Creative Industries Strategy

A workshop held on 2 May 2006 was the first step in the process of developing a new strategy for the creative industries. It provided the Department with an opportunity to:

• Engage with representatives of the Creative Industries and public bodies to determine how close they felt Northern Ireland was to becoming a Creative Region
• To consider support and other needs for the sector.  

Comments and feedback from the attendees at the event will be used to inform the Inter-Departmental Creativity Group and future strategy for the sector. The Creative Industries Workshop Report (pdf file size 98KB) is available here.

The Department of Culture,Arts and Leisure is leading a Creative Industries Working Group comprising the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the Department of Employment and Learning, Invest NI, Belfast City Council, the University of Ulster and the National Endowment for Sciences, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). Its purpose is to develop an action based plan to support Creative Industries in Northern Ireland.