TY - CONF A1 - Altenburg, Marc T1 - Institutional Barriers and Opportunities in non-metropolitan Regions for innovative Development of cultural and creative Industries T2 - Shape and be shaped: the future dynamics of regional development, Regional Studies Association Annual European Conference, Sunday 5th May-Wednesday 8th May 2013, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland N2 - Non-metropolitan regions generally suffer from a globalized economy and continuous social-economical transformation to a wider extent than metropolitan areas. The lack of centrality and scant infrastructure might increase spatial disparities and decrease attractiveness of those regions and cities. At the same time, they have to cope with the challenges to attract new businesses and develop new economic sectors as well as to prevent businesses from relocating. This poses significant challenges for the governance system to adapt to continuous change and to enable innovative development processes. The cultural and creative industries (CCI) gained much attention in the last two decades. They became a popular research topic as well as an objective for taking policy actions. So far empirical findings and theoretical discourses refer mainly to situations in metropolitan areas and major cities. Most practical strategies for fostering CCIs are mainly formulated on the same spatial level. Recently, different EU projects started to support CCIs in medium-sized and small towns as well as in non-metropolitan areas (e.g. the URBACT project Creative Clusters). Yet it can still be stated that many support institutions in smaller and medium-sized cities as well as in regions afar from metropolitan areas have not fully recognized the potential of creative industries. In this paper the challenges for policy-makers in non-metropolitan regions and the promotion of CCIs as an objective of policy making are brought together. Institutional barriers and opportunities which hinder or foster an innovative development of the sector are discussed. Obstacles and possibilities to reach a "holistic, progressive and sustainable local and regional development" (Pike, Rodríguez-Pose, Tomaney 2007) path are evaluated. The paper takes a case-study approach by analysing the modalities of CCIs in the city of Cottbus and the region of Lusatia (Federal state of Brandenburg, Germany) and the policy processes and governance structure in the region. Expert interviews with CCI companies have been conducted and analysed in a qualitative and quantitative way. The research is part of the Interreg IVb project “Urban Creative Poles” (UCP). UCP is a project which aims to support CCIs in five European medium-sized cities by using various tools and instruments. KW - Stadtökonomie KW - Innovation Y1 - 2014 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-UBICO/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10962 SN - 978-1-897721-44-5 SP - 5 EP - 16 PB - RSA CY - Seaford ER -