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Future by Lund and Lund University are now exploring ways to support and develop innovation capabilities in the cultural and creative sectors in Kosovo together with partners in Kosovo. The ambition is that by the end of the project Tu pa, tu bo be able to launch an innovation support programme or platform for the work in the sector in the coming years. In 2024, partners and invited stakeholders in various cities in Kosovo will explore, test and develop how such a program could work. In addition, lessons and insights from the project will be used on an ongoing basis in the process of developing Kosovo's new strategy to support these industries:

“Since arts and culture have such a direct effect on both local and regional economies, connecting different sectors of creative industries with each other and increasing interaction is the right way to go,” says Kosovo's Culture Minister Hajrulla Çeku.

The Department and Lund University have agreed to cooperate on the development of this strategy.

The project will intersperse experimental innovation collaborations with training in innovation methods. The parties have summed up their exploratory approach with the Kosovar Albanian phrase” 'T'u pa, t'u ba'” (In Serbian roughly “Gledaj i uči”.) It means, roughly, that you take it all the time, i.e. examine, test, learn and try again. Both the country's innovation centre and the independent scene in Kosovo — which has a strong entrepreneurial capacity and credibility in civil society — have shown great interest in participating in the project.

Kosovo's film industry is on the rise. Animation attracts many young people and the annual International Animation Film Festival is a major event. One partner of the project, the cultural organisation Anibar in Peja, is behind Kosovo's successful animation scene. The project's other partners UN Habitat works, among other things, to support the country's municipalities with processes for inclusive and sustainable urban planning. This also involves processes for documenting and caring for the local cultural heritage during post-war reconstruction. In the project, these two partners will jointly explore how they can work together to bring cultural heritage to life. A collaboration that explores how to create a common innovation portfolio across organizational boundaries.

This is a unique project. We can test and develop both methodologies, portfolios and trainings that can strengthen and support Kosovo's innovation ecosystem for cultural and creative industries. Cooperation between Sweden and Kosovo can also make an impact at European level in developing innovation policies for the cultural and creative industries that Lund University leads, says Charlotte Lorentz Hjorth, LU Collaboration and CEO of Future by Lund.

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Pictured: Hajrulla Ceku, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Kosovo, Jonas Westerlund, Ambassador Swedish Embassy in Kosovo and Lisa Thelin, Head of Lund University Collaboration Office

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“New approaches can bring a lot of positives for Kosovo”

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Future of Lund and Lund University in unique cooperation in Kosovo

A unique project and constellation of partners have been born thanks to the Swedish Embassy in Kosovo. Lund University and the innovation platform Future by Lund have formed a partnership with UN Habitat, the cultural organisation Anibar and the Ministry for Culture, Youth and Sports of Kosovo. Together they will explore innovation capacity and models for collaboration for the Cultural and Creative Sector and Industries (CCSI) in Kosovo. Lessons and insights from the project will continuously provide input for the development of Kosovo's new strategy to support these industries.

Future by Lund and Lund University are now working to explore the innovation capacity of the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries in Kosovo. Par,. During 2024 the partners and invited stakeholders across Kosovo will explore, test, and develop how such a programme could work. In addition, lessons and insights from the project will be continually utilized in the process of formulating Kosovo's new strategy to support these industries.

Kosovo Minister of Culture Hajrulla Çeku says:

“Considering the direct impact that arts and culture have in the local and regional economies, we have seen [...] that the right way [is] to connect the different disciplines of the creative industries to interact with each other”

The department and Lund University have agreed to collaborate on the development of this strategy.

In the project, the partners will alternate experimental innovation collaborations with training in innovation methods. The partners have summarized their exploratory approach with the Kosovar Albanian phrase 'T'u pa, t'u ba' (in Serbian “Gledaj i uči”) which roughly means taking it step by step, i.e., investigating, testing, learning, and trying again. Hem a v Kosovo, a v.

Kosovo's film industry is making strong progress, with animation attracting many young talents, and the annual international animation film festival being a major event. One of the project's partners, the cultural organization Anibar in Peja, is behind Kosovo's successful animation scene. The other partners of the project, UN HabitatWorks, among other things, to support the country's municipalities with processes for inclusive and sustainable urban planning. This includes processes for documenting and preserving local cultural heritage during the post-war reconstruction. In the project, these two partners will collectively explore how they can collaborate to bring cultural heritage to life—a collaboration that investigates creating a shared innovation portfolio across organizational boundaries.

Charlotte Lorentz Hjorth, LU Collaboration, and CEO of Future at Lund, says:

“This is a unique project. We can test and develop methods, portfolios, and education that can strengthen and support Kosovo's innovation ecosystem for cultural and creative industries. The collaboration between Sweden and Kosovo can also make an impact at the European level in the efforts to develop innovation policies for the cultural and creative sectors, which Lund University leads”.

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