The last stakeholder meeting of 2018 took place on December 11th. The 6th Regional Stakeholder Group Meeting had a specific thematic area that was the “Creative Areas of Smart Skills”.
The following issues were presented:
- Presentation of the main parts of the CREADIS3 project: legal framework, timetable, partnership and an overview of the main objectives of the project.
- Definition of Cultural and Creative Industries.
Mrs. Mavroulia stated that CREADIS3 aims to support new ideas in the field of creative and cultural industries; a new idea has to be innovative, personal, with content, be useful and able to lead to a comparative economic advantage. She stated that new ideas should be able to be implemented via:
- Workshops and Incubators,
- Theatres/ Cultural Centers / Centers of Cultural and Artistic Activities
- Centers, Foundations, Institutes, Collaborative Clusters of Research, Innovation and Technology.
Subsequently, Mr. Papanikolaou Konstantinos, External Advisor of the Regional Development Fund of the Region of Western Greece presented the Action Plan Draft of the CREADIS3 project to the participants of the meeting. During his presenation he talked about the following topics:
- The Action Plan, according to the regional scope and in alignment with the RIS3, will suggest action with the aim:
- Best use of available European and regional resources for the CCI
- Improving the strategic orientation of the Regional Operational Programme of Western Greece
- The for the Implementation Methodology of the Action Plan, measures should be taken that:
- Are in accordance with the objectives of the Regional Operational Programme of Western Greece 2014 – 2020
- Are ambitious and achievable during the implementation period of the project
- Are measurable with indicators
- The structure of the Action plan includes:
- Current Situation analysis and mapping of existing bodies and organisations
- SWOT Analysis
- Implementation measures
- Monitoring indicators and measurement of outputs
- The Action Plan suggests the following Priority Axis categories to be incorporated:
- Management of CCI
- Data and Information Systems
- Action Programmes
- Evaluation of Projects and Programmes
- Dissemination and Information activities
Finally, Mr. Papanikolaou stated that the objectives of the Action Plan derive from the outputs and results of the previous stakeholder meetings implemented in the framework of the CREADIS3 project.
Following, Mr. Tsiliras Andreas, co – founder of the Social Cooperative Enterprise MOSAIC, gave a presentation regarding “The need to highlight the cultural and creative sector of the Region of Western Greece”.
After the end of the presentations, a discussion was held between all participants of the meeting.
