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CREATIVEDUBLINALLIANCE

The CREATIVE DUBLIN ALLIANCEis a network of diverse leaders.

A collaboration between…the Dublin Local Authorities,Universities, State Agencies, Businessand the Not-for-Profit sector.

Our purpose is to help identify, discuss,recommend, distribute and implementsolutions in response to the challengesthat Dublin faces as an InternationalCompetitive City Region.

The Creative Dublin Alliance iscommitted as a group of leaders to…

CREATE A CLEAR VISIONTHAT UNIFIES AROUNDTHE STRENGTHS ANDFUTURE POTENTIAL OFDUBLIN CITY REGION.

BUILD A DUBLIN REGIONTHAT IS SUPPORTIVEOF ITS PEOPLE BYENCOURAGINGINNOVATION ANDENTERPRISE.

CONTINUE TO GROWAN INTERNATIONALLYRENOWNED HIGHEREDUCATION ANDRESEARCH SECTOR.

COMMUNICATE, SHOWAND ENGAGE PEOPLEIN THE VARIETY OFENTREPRENEURIALINITIATIVES THAT AREOCCURRING IN DUBLINCITY REGION.

ENCOURAGE AN OPEN,MERIT BASED, TOLERANTAND INCLUSIVE SOCIETYTHAT PROMOTES WELL-BEING.

DEVELOP A HIGHQUALITY INFORMATION,COMMUNICATIONSAND TRANSPORTNETWORK.

The CREATIVE DUBLIN ALLIANCE isan Action Group.

We plan to develop creative solutionsfor the challenges we face by executingon and facilitating selected projects.

These projects include…

Innovation Dublin:A week of public events showcasing innovation and creativity in Dublinfrom October 14th to 20th 2009.

Economic Action Plan:An Economic Action Plan for the Dublin City Region.

Designing Dublin:A design-led initiative that engages individuals through collaborationand entrepreneurship to find solutions to Dublin’s future challenges.

UniverCities:An initiative to align teaching and research programmes in universitiesto assist in managing and planning for the future of Dublin.

Innovation Alliance:A Trinity-UCD project to develop Innovation as the third arm of theUniversity sector, along with Education and Research, with identifiedoutputs in job creation and enterprise.

Branding the City Region:A strategy to brand Dublin as an internationally competitive and creativecity that attracts investment and talent.

Network Mapping:A mapping project to identify and capture the formal and informal cross-agency / cross-sectoral alliances and linkages that exist across keyplayers in Dublin.

Citizenship/Public Consultation:A multi-platform project to engage Dubliners in contributing to their cityvia discussion forums events, web presence, and project initiatives.

Our structure is distributed.

We believe that by unifying resources,working on projects that solve our CityRegion challenges and delivering onthese projects, that we can place Dublinas an creative and influential InternationalCity Region.

Thank you.