1. Creative Cape Town communicates, supports and facilitates the development of the creative and knowledge economy in the Central City of Cape Town

2. CREATIVECAPETOWNfacilitate dynamic partnerships in the Central City, in line with the goals the Central City Development Strategy knowledge, innovation, creativity & culture …to create a leading centre for in Africa and the South

3. DESIGN CULTURAL TOURISM HISTORY AND MEMORY

4. internationally the creative industry sector has proved to be an important new economic driver for cities the creative industry sector is innately flexible, dynamic it plays a leading role in innovation It is able to reposition cities low thresholds for job entry &impact on identity formulation

5. Networking Information Marketing Venues Platforms Business Events

6. Production Creative Cape Town works to raise the profile of and build the capacity of the Central City as a place for production, knowledge sharing and innovation Business Centre Consumption Creative Cape Town works to raise the profile of the Central City as a place for cultural tourism, entertainment and learning Visitor Economy

7. Key Findings A relatively robust and healthy creative and knowledge economy 1000 Creative and Knowledge Economy entries

8. more than 18 000 employed majority are micro-enterprises 85% started since 1994/ 49% since 1999 85% are older than 3 years

9. Knowledge and Education 20 000 students annually in the city. 2 Universities: Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPSCA) & Cape Peninsula Univ of Technology’s Faculty of Informatics and Design 55 other education related entities including private sector related

10. DESIGN a cape town CITY 86 architecture firms 81 communications and advertising companies 95fashion 51 local crafts 62 photography 69jewellery 145other design related companies such as interior and graphic/media arts design 46 publishing 73 media More than 27magazine titles published Hosts 5 major design related events annually

11. creative cape town central city venues 60galleries, 22live music venues, 9 performance venues, 20 museums, 2 multipurpose venues, 3 cinema complexes, a significant number of heritage sites +a multitude of innovative restaurants, bars, cafés, club venues and accommodation

12. creative cape town central city venues 110venues for cultural consumption in the Central City

13. more than 35 annual big events

15. Cultural Tourism Venues Events Connect to hospitality and visitor economy cultural tourism … to increase the numbers of visitors to the Central Cityby signposting, building an interest in and facilitating the development of cultural tourism attractions. Promoting the Central City as a desirable destination and acultural hub

19. networking and information sharing helps build a proactive creative milieu in the central city with…..CommunicationCreative Cape Town Clusters, Creative Cape Town E News,Creative CT Annual,E- Social Networking,Cultural Tourism Map, Creative Week Cape Town, Support events and venues,Walking ToursFacilitation World Design Capital Bid,CT Design Network,East City Design Initiative,Imagine City Hall

20. DESIGN FOCUS OF CREATIVE CAPE TOWN World Design Capital Bid 2014 East City Design Initiative (ECDI) CT Design Network

22. 24 Sep – 3 Oct 2010

32. ANNUAL 2010

34. ECDI VISION The Design Precinct will become the premier African environment for design innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship within the next 10 years. It will showcase design, media and ICT excellence, incubate emerging talent, and enable new innovations to develop A CAPE CATALYST PROJECT

35. ECDI PARTNERS The Loeries Awards | Woodheads | Furnspace | The Cape Town Central Library

40. Media

41. ICT

42. Cultural Industries

43. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CCdesign.