Where do creative clusters arise and what can policymakers do to optimise intervention? This first report in our new State of the Nations series explores three different levels of the UK’s creative industries geography: microclusters, clusters, and corridors.

To discuss and promote strategies for the sustainability of this heritage, the UNESCO programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union, held an online debate on Tapping the Ecological Profit: Initiatives for the Sustainability of Natural Resources and Heritage, Cultural Landscapes and Archaeological Sites on 5 December 2023, in collaboration with the Natural Spaces Services Management (GSEN) of the Provincial Council of Barcelona (Spain).

El Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), organismo adscrito al Ministerio de Cultura, ha alcanzado un acuerdo de colaboración con la Agencia del Cine y el Audiovisual del Uruguay (ACAU) con el fin de reforzar las excelentes relaciones culturales entre España y Uruguay, así como estimular el desarrollo de las coproducciones cinematográficas y audiovisuales entre ambos países.

In a strategic move to advance the gaming industry's growth in the emirate, Abu Dhabi Gaming (AD Gaming) has integrated with the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi).

This report assesses the current state and future potential of cultural and creative sectors (CCS) in the nine outermost regions of the European Union (EU): Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, and Saint Martin (France); the Azores and Madeira (Portugal); and the Canary Islands (Spain). Global trends, such as increases in cultural tourism, trade in creative goods and services, and FDI in CCS offer significant opportunities for EU outermost regions to expand their cultural and creative sectors, promote synergies with tourism and help drive job creation.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government is committed to strengthening Jamaica’s entertainment, culture and creative industries (ECCI).