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The importance of cultural and creative industries worldwide has been increasing in recent decades. The incorporation of this issue into various strategic documents at the local and international level is also proof. At the Agency, we address this topic through the project CINEMA - Creative Industries for New Urban Economies in the Danube Region.

As part of the project, we prepared a workshop with Katarina Živanović, director of the Creative Center in Nitra. At the workshop, you will learn how the Creative Center in Nitra works, how to build the key parts of the creative center’s business plan, and how to set the conditions for the development of creative centers in cities.

Agenda:

8:30-8:45 Welcome coffee
8:45-8:50 Otvorenie, projekt Cinema, CIKE
8:50-9:10 Building a space for a creative learning community, CIKE
9:10-9:25 Discussion
9:25-10:15 Experience from building and operating the Creative Center Nitra, Katarina Živanović, Creative Center Nitra
10:15-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:00 Business plan of a co-working center, Katarina Živanovič, Creative Center Nitra
11:00-11:20 Discussion
11:20-11:35 Break
11:35-12:20 Action plan for creative communities in Košice, Katarina Živanović, Creative Center Nitra
12:20-12:50 Discussion
12:50 –13:20 Space for informal networking and lunch

The workshop will be held on October 21, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Barracks/Kulturpark, in the Alfa building.

In addition to the presentation, a large space will also be devoted to discussion and exchange of views. It is necessary to register for the event in advance.
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About the lecturer

Katarina Živanvić is a long-time worker in culture – she has been working in independent and established culture in Serbia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic for more than 30 years. Her international engagement is mostly related to Trans Europe Halles, where she is currently a member of the election committee for the future executive committee of TEH.

In Slovakia, she worked as the general director of Tabačka, in Prague as the executive advisor of Štúdia Alta. From 2021, she is the general director of the Nitra Creative Center.

She also worked as a journalist, PR, lecturer, lectured at many international conferences. In Serbia, she was the director of the Cinema REX cultural center, the B92 Fund, the Museum of the History of Yugoslavia and the Department of Culture of the City of Belgrade.

The event is organized by Creative Industry Košice and the Regional Development Support Agency Košice. The meeting is part of the CINEMA – Creative Industries for New Urban Economies in the Danube Region project, implemented as part of the Interreg Danube Transnational Programme.

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