Banking on Culture is an innovative action research project set up to investigate and stimulate new sources of financial
investment for the cultural sector in Europe. The project has worked with partners in Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Belgium, Portugal and the UK, testing a range of new financial mechanisms with the aim of embedding these within local and
regional economic policies and in future investment strategies.
Banking on Culture
A Creative Industry Primer
The creative economy movement started in the UK in 1994. Follow the links to understand how national cultural policy became creative industry policy and how it's now changing the world.