The Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science (ALASO), and the Bahrain National Committee for Education, Science and Culture organized the “Rehabilitation of leaders in the Department of Cultural and Creative Industries”, in the Bahrain National Museum with the participation of a group of entrepreneurs and leaders of cultural institutions and creators from the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
On this occasion, Mrs. Aisha Youssef Al -Sada, Advisor to Cultural Affairs at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, affirmed that hosting the program comes within the framework of the authority’s efforts to support and qualify national leaders working in the culture sector, noting that cooperation with local and regional bodies reflects the increasing importance of this sector at the local and Arab levels. The Cultural Affairs Advisor pointed out that the aim of the program is to enhance the role of cultural and creative industries in the national economy through the development of local capabilities in a way that supports competencies capable of expanding the scope of the labor market in this field, stressing that the program provides a platform for interaction and exchange of experiences between participants from Bahrain and other countries.
The program sessions dealt with a number of major axes, such as introducing cultural and creative industries and their practices in the business sector, leadership and management skills, the most influential marketing strategies in the field of creative economy, as well as the means of engineering of independent cultural projects. This is in addition to shedding light on a number of successful models of international companies and platforms in this field. The program sought to expand the circle of entrepreneurship and innovation projects in cultural and creative industries, support the capabilities of beneficiaries and develop competencies and skills in the field of managing cultural industries and creative economy.
