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Flanders District of Creativity or Flanders DC is a non-profit organization founded by the Flemish government, on 7 May 2004, centered around the design and fashion sector.

Goals

Research: analysis of the role of creativity in the economic growth of a region, and how companies and organisations can get to more creativity and innovation (Flanders Knowledge center in collaboration with Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and Antwerp Management School).
Internationalization of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through collaboration with 13 other Districts of Creativity (DC). Besides Flanders, these DCs are Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Catalonia (Spain), Central Denmark (Denmark), Karnataka (India), Lombardy (Italy), Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France), Oklahoma (US), Qingdao (China), Rhône-Alpes (France), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Scotland (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China), and Tampere (Finland).

Projects/events

Creativity World Forum (The DC's meet @ the CWF)
GPS brainstorming kit (idea generation tool)
Flanders DC Fellows (50 entrepreneurs, managers testify on creative entrepreneurship in schools)
De Bedenkers (TV Show in collaboration with Flanders DC)
SOS Idee (free first-aid service for people with an idea or invention)
The Future Summit (Event on trends)

External links

Flanders DC (Flanders DC website and creativity portal)
Creativity World Forum
De Bedenkers
The Future Summit

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-'''Flanders District of Creativity''' or '''Flanders DC'''  is a non-profit organization founded by the [[Flemish government]], on 7 May 2004, to make the Flemish economy more competitive through [[creativity]], [[entrepreneurship]], and further [[internationalization]].
+'''Flanders District of Creativity''' or '''Flanders DC'''  is a non-profit organization founded by the [[Flemish government]], on 7 May 2004, centered around the design and fashion sector.
 ==Goals==
-* Research: analysis of the role of creativity in the economic growth of a region, and how companies/organisations can get to more creativity and [[innovation]] (Flanders Knowledge center in collaboration with [[Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School]]).
+* Research: analysis of the role of creativity in the economic growth of a region, and how companies and organisations can get to more creativity and [[innovation]] (Flanders Knowledge center in collaboration with [[Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School]] and [[Antwerp Management School]]).
+* Internationalization of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through collaboration with 13 other Districts of Creativity (DC). Besides [[Flanders]], these DCs are [[Baden-Württemberg]] (Germany), [[Catalonia]] (Spain), [[Central Denmark]] (Denmark), [[Karnataka]] (India), [[Lombardy]] (Italy), [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] (France), [[Oklahoma]] (US), [[Qingdao]] (China), [[Rhône-Alpes]] (France), [[Rio de Janeiro]] (Brazil), Scotland (United Kingdom), [[Shanghai]] (China), and [[Tampere]] ([[Finland]]).
-* Creating awareness: stimulating [[policy maker]]s, the general public, companies and schools to tap into their creative potential.
-* Internationalization of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through collaboration with 11 other Districts of Creativity. Besides [[Flanders]], these DC's are [[Catalunya]] ([[Spain]]), [[Lombardy]] ([[Italy]]), [[Québec]] ([[Canada]]), [[Rhône-Alpes]] ([[France]]), [[Karnataka]] ([[India]]), [[Scotland]] ([[United Kingdom]]), [[Baden-Württemberg]] ([[Germany]]), [[Oklahoma]] ([[USA|US]]), [[Shangai]] (China), [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] (France), and [[Qingdao]] (China).
 ==Projects/events==
 * Creativity World Forum (The DC's meet @ the CWF)
-* GPS For Entreprises (free idea generation tool)
+* GPS brainstorming kit (idea generation tool)
 * Flanders DC Fellows (50 entrepreneurs, managers testify on [[creative entrepreneurship]] in schools)
 * De Bedenkers (TV Show in collaboration with Flanders DC)
+* SOS Idee (free first-aid service for people with an idea or invention)
 * The Future Summit (Event on trends)
-* TriO (schoolkids go to companies to brainstorm with them about their products/services)
-* ...
 ==See also==
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 * [http://www.flandersdc.be/ Flanders DC] (Flanders DC website and creativity portal)
 * [http://www.creativityworldforum.be/ Creativity World Forum]
 * [http://www.debedenkers.be/ De Bedenkers]
-* [http://www.thefuturesummit.be/ The Future Summit]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071102204313/http://www.thefuturesummit.be/ The Future Summit]
-* [http://www.flandersdc.com/ is a hoax. The domain names FLANDERSDC.COM, FLANDERSDC.NET, FLANDERSDC.ORG and FLANDERS-DC.COM are the exclusive intellectual property of REDVERTISING SL. Redvertising has copied content and adapted the old Flanders DC logo from the old flandersdc.be in order to look a little bit like the original. These domains have nothing to do with Flanders District of Creativity, the organisation described in this article.]
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-[[Category:Creativity]]
 [[Category:Innovation organizations]]
-[[Category:Entrepreneurship]]
+[[Category:Entrepreneurship organizations]]
-[[Category:Flanders]]
+[[Category:Flemish government departments and agencies]]
-[[Category:Organisations based in Belgium]]
+[[Category:Government agencies of Belgium]]
 [[Category:Science and technology in Belgium]]
+[[Category:Research and development in Belgium]]