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Growing Derry’s Digital Economy 8th May 2013 MediaTIC. 2013-15 Digital Economy Strategy. Journey Pre 2013 Key Strategic Themes in 2013-15 Strategy Sector Stimulation and Animation Enterprise Development Investment (Public and Private) Skills and Employment Digital Capital
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2013-15 Digital Economy Strategy • Journey Pre 2013 • Key Strategic Themes in 2013-15 Strategy • Sector Stimulation and Animation • Enterprise Development • Investment (Public and Private) • Skills and Employment • Digital Capital • Targets and Outputs
Journey Pre 2013 • Ernact Network (Established 21 years) • Digital Derry 1.0 • BT investment in telecoms infrastructure • Hibernia Exchange Centre at Fort George • North West Regional Science Park • Creative Hub at Ebrington • Knowledge Partner Activity (UU and NWRC) • Small business base / cluster
Key Strategic Themes • Key Strategic Themes in 2013-15 Strategy • Sector Stimulation and Animation • Enterprise Development • Investment (Public and Private) • Skills and Employment • Digital Capital
Sector Stimulation and Animation • Will focus on continued promotion, animation and stimulation of the digital economy • Marketing and Promotion Infrastructure • Showcasing and Animation Events • Digital and Innovation Conferences • Digital and Creative Innovation Awards • Benchmarking with 100+ digital entrepreneurs • Virtual Digital Derry Business Centre • Digital Action Team, Chair/President and Ambassadors • Digital Derry Membership Model
Enterprise Development • Enterprise Development activities for digital creative entrepreneurs are under the 4 themes • Pre Start • Start Up • Growth • International • Support will also be given to traditional businesses to accelerate them along the digitisation continuum
Investment (Public and Private) • Digital Investors Forum • Private Sector Investment (SeedComp, Halo, Angels, Equity, Banks, Enterprise NI Loan) • Public Sector Funding (Invest NI, NISPO Funds, Intertrade Ireland, DSD, DCAL) • Supporting Inward Investment Activities (regional model with INI) • Locate in Derry Proposition
Skills and Employment • Digital Career Animation in schools • Into Employment Programmes (Digital Kick Start, DEL, DSD Projects) • Smart Enterprise (digital skills for non digital businesses) (NWRC, UU, LogOnNI) • Further and Higher Education interventions • Entrepreneurship activities with education providers
Digital Capital • Digital Derry • Brand • Membership • Governance • Connectivity • Digital Space • Digital Test Bed • Public Sector Digitisation Programmes
Targets and Outputs • New start ups – 50 • New Jobs – 100 • Additional Turnover - £4.7million • Number of business events / interactions– 400+ • New Clients for Invest NI – 15+
Thank You Marc McGerty Derry City Council marc.mcgerty@derrycity.gov.uk