2009 to be European Year of Creativity and Innovation
The European Commission has announced that it would like to make 2009 the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
Europe is striving to become the world's leading knowledge-based economy by 2010. It is widely agreed that to reach this target will require encouraging people to develop skills in a number of areas that are key to building a knowledge-orientated society.
One of these areas is education and the specific subjects of mathematics, science, information and other technologies. The Year will therefore concentrate on helping people develop better skills in problem-solving and applying knowledge and ideas in real life situations. Activities focusing on social and entrepreneurial innovation will also be encouraged.
Because of the importance of the cultural sector to the economy, artistic creativity and flair will also be promoted in 2009, as a follow-up to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008). Other policy areas covered by the Year will include business, media, research, and social, regional and rural development.
According to Ján Figel', Commissioner responsible for education, training, culture and youth, the Year is 'an effective way of helping to meet challenges by raising public awareness, disseminating information about good practices, stimulating education and research, creativity and innovation, and promoting policy debate and change. By combining action at Community, national, regional and local levels, it can generate synergies and help to focus policy debate on specific issues.'
This Commission's proposal will be examined by the European Parliament and the Council later this year.
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Very appriciatative
By Abdul Waheed KandhroVery appriciatative step of the EU.
Creativity can be defined as the generation of a large number of ideas and a large number of narrative and various ideas. Artlessness, with its lack of evaluation, increases the number of ideas and the number of novel and diverse ideas.
A lack of evaluation reduces evaluation anxiety, removing blocks and increasing idea numbers and the number of novel and diverse ideas. If people are worried about being unoriginal then they produce less; if they’re worried about failing then they’ll produce less; if they accept their first thoughts, ideas will flow. The trick is to ignore content.
There is a myth that creativity is limited to a few individuals who are naturally creative. In reality, creativity is a skill that can be learned and applied like any other skill. Many techniques in creative thinking are available to help germinate and accelerate the innovation process.
Techniques that stimulate creative thinking include:
1) lateral thinking;
2) metaphoric thinking;
3) positive thinking;
4) questioning conventional wisdom;
5) capturing and interpreting dreams.
these techniques have been used successfully in product and process development, trouble-shooting and tackling difficult business issues.
Creativity and innovation
By waris AliCreativity and innovation can change the world:
Creativity and innovation can change the map of the world. Its men innovation that comple them to turn their lives towards the easiness. it was the men innovations which drawout the men form old iron ages to wards this nuclear age. According to the Decarts I am thinking so I am alive. It means men remain alive for struggle any one who stop thinking from thats day he is like dead, creativity could be possible when we will be thinking.
It is very appreciatable planning