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creative industries mean?
The term ‘creative industries ‘covers the whole area of activities which are based on individual
creativity, dexterity and talent and which have the potential of generating wealth and jobs through
different models of acquisition and managing intellectual property. The European Creative Industry
contributed about 560 million euro to the GDP of the 27 member states of the EU in 2008, that is
4.5% of the European GDP [EU27], with 8.5 million jobs in the EU.
Cultural industries, including applied and fine arts, audiovisual and music industries, fashion and
photography, are often considered to be part of the creative industries, while museums, archives,
art galleries and libraries are not.
We use the term creative industries and cultural industries as the same thing here, while education,
research and science are complementary and are regarded as ‘knowledge industries’.
We, as a knowledge-intensive organisation and with the institutional role of collecting, documenting,
preserving and providing a unified point of access to reliable scientific and cultural knowledge in
Greece, are developing infrastructures and services which support the creative industries and
contribute to evidence – based policy making.
