The workshop will be strategic in nature and will be focused on policy formulation. It will explore Cabo Verde’s potential to develop the creative industries cluster. It will also explore its internationalization as export potential.
Specifically, the workshop will provide answers to the following questions:
What are the areas of activities within the creative industry sector where Cabo Verde has comparative advantages?
What should the governance structure for the creative industries Cluster be? Who should lead the Cluster? Who should be a member of the Cluster network? What should the Cluster’s performance indicators be? What system should be adopted for monitoring and evaluating Clusters? What should the governance system be?
How do we optimize and plan the Cluster’s activities? How do we ensure that planned activities are consistent with the Cluster’s positioning?
How do we ensure the Cluster’s competitiveness? Who should ensure the maintenance of this competitiveness?
What should be the decision-making system to determine which activities should be left to the public sector, private sector or PPP? What are the activities that represent opportunities for the private sector? How do we evaluate the private sector’s ability?
What should be the promotion strategy to attract foreign direct investment and create opportunities for the domestic private sector?
- Dr Cláudia Leitão, Creative Economy expert
- Dr. João Resende, Professor, Bentley University
- Eng. Isaías Barreto Rosa, ITC Commissioner for ECOWAS
- Eng. Talla Keve, Senior Development Policy Advisor, United Nations
