8.1 General context
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Main trends in young people's creativity and cultural participation
The information, data, and research in young people's creativity are rather fragmented. The most comprehensive Study on Participation in Culture was carried out in 2017 by the Ministry of Culture in order to determine the level of consumption of cultural products/services of the Lithuanian population, participation in cultural and artistic activities, and to determine the opinion of the Lithuanian population about the availability and quality of cultural products/services. Among the group of young persons cultural participation is rather high, however the issue of whether it is regular enough in order to maintain participation habits at a later stage of life. The exclusion of participation in culture is noticeable on the basis of age, education, nationality, income, and place of residence. Mode data
National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries of Lithuania is an umbrella organization uniting creative industry associations, creative incubators, creative individuals, institutions of higher education, cultural, creative business, and many other organizations. It participates in the formation of culture and higher education and study policy, provides proposals for state and European Union investments in the creative industries sector, financing programs, and measures, emphasize the important contribution of the creative industries sector to the country's economy and public welfare. The association collects information about creative industries, share news about topical issues of creative industries policy, science, and business cooperation, innovations, creative partnerships, order and conduct research, conduct training and promotes networking in the sector in Lithuania, actively participate in regional networking projects in the Baltic Sea region, promote clustering of the sector and act as a cluster of creative industries. In 2021 the study on Assessment of the cultural and creative industry was published with the most up-to-date general evaluation of the trends.
Main concepts
Creativity, openness, and responsibility are the values to be followed in taking public strategic decisions. The strategic document Lithuania 2050 states that the foundation of the Vision is culture. The awareness of the strategic importance of the cultural field for the life of the state is growing. The progress of the country is possible only thanks to creative and educated people. Creativity is understood here very broadly - as a universal principle that covers all areas of human activity, as the creation of one's own and society's well-being, the maintenance of tradition and its interpretation, as the conception and implementation of something completely new, and finally as the creation of order in an unpredictable world. Creativity gives human life a sense of meaning and fulfillment. In order to be able to create, freedom is necessary, as well as mastery and a willingness to constantly improve, which is why we emphasize the importance of personal freedom and multifaceted education. It is the duty and responsibility of the person himself to discover his vocation, to constantly educate himself so that he can freely choose his life path and realize himself, not be afraid of difficulties and feel that he is living a good and meaningful life, and the state should create favorable conditions for this. This Strategy also states that the society's ability to adapt to change, using it for the generation of wealth and as a competitive advantage, is basically determined by the degree of openness and creativity in the society.