Flanders District of Creativity or Flanders DC is a non-profit organization founded by the Flemish government, on 7 May 2004, centered around the design and fashion sector.

Goals

* Research: analysis of the role of creativity in the economic growth of a region, and how companies and organisations can get to more creativity and innovation (Flanders Knowledge center in collaboration with

Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Vlerick Business School ("Vlerick") is a Belgian business school with campuses in Ghent, Leuven and Brussels. It is a result of a merger of the MBA programmes of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and of the ''Instituut Professor Vlerick voor Ma ...

and Antwerp Management School). * Internationalization of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through collaboration with 13 other Districts of Creativity (DC). Besides Flanders, these DCs are Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Catalunya (Spain), Central Denmark (Denmark), Karnataka (India),

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

(Italy), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France),

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(US),

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(China), Rhône-Alpes (France), Rio de Janeiro ( Brasil), Scotland (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China), and Tampere ( Finland).

Projects/events

* Creativity World Forum (The DC's meet @ the CWF) * GPS brainstorming kit (idea generation tool) * Flanders DC Fellows (50 entrepreneurs, managers testify on

creative entrepreneurship Creative entrepreneurship is the practice of setting up a business – or becoming self-employed - in one of the creative industries. The focus of the creative entrepreneur differs from that of the typical business entrepreneur or, indeed, the soci ...

in schools) * De Bedenkers (TV Show in collaboration with Flanders DC) * SOS Idee (free first-aid service for people with an idea or invention) * The Future Summit (Event on trends)

External links

Flanders DC
(Flanders DC website and creativity portal)
Creativity World Forum

De Bedenkers

The Future Summit
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