This landmark paper set out the case for a rigorous classification of creative industries and occupations that became the basis for the creative industry statistics of the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which has since become a world standard. It resulted from a collaboration between Hasan Bakhshi of the UK think tank NESTA, Alan Freeman at the Greater London Authority, and Peter Higgs of Queensland University of Technology.
Comment on the 2013 BRICS summit first published in BRICSPOST March 23, 2013, 6:29 am
The report benchmarks London’s cultural offer against four other world cities: Paris, New York, Tokyo and Shanghai and is the first comprehensive such undertaking compiled according to international standards. It was the progenitor of the full-fledged World Cities Cultural Forum which now benchmarks 42 world cities and has held an annual forum engaging their cultural leaderships since 2012.
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