and education processes, promoting the future of Latvia based on a knowledge economy and creating a working environment together, which focuses on citizens’ needs, as well as active involvement of regional inhabitants, minorities and youth, thus implying an idea that each inhabitant of Latvia is part of the state-creation process and thus focusing on the idea of participation, promotion of interests and strengthening of dialogue.

Full agenda of Creativity week with a broader description is available at http://www.radilatvija.lv/en. You can also follow radi!2017 latest news via social media on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. #radilv. radi!2017 publicity materials are available in the media folder: http://ej.uz/radi_mediju_mape.

Initiators: The Ministry of Culture, The British Council in Latvia. Strategic partners: Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture, UNESCO Latvian National Commission, Danish Cultural Institute, Institut français, Goethe Institute in Latvia. Event partners: The Nordic Council of Ministers in Latvia, Royal Danish Embassy in Latvia, Ministry of Economics, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The State Chancellery, The Latvian School of Public Administration, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Latvian Institute, Riga City Architect's Office, Latvian creative industries' communication platform FOLD, Riga Planning Region, Vidzeme Planning Region, Creative industries incubator, Latvian Music Export Office, Art Academy of Latvia, Latvian Academy of Culture, University of Latvia, Creativity Lab, The Red Jackets, Design Elevator, Ticket Service, Social Entrepreneurship Association of Latvia, Valmiera City Council, Valmiera Development Agency, Liepaja City Council, Liepaja City Culture Department, Liepaja Business Incubator, etc.

Management team contacts: liva.sturmane@creativitylab.lv; signe.adamovica@creativitylab.lv 

Full radi!2017 week photo gallery can be viewed here.