The creative industry has become a bigger business than financial services in London. In Germany, it is also one of the most dynamic sectors and a key economic factor, comparable in GDP share to the automotive or metal industries.
Culture and entertainment in Croatia have always been on the margins, but recently the government declared the creative industry strategic in the industrial strategy and the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Culture. Željka Laslavić and Jasmina Trstenjak explored in the new issue of Lider what opportunities the inclusion of ‘creativity’ in Croatian strategic sectors opens up and what doubts arise regarding the alignment of state institutions and funding methods.
Pressure is rising, but Croats are not protesting. They are silent, but not threatening. Moreover, they are devising their own models to escape the endless depression. The GOH model (Citizens Recover Croatia), the National Forum of Nikica Gabrić, the Together movement, and the Croatian National Bank’s activation in devising a return to growth are ideas that have occupied much media space. For now, that is all. But enough to make us wonder what is wrong with the Croatian picture.
In the text by Gordana Gelenčer ‘Citizens Instead of Complaining and Silence Produce Their Own Crisis Solutions’, find out what the initiators of these ideas say, and how economists comment on it.
The news that Damir Zec is the new director of the Croatian branch of the global IT giant IBM surprised many at first. After the initial reactions of those familiar with his character and work, which were mostly expectations that the helm of the Big Blue would be taken over by ‘someone from the more prominent IBM figures’, it could already be heard in the next sentence that the choice is more than good. What skills brought Damir Zec to the helm of Big Blue can be found out in the new issue of Lider.
