In our previous episodes, we covered Transformation, Experimentation, Conceptualisation within the Creative and Cultural Industries. In this episode, we mark the beginning of a new theme: Application. Creativity is at its most successful when a spark of an idea is bandied about and then fully developed. Ultimately what we hope to gain as a community is a variety of tangible and impactful solutions.

And who better to represent Application within the CCI sectors than our dear friend and CCI guardian, Ouafa Belgacem! Ouafa is an expert in cultural and creative projects fundraising. She is also a researcher interested in topics related with arts and culture financing and cultural policies in the MENA and Africa Regions. She is the founder of Culture Funding Watch, a leading enterprise dedicated to capacity building and intelligence gathering and monitoring art and culture financial support and to support of Art and Creative enterprises in the MENA and Africa. 

With Ouafa, we uncover the challenges, myths, hurdles and opportunities that lay ahead for the CCI sectors and crack the code to sustainable funding for the creative economies.