UNESCO PRIZE ON CREATIVE ECONOMY

UNESCO PRIZE FOR CREATIVE ECONOMY

UNESCO is to launch an international prize in the creative economy field in the name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
2021 has been declared as ‘International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development by UNESCO.

About UNESCO Prize for Creative Economy

The prize will create knowledge-sharing mechanism by communicating the best practice in developing creative entrepreneurship.
The prize will be 50,000 USD and is to be given once every two years.
The award will recognise exceptional initiatives taken by cultural workers and organizations in the development of the creative economy.

What is a Creative Economy?

A creative economy is an economic system in which value is based on the use of creative imagination rather than the traditional factors of land, capital and labour.
The concept was given by John Howkins in 2001.
This form of the economy occurs only when the creativity of the person becomes a major source of value and the main cause of the transaction.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

He is also called the “Father of Bangladesh”.
He was the first President of Bangladesh.
He also served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from April 17, 1971 till his assassination on August 15, 1975.

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