Creative Innovators Film Series: Karaw Craftventures

Karaw Craftventures believes that contributing to the social good means empowering their stakeholders in a truly collaborative partnership. Watch the fourth film in our Creative Innovators Film Series to learn more about how Karaw works with their artisans for a better future. As an arts-based social enterprise and design hub in Naga City, Karaw promotes an eco-ethical approach to sustainability while spurring economic mobility for marginalised artisans and their communities. This Naga-based hub empowers underserved women from Naga City, including the urban poor and inmates from the city jail, as well as rural communities in Camarines Sur, by providing skills trainings, market access to their artisans' products, community guidance on financial literacy and other capacity building initiatives.

Watch Karaw Craftventure’s story here.

Venice Fellowship Programme 2020 Open Call

Fellowship at a major international biennale
Deadline 13 December
Open to UK institutions and partners

British Council's Venice Fellowship Programme is now open. We're looking for students, graduates and researchers to spend a month in Venice during one of the world’s most significant art and architecture biennales. Applications to our 2020 Venice Fellowship programme are open for partners to apply. Institutions will have the opportunity to become active participants at the British Pavilion in the Architecture Biennele 2020.

Find out more about the timeline and selection process here.

Innovation and Creative Enterprise (ICE) application deadline extended

Creative enterprise scholarships for professionals
Deadline 13 December 2019
Nationwide call; applicants from outside Metro Manila are encouraged to apply

Thames International Business School is looking to award postgraduate certificates and management diploma partial scholarships to creative entrepreneurs through the Innovation and Creative Enterprise (ICE) Postgraduate Program. Thames International aims to empower creative entrepreneurs through education and internationalisation, thus developing globally competitive and innovative creative industries that contribute to inclusive growth and employment. ICE is supported through the Creative Innovators Programme, a partnership between Thames International and British Council.

Submission of application is until 13 December 2019. Apply today.

Philippine-made 'Pinyapel' wins D&AD Future Impact Award

Since 1962, the D&AD Pencil has represented the very best in design and advertising. Its Future Impact Programme aims to support great ideas that have the potential to change the world. The Philippine-made 'pinyapel', a specialty paper made of discarded pineapple leaves, won a Wood Pencil from the D&AD Future Impact Awards 2019 for its potential to create a significant impact on environment and sustainability. The Pinyapel project is led by our Creative Innovators Programme partner, the Design Center of the Philippines (DCP), and their materials research and development programme; in collaboration with Cagayan de Oro Handmade Paper Crafts. The project is part of the DCP’s goal to produce sustainable, cost-effective and commercially viable materials and contribute to strengthening local businesses.

Read more about Pinyapel and the D&AD Future Impact award here.

The Connective Economy

adobo Magazine’s Festival of Ideas
5 December 2019
Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila

This year’s adobo Festival of Ideas theme is 'The Connectivity Economy', and will be happening on 5 December 2019 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater. The festival will look at how the modern economy is fueled by collaboration over competition, how unexpected connections are leading to an endless array of possibilities, and the role creative and innovative thinking plays in achieving business and sustainability goals. adobo, our partner in the Creative Innovators Programme, will bring renowned leaders from different sectors and backgrounds across the globe to help explore the worlds created when industries and sectors intersect, converge, and collaborate–how the cyclic relationships between these sectors would shape the future of the world and transform it. 

Registration is open to professionals and students. Tickets on sale here.