Tourism, culture and 2012 games

Tourism contributes £5.9bn each year to the regional economy and provides jobs for 100,000 people, with around one million trips made by overseas visitors annually.

East Midlands Tourism (EMT), emda's dedicated tourism body, is responsible for developing this key industry. To find out more use the link on the left to go to the East Midlands Tourism website.

Culture, creativity and enterprise are vital for improving the prosperity and quality of life of people and communities. It is only with culture at the centre of regional strategy, policy and planning that we can meet social and economic challenges.

Culture includes these sectors of the economy:

Cultural Partnership: East Midlands

The Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has introduced a new framework for cultural agencies in the regions to work together. In the East Midlands Cultural Partnership: East Midlands now brings together the region’s key organisations in the field of culture and sport. At its core are five regional agencies which form the East Midlands Cultural Agencies Group.

East Midlands Creative and Cultural Economy Partnership (EMCCEP)

EMCCEP works with key national, regional and local strategic partners and is committed to:

  1. Fostering a collaborative and united approach to growing the creative and cultural economy
  2. Stimulating investment in cultural spaces where creativity and public participation can flourish
  3. Developing creative businesses that transform wider communities and the economy
  4. Nurturing talent in regional colleges and universities to enter the creative and cultural industries.
  5. Encouraging participation, achievement and retention in the creative and cultural economy
  6. Promoting our creative and cultural heritage in 21st century places

Local Authority partners wanted

EMCCEP are currently seeking to engage local authority partners from across the region.

For more details about EMCCEP please contact:

Suzanne Alizart,
Chair of the Steering Group.
Email Suzanne.Alizart@em-media.org.uk
Telephone: 0115 993 2350

or Contact EMCCEP directly here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/The-East-Midlands-Creative-and-Cultural-Economy-Partnership/117739591572762?ref=ts

Unlocking the potential of the creative and cultural sector: a Meta Review of the Evidence Base

In October 2009 emda, Cultural Partnership: East Midlands, and the East Midlands Creative and Cultural Economic Partnership commissioned Experian to synthesise existing research and data on the creative and cultural sector in the East Midlands. This work aims to draw out the key trends and issues for the region and to identify and prioritise gaps in the evidence base for the sector, providing best practice examples from elsewhere to demonstrate how the gaps could be filled.

Related documents:

2012 Games

The East Midlands is committed to maximising the benefits from the Games. Visit our dedicated website using the link below, which will keep you up to date with what is happening at a regional and local level, as well as the latest news from London 2012.
Championing the East Midlands Website