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Art Hub - Finland. Background. Questionnaire and tacit knowledge Artists & Cultural workers Projects & Festivals Organisations Needs Working spaces Networking Mentoring Business support. Creative Economy.
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Background • Questionnaire and tacit knowledge • Artists & Cultural workers • Projects & Festivals • Organisations • Needs • Working spaces • Networking • Mentoring • Business support
Creative Economy • In Finland, Culture is in many ways interpreted through the concept of creative economy. • Support for culture is limited. (or has been)
Professionals in Culture -R&D, Quality, etc Content support Enthusiast Lifestyle Entrep. Growth Entrep. Poorly covered area Arts Councils E&E Development Centers
Unique piece Craft production Mass production Cultural Products -Economic support Poorly covered area Arts Councils E&E Development Centers
Past Projects • During 2000-06 programming period 160 (ESF+ERDF) culture/creative economy related projects were conducted in Finland. • Results are inadaquately utilised!
Culture Business Development • Focus on helping business development organisations. • Co-coordination • In-depth understanding of culture and • Proper tools • Outcomes will have readily existing structures
Art Hub: 2 Esf projects • Two separate and individual projects • State Provincial Offices of Eastern and of Southern Finland • Lasting from 2009-2011 • 1.2 M € (450 000 + 780 000) • Finance 85% – 15% and 89% – 11%
Principal actors • 4 regional arts councils • 2 universities • 1 business development agency • 1 artist association • Personnel app. 8 + short term employees
North Savo 250 000 inhabitants, 4.7% Culture sector 1440 workers, 2.3% Turnover 259 000 000 €, 1.9% "Places of interest" 5% Education BA 8.1%, MA 1.9% 5 regions in Finland
Three key development areas • Service models • Designing an developing the existing organisations' tools in • Customer relations • Marketing • Financing • Services • Service paths • One access point • Creative community • Shared knowledge, • peer-to-peer, peer-to-pro
Foundation model • Foundation´s stuctures and rules abide to commonly agreed ESF guidelines • Creative economy foundation • direct culture support with 15 000 000 € initial capital
Critical success factors • Internal communication • Organisations' outdated (yet fixed) services • Lack of understanding of essence culture • different, atypical work positions • various sources of income • Dialogue between Creative economy and Culture
Main points • Develop support organisations, not the field itself • Results and outcomes will have an existing infrastructure • Shared knowledge benefits all • Network of Art and Business support organisations
Thank You! Niila Tamminen North Savo Arts Council, FINLAND +358 45 111 2044 niila.tamminen@minedu.fi www.pohjoissavontaidetoimikunta.fi