The Year addresses a wide spectrum of related themes such as:

• fostering artistic and other forms of creativity through pre-school, primary and secondary education including vocational streams, as well as non-formal and informal education

• maintaining engagement with creative forms of self-expression throughout adult life

• cultural diversity as a source of creativity and innovation

• information and communication technologies as media for creative self-expression

• ensuring that mathematics, science and technological studies promote an active, innovative mindset

• developing a wider understanding of the innovation process and a more entrepreneurial attitude as prerequisites for continued prosperity

• promoting innovation as the route to sustainable development

• regional and local development strategies based on creativity and innovation

• cultural and creative industries including design – where the aesthetic and the economic coincide

• innovation in public and private services.

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