Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview Panel: Cultural Policy and Creativity for Smart Development Author(s) Katarina Vitálišová University of Matej Bel Banska Bystrica Slovakia Váňová Anna, , Uramova Maria, Borseková Kamila, Côme Thierry, Helie Thomas, Thuriot Fabrice, Title Creative Potential in the Cities and its Exploitation in Sustainable Development in Slovakia File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Katarina Vitálišová Abstract Creativity has become crucial in the new trends in local and regional development. Together with innovations, not only traditional technological innovations, but particularly social, ecological or design innovations in the territory, they are considered the essential resource of development. Creative and cultural industries can help to boost economies, stimulate new activities, create new and sustainable jobs, have important spill over effects on other industries and enhance the attractiveness of territories (Communication from the EC to the EP, 2010). The creative potential is the maximum possible upgrading of the socio-economic performance of a township, by the introduction of the creative inputs (human capital, high-investment, creative class). Creativity and knowledge concentrated in cities and regions have led to perception of cities as economic development focal points of regions in which are cities located. Cities are becoming laboratories that provide genuine technological, organizational, legal and social solutions for their further growth (Hall, 2010). The paper reflects the insufficient exploration of creativity and innovations in cities of Slovak Republic as a key factor of endogenous growth (e. g. job creation, higher added value, etc.) and their implications in relation to building local competitive advantage. Nowadays, the Slovak local authorities in planning process pay only partial attention to these aspects, and there absent also the strategical approach to its exploitation in further local development. The paper has an ambition to cover partially this gap. The aim of the paper is to present the selected results of mapping the creative potential and its exploitation in development of the selected Slovak cities (Košice, Banská Bystrica, Banská Štiavnica) and defining the recommendations how to improve it based on the experience from the French cities. The paper will be in a form of case study with the recommendations suitable to be implemented in the real conditions of Slovak cities. The paper is an output of international project SK-FR-2017-0001 Creative potential in the cities.
