After working for several years on a global scale, international development organization Hivos is launching its first program to support creative industries in the Middle East, Mideast Creatives.
The goal of the program is to support creative entrepreneurs through coworking spaces, viewed as an essential element of the region’s startup economies. Mideast Creatives will provide coworking spaces with financial support and organize business trainings for entrepreneurs in the creative industries.
The creative industries include traditional yet innovative sections of the performing and visual arts, literature, fashion, architecture, print media, and design, mixed with the new media disciplines of gaming, broadcast media advertising, and all forms of digital media.
“When I moved from Amsterdam to Egypt to study Arabic I was struck by the talented young [entrepreneurs]; I met so many people who wanted to start their own enterprise, without complaining but spreading positive vibes to rebuild Egypt,” says serial Dutch entrepreneur Arthur Steiner, who is managing the program.
Original article by Maya Rahal
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