‘Breakthrough Cities’: Launch of Young Foundation/British Council report on creativity and social innovation in cities

‘Breakthrough Cities’ - a groundbreaking report on how cities can mobilise creativity and knowledge to tackle compelling social challenges - was launched on 11 June, in Prague, in front of an audience of policy makers and social innovators.

The report provides a unique resource for anyone working in the field of city policy – policy makers, consultants, public employees, workers in the arts or education sectors, NGOs, or simply private individuals committed to improving city life. It provides inspiration and guidance for making cities better places to live in.

The report was commissioned by the British Council from the Young Foundation, as part of the British Council’s Creative Cities project, which is active in Russia and fourteen countries across North and Central Europe. The main body of the report is authored by Geoff Mulgan and Charles Leadbeater, established international experts in social innovation and creativity, and Rushanara Ali, Alessandra Buonfino and Lauren Kahn. The British Council has supplemented this with examples of people, organisations and initiatives that demonstrate social innovation and creativity in action in the countries participating in the Creative Cities project.

We hope that the report will provide inspiration and fuel enthusiasm for solving problems in cities, wherever you are, and invite you to make use of this resource.

Please feel free to tell us what you think about the report and share your ideas on how you plan to use it.

Download the report here: http://creativecities.britishcouncil.org/exploratory_activities/creative...

Read an article on the report launch in Polish magazine ‘Brief’ here: http://www.brief4poland.pl/aktualnosci/art378.html