The establishment of several innovation centers, accelerators and cultural foundations in the field of creative and cultural industries was one of the achievements in this field in 2019. Strengthening financial tools, cluster support and recognition and qualification of 1300 new creative companies and reaching the number of 2000 creative companies are among the programs of 2020.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sajadi Nayeri, the secretary of the soft and identity-making technologies development headquarter, considered one of the highlights of the event in the field of this headquarters as the discussion of stabilizing the ecological development program of creative companies, expressing: the number of creative companies increased more than 700, and this quantitative increase occurred regardless of relatively strict criteria in the field. We hope that this number increase to 1000 by the end of the year considering the large capacity of the field and considerable welcoming of the idea by companies. However, some macro variables, such as economic change and coronary heart disease, have not been ineffective in intermittent slowing. Due to the beginning of cooperation with some strong and effective bases for identifying creative companies in the last months of the year, it is expected that the process of joining creative companies to the ecosystem will be more accelerated in 2020.

Stronger Consolidation of Creative Industries

He added: it could be expressed that the first contemplative event in 2019 was stronger consolidation of the topic of creative industries. In addition, an opportunity was made to accelerate the pace of providing services to knowledge-based companies in soft and creative industries by the Vice-Presidency.

In addition, the chain of the ecosystem of cultural and creative industries was completed with the formation of new elements. Opening several new accelerators in provinces, creating innovative centers for creative industries in Isfahan, Sistan and Baluchestan, and Gilan, and establishing new and more developed innovation centers in the field of humanities such as Allameh Tabatabaei University, Imam Sadegh University Innovation Center, and Shahid Beheshti University are among the measures taken to develop the ecosystem of cultural and creative industries in 2019.

Development of Financial Tools

The secretary of the program for development of the ecosystem for creative companies mentioned the efforts made to develop financial tools in the ecosystem of creative industries in 2019, asserting: a specialized fund of creative and cultural industries known as Sepehr Fund has been opened. In addition, Karimeh Qom Fund has initiated specialized activities in the field of providing financial services to creative and cultural companies in 2019. Moreover, Novin Technology Fund has provided suitable facilities to creative companies.

Increasing the Number of Creative companies to 2000

He considered the quantitative development of creative companies another priority of the headquarter in 2020, marking: we hope that the number of companies reach 2000 by the end of 2020. Strengthening the support of creative companies, especially cluster support, is another plan for the new year. Developing cooperation with effective organizations, such as Mostazafan Foundation, Imam Khomeini Executive Headquarters, and Islamic Propaganda Organization, is another issue followed up in 2020 more seriously.

The Final Announcement of the Headquarters Document

Sajadi Nayeri continued: the document of the headquarter has been issued in the scientific comprehensive plan strategic headquarter of the country. We hope that more activities could be performed by this issuance. Another priority of the headquarter is establishing a new research and technology fund in the field of creative industries. Moreover, two venture capitals working in the stock exchange market will be opened with the support of the headquarter.

In line with cooperation with the ministry of labor, cooperatives and social welfare, the establishment of at least one new fund will be finalized in 2020.

He regarded the development of innovation centers and accelerators as another pillar of the forecasted programs of the soft and identity-making technologies development headquarter in 2020, affirming: this will lead to the quantitative development of companies and qualitative enhancement of creative and cultural companies.