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| April 26 |
| BCCL breakfast with Mr John Newbigin and Mr Paul Collard. |
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Opening of „Creativity Week”. BCCL breakfast with the author of "Creative Britain - New Talents for the New Economy" Mr John Newbigin and Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) Mr Paul Collard.
Venue: REVAL HOTEL LATVIA
Location: Elizabetes str. 55, Riga
Date/Time: Monday, April 26th,08:30
Cost: Free for Platinum and Sterling Members (1 representative), 12LVL all other members, 22LVL for non-members
Registration: By clicking on the “BOOK NOW” tab above; e-mail info@bccl.lv; or Tel: +371 67218042*
The United Kingdom government has more than a dozen years of experience thinking about policies to promote the creative industries. From policies that might directly support the growth of jobs and wealth in the new creative industries, government thinking has slowly evolved to a more broadly based approach, looking at the role of creativity in education, welfare, urban development and a growing range of social and economic issues.
Creative Partnerships – a success story
‘Regular visits to creative industries profoundly changed the nature and purpose of learning… In all cases the relevance of the curriculum became clearer and, for some, fundamentally changed their aspirations… Skills that were consistently improved – literacy, numeracy, ICT, self-confidence, team working, an ability to show enterprise and handle change – are likely to contribute to pupils’ future economic well-being.’
John Newbigin
John joined Channel 4 Television as Head of Corporate Relations in January 2000. Channel 4 was created by Act of Parliament in 1982. It is a publicly owned corporation whose board is appointed by the television regulator - OFCOM - in agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport.
Prior to that, John was Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Chris Smith MP. Chris Smith was the cabinet member responsible for the cultural and creative industries. John’s previous jobs have included working as an executive for David Puttnam’s film company Enigma (1992-97), Policy Adviser to Neil Kinnock, then Leader of the Labour Party (1986-92), journalist and youth worker.
John is also Chairman of the 24 Hour Museum, which provides an online gateway to Britain’s cultural sector including news and listings for more than 3,500 museum, galleries and heritage sites.
In addition, John is a board member of First Light. First Light is funded with National Lottery money from the UK Film Council, and gives young people between the ages of 5 and 18 the opportunity to make films – 700 have been made in the last 4 years.
In 2007. John was asked by the British Government to prepare the draft of the national strategy CREATIVE BRITAIN. This report announced the establishment of a major new national initiative ‘Find Your Talent’ as well as celebrating the government’s flagship programme for creativity, Creative Partnerships. Both programmes are managed by Creativity, Culture and Education, the organisation managed by Paul Collard.
Paul Collard is Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE). CCE is the national organisation devoted to culture and young people, with an annual budget of £50 million (55 million Euros) delivering programmes in over 2500 schools and to 2 million young people each year. Paul provides leadership for CCE taking overall responsibility for the organisation, its policy and long-term strategic direction.
Paul has over 25 years experience of working in the arts and is an expert in delivering programmes that use creativity and culture as drivers of social and economic change. He joined the government’s flagship creative learning programme, Creative Partnerships in January 2005 and played a crucial role in clarifying the purpose of Creative Partnerships and streamlining the delivery of the programme in schools. In 2008, Creative Partnerships launched a new schools programme and the team became responsible for Find Your Talent, the Government’s pilot cultural offer for all children and young people. Following this success, CCE was created in 2009 to oversee Creative Partnerships and Find Your Talent as well as other key cultural initiatives nationally.
Paul has a particular interest in the role of arts and culture in urban regeneration. In 1987, he wrote a report on the subject for the Government, which argued in favour of many of the strategies that are now commonplace in culturally led urban regeneration projects. He implemented many of his ideas between 1993-7 in the North East of England where he developed programmes which led to the creation of the Angel of the North and the Baltic Contemporary Arts Centre. He was also successful in implementing this approach in New Haven Connecticut through the creation of a major international arts festival in partnership with Yale University.
Other positions held include General Manager at the Institute of Contemporary Art and Deputy Controller of the British Film Institute complex on the South Bank in London and he represents the UK on the EU’s Open Method of Co-Ordination (OMC) group on the synergies between culture and education.
In association with British Council
http://www.britishcouncil.org/latvia.htm
More about Creative Britain: http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/3572.aspx/
More about the „Creativity Week”:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/latvia.htm
*BCCL reserves the right to charge participants who do not cancel their reservation with 48 hour notice.
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