With the aim of uniting and highlighting the Greek talent in the creative industries (creative industries) and its connection, through technology, with the sectors of Culture and Tourism, the Collaborative Formation of Recreational and Creative Technologies & Applications - gi-Cluster, managed within just five years of its launch to grow rapidly and to be among the fewer clusters worldwide in the field of creative industries who have received the top distinction of excellence "Gold label"By the European Cluster Analysis Secretariat (ESCA).
Η κορυφαία αυτή διάκριση του gi-Cluster, με την οποία επιτυγχάνεται ταυτόχρονα και η τοποθέτηση της Ελλάδας στο παγκόσμιο «χάρτη» των Δημιουργικών Βιομηχανιών, είναι το αποτέλεσμα μια σταθερής πορείας ανάπτυξης της εγχώριας αλυσίδας αξίας της δημιουργικής οικονομίας η οποία, κόντρα στην crisis, αναπτύσσει καινοτόμα προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες που εξάγονται και διακρίνονται στην παγκόσμια αγορά, ενώ παράλληλα διεξάγει research and development on a par with leading European research and academic pockets of excellence.
The innovation ecosystem of gi-Cluster, under its management Corallia, is now approaching 60 members and dozens of other partners, including small and medium enterprises, startups, academic institutions, research centers, technology institutes and other innovation institutions covering a wide range of the digital digital creative economy.
About half of the gi-Cluster members focus on the Entertainment Technologies and Applications industry developing entertainment & educational software and applications as well as technology solutions and tools gamification, while the rest are active in the development of Creative Content and Audiovisual Applications, covering areas such as digital tools for the promotion of Culture, modern services and applications for the Tourism industry and production of digital multimedia material.
It is characteristic that, according to a study by the European Commission, over the next three years, only the European digital creative market is expected to grow by 63 billion and create 5 millions of new jobs, due directly to the catalytic introduction of Information Technology Creative Industries.
Gi-Cluster is the only ecosystem in Greece that cultivates this new multi-sector collaboration environment in the creative economy, combining application development, online services and data management with visual arts, social and human sciences, audiovisual productions and other related sectors.
The ultimate goal of gi-Cluster is to exploit the proliferation factor of our country's strong competitive advantages in the fields of Tourism and Culture and to promote the Greek creative economy as a major lever for the development and research activity of Europe.
The Gold Label was made possible thanks to the participation and contribution of all its members: Accusonus, Akazoo, Autofire, Auvious, Aventurine, Code Factory, COMIC, Corallia/R.C. Athena, CulturPlay, DNA Labs, EY ZIN, Eyelead Software, Flipped horizons, Games2Gaze, GPC Works, Green Games, Icehole, Icon Platforms, ImmersionFX, InCity Applications, Innoetics, Intelearn, InternetQ, Intralot, Intralot Interactive, JoyFoundry, Kyttaro Games, Lancom, Lazyland, Mentat, Mobics, mobileFX, Moptil, Owiwi, Paspartu, PeaceOFF, Pegneon, ReallyREAL, Simple Apps, Tamasenco Cyprus, Tamasenco Ελλάς, Trebbble, Tripart, Variably, Vermantia, 7L International, AIT – Εργαστήριο Έρευνας και Επιμόρφωσης στις Τεχνολογίες της Πληροφορίας, Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών Αθηνών, Εργαστήριο Επικοινωνίας Ανθρώπου-Μηχανής & Εικονικής Πραγματικότητας του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου, Εργαστήριο Νέων Τεχνολογιών του Παντείου Πανεπιστημίου, Εργαστήριο Μικροϋπολογιστών & Ψηφιακών Συστημάτων του Εθνικού Μετσοβίου Πολυτεχνείου, Εργαστήριο Νέων Τεχνολογιών στην Επικοινωνία και τα Media of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laboratory of Digital Image, Video and Multimedia Processing of the Research University Institute of Communication & Computer Systems, Foundation of Greater Hellenism, Institute of Industrial Systems, Institute of Speech Processing, Department of Electronic Engineering T.E. of T.E.I. Piraeus, Panhellenic Association of Entertainment Software Creators.
