‘Culture, sport and creative industries’ are recognised in the Regional Economic Strategy 2006-2016 – A Framework for Sustainable Prosperity. They are one of the three cross-cutting themes that will contribute to a wide range of objectives. The strategy includes a series of specific actions for the ‘culture, sport and creative industries’ theme. These are designed to increase the effectiveness of culture as an economic catalyst and are summarised under seven headings:

• Enterprise
• Innovation and creativity
• Skills
• Competition and business regulation
• Transport and physical development
• Employment
• Sustainable prosperity

These actions are intended to contribute to the overall goal to: ‘promote culture as an economic catalyst in developing underperforming areas and growth poles in all economic areas of the South East, but particularly Growth Areas, the Coastal Towns and the Diamonds for Investment and Growth’.

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