NUIG TO LAUNCH ONE MILLION EURO PROJECT ON CREATIVE ECONOMY

Date Published: 29-Nov-2012

A one million euro EU funded project which facilitates research into the creative economy is to be launched in NUI Galway this evening.The Creative Edge Project will be spearheaded by NUI Galway's Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change.Funding for the project was received from the EU's Interreg Initiative under the Northern Periphery Programme which sees universities, development agencies and industry bodies from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Finland and Sweden.It'll be launched by Druid Director Garry Hynes in the Bank of Ireland Theatre at five this evening.