You are invited to this round table with Jim Galloway, initated by the British Council Connect ZA and hosted at the Goethe-Institut. It is evident that collaborative cross-sector working and hybrid approaches to artistic community growth are being led by super networks: Hubs. In light of this fresh, sector-led desire to drive the Creative Economy, an opportunity exists to shape our future in the arts and creative practices.
Mr Galloway will highlight some of the strategies and learnings, implemented and experienced by the City of Edinburgh Council, in terms of supporting a healthy creative ecosystem by interlinking culture with economic development.
We believe your contribution to the conversation is important in linking how creative communities might build opportunities, spaces, skills, networks, markets and support systems through their entrepreneurial approaches and arts businesses.
Jim Galloway
- Head of Enterprise and Innovation, the City of Edinburgh Council, Economic Development Service
- Chair, Scottish Local Authority Economic Development group (SLAED)
- Member Scottish Creative Industries Partnership
Jim has worked in Economic Development for over 30 years, covering a number of disciplines including employability, regeneration and business support. In Edinburgh, he has developed a specialty in linking arts, culture, creativity and innovation to economic development policy and practice.
Jim was instrumental in the development of Creative Edinburgh, one of the United Kingdom’s foremost creative hubs/networks. He also established the city’s Creative Industry Strategy “People, Place and Pound”.
At a national level, and as Chair of SLAED Jim represents Scottish Local Authority economic development services on a number of national government policy groups including the Economy Forum, Scottish Economic Strategic Group and the Scottish Creative Industries Partnership.
On an international level Jim has travelled extensively on behalf of the City of Edinburgh to promote collaborative trade links – most recently in Canada, and China resulting in creative hub partnership links between, for example, Creative Edinburgh and Interactive Ontario and the Shenzhen Creative Industries Partnership.
Outside of work, Jim is a keen musician, giving occasional concerts on piano and classical organ for charity.
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