Creact4Med organized a seminar during EU-Africa week on culture and creativity as key factors for economic growth.

The webinar was held online on 17 February 2022 at the EU-Africa week, the first edition in the run-up of the 6th EU-African Union Summit, and was aimed to foster African-European dialogue from a different vantage point: Africa needs to take the lead in setting forth a new kind of conversation that is truly transformational and inclusive with a focus on culture, creativity and entrepreneurship.

During a 2-hour online event led and organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) we brought together cultural and creative entrepreneurs, artists, policy-makers, academics and finance actors from Africa and Europe. The aim was to open debate around the key challenges and opportunities facing collaboration in the cultural and creative industries (CCI), with a focus on strengthening Africa-Europe cooperation and cultural exchange. As an outcome of the session, participants concluded with a statement which can be found in the document hereby attached.