The Creative Dublin Alliance is a network of leaders from Dublin's local authorities, universities, state agencies, businesses, and non-profits. It aims to identify and implement solutions to challenges facing Dublin as an international city through collaboration on projects. These projects include Innovation Dublin, an economic action plan, design initiatives, university research alignment, innovation programs, branding Dublin, network mapping, and public consultation. The Alliance seeks to create a unified vision for Dublin that supports innovation and builds an internationally renowned education and research sector.

1. CREATIVE
DUBLIN
ALLIANCE

2. The CREATIVE DUBLIN ALLIANCE
is a network of diverse leaders.

3. A collaboration between…
the Dublin Local Authorities,
Universities, State Agencies, Business
and the Not-for-Profit sector.

4. Our purpose is to help identify, discuss,
recommend, distribute and implement
solutions in response to the challenges
that Dublin faces as an International
Competitive City Region.

5. The Creative Dublin Alliance is
committed as a group of leaders to…

6. CREATE A CLEAR VISION
THAT UNIFIES AROUND
THE STRENGTHS AND
FUTURE POTENTIAL OF
DUBLIN CITY REGION.

7. BUILD A DUBLIN REGION
THAT IS SUPPORTIVE
OF ITS PEOPLE BY
ENCOURAGING
INNOVATION AND
ENTERPRISE.

8. CONTINUE TO GROW
AN INTERNATIONALLY
RENOWNED HIGHER
EDUCATION AND
RESEARCH SECTOR.

9. COMMUNICATE, SHOW
AND ENGAGE PEOPLE
IN THE VARIETY OF
ENTREPRENEURIAL
INITIATIVES THAT ARE
OCCURRING IN DUBLIN
CITY REGION.

10. ENCOURAGE AN OPEN,
MERIT BASED, TOLERANT
AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY
THAT PROMOTES WELL-
BEING.

11. DEVELOP A HIGH
QUALITY INFORMATION,
COMMUNICATIONS
AND TRANSPORT
NETWORK.

12. The CREATIVE DUBLIN ALLIANCE is
an Action Group.

13. We plan to develop creative solutions
for the challenges we face by executing
on and facilitating selected projects.
These projects include…

14. Innovation Dublin:
A week of public events showcasing innovation and creativity in Dublin
from October 14th to 20th 2009.
Economic Action Plan:
An Economic Action Plan for the Dublin City Region.
Designing Dublin:
A design-led initiative that engages individuals through collaboration
and entrepreneurship to find solutions to Dublin’s future challenges.
UniverCities:
An initiative to align teaching and research programmes in universities
to assist in managing and planning for the future of Dublin.

15. Innovation Alliance:
A Trinity-UCD project to develop Innovation as the third arm of the
University sector, along with Education and Research, with identified
outputs in job creation and enterprise.
Branding the City Region:
A strategy to brand Dublin as an internationally competitive and creative
city that attracts investment and talent.
Network Mapping:
A mapping project to identify and capture the formal and informal cross-
agency / cross-sectoral alliances and linkages that exist across key
players in Dublin.
Citizenship/Public Consultation:
A multi-platform project to engage Dubliners in contributing to their city
via discussion forums events, web presence, and project initiatives.

16. Our structure is distributed.

18. We believe that by unifying resources,
working on projects that solve our City
Region challenges and delivering on
these projects, that we can place Dublin
as an creative and influential International
City Region.

19. Thank you.