It's really cooking here...

This is amazing to find out that something reeeeeally special is cooking here in Ukraine... Once you start it you suddenly realize that this is the right time for other like-minded people to kick-off with their ideas, and it's not a matter of one day, they also waited for this time, prepared for it, made the own journey of days, months, and maybe years...

Creative Cities: this is an international project designed by the British Council in order to help raise awareness about the changes that creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation can bring about in cities. It’s about improving people’s lives. The project covers a wide range of issues including: public spaces, arts and social activities, and policy-making.

BigIDEA: the social project of the creative team garage gang (gg}}gg) to create the new generation of civil society. The aim of this project is to strengthen communication among active citizens (young professionals and opinion leaders), inspire their creativity and start the process of social innovation - to bring ideas of social harmony. These will be the ideas of the new world. Watch up the video here.

I'm sure more is cooking... And together with the hub.in.ua team we are starting to map it all out - bringing the bright stories and ideas on the map of Ukraine, so that they are visible and inspirational for us and for others!

... and besides all it turned out that 2009 - is the European Year of Creativity and Innovation: In 2009 imagine, create and innovate! The year aims to raise awareness of importance ofcreativity and innovation for personal, social and economic development; to disseminate good practice, stimulate education and research, and promote policy debate and development.

So, together with the team, we are on the right track... just need smart and creative solutions to add some salt into the pot, and maybe spices... so that all the ideas are linked for synergy.