Parviz Karami, head of the center and secretary of the soft technologies and development of creative industries headquarters, together with 20 academic staff members and professors of Tehran, Allameh Tabatabai, Seda-and-Sima, Imam Sadegh and Soureh universities in the field of culture and communication, in the effort of collecting the achievements and products of knowledge-based companies visited the permanent exhibition of made in Iran products.

In this visit, Parviz Karami pointed out that Iran's progress in technological fields and leadership in fields such as aerospace, nanotechnology, biotechnology, stem cells, etc. is undeniable, and said: "Unfortunately, there are still some even at the top management levels of the country." They do not know much about this issue and it is difficult to express it in the society due to some negative advertisements and the lack of good introduction of these achievements to the domestic and international society, and the media can help us in solving these challenges.

The Secretary of the Soft Technologies and Development of Creative Industries headquarters continued: During these few years, the Vice Presidency of Science and Technology has made a lot of efforts to create a technology and innovation ecosystem in the country, and these products and mad in Iran products are exported in addition to meet domestic needs. The creation of Iran-Made Technology Export and Innovation Houses (IHIT) in Russia, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, China, Kenya and Armenia has also helped introduce these capacities to the world.

 

The large market of creative industries in the world

In the continuation of the meeting, Parviz Karami said by briefly introducing the ecosystem of creative industries: the Supreme Leader in the 1970s for the first time raised the issue of the software movement of science production, and this issue and his followers became the starting point for the formation of the ecosystem of technology and innovation in the country. And the measures for the formation of science and technology parks, innovation centers and knowledge-based and creative companies have been progressing at a high speed in the last few years, and besides that, the ecosystem of creative industries as a reference for cultural activists and creatives and soft industries. Formed.

 

Adviser to the vice president of science and technology, stating that the law on the establishment of knowledge-based companies was approved by the parliament in 2009, said: but this law remained silent until the decision and emphasis of the supreme leader of the vice president for science and technology, without the legal mandate has taken over its implementation since 2013 and was able to record significant achievements in this field.

Parviz Karami continued: This year, by approving the Law of Jumping Knowledge-Based Production in the country and naming the year as "Production, Knowledge-Based, Job-creating", it helped these measures to proceed more seriously and legally. This new law removes the challenges and shortcomings in the law approved in 2009. The implementation of this law in the country is a serious move that the steering and executive council of this law was immediately formed by the direct order of the president, and I can say that the next 10 years of the country will be set in motion by the knowledge-based leap production law.

Promoting cultural and national concepts with creative industries

The head of the Communication and Information Center in the Vice Presidency of Science and Technology, referring to the large market of creative and cultural industries in the world, said: the financial turnover of creative industries in the world is estimated at 2700 billion dollars and 50 million direct jobs are created by these industries in the world.

 

Parviz Karami also said: We need to develop the ecosystem of soft technologies and humanities in order to succeed in cultural fields such as introducing and promoting the Islamic Iranian lifestyle, active defense of the Islamic revolution, and the development of creative industries.

The head of the center and the secretary of the soft technologies and development of creative industries headquarters, pointing out that the headquarters identified all the organizations involved in the field of creative and cultural industries at the beginning of its formation, and added: With this work, we are trying to solve the challenges and problems with their help. Eliminate the existing legal and administrative hurdles in the way of creative industries. Although this work was met with opposition and obstacles at the beginning, but due to the approval of the National Document for the Development of Soft Technologies in 1400 and the Law on Jumping Knowledge-Based Production and Clause 6 and Note B, legal obstacles have been removed this year. The environment for the growth and development of creative industries was smoothed in the country.

Adviser to the vice president of science and technology continued: Today, 1,600 creative companies, 75 creative and innovation houses, 10 innovation factories and 220 innovation centers are operating in the country, which is an indication of the development of the technology and innovation ecosystem in the country. Creative and innovation houses that have helped create jobs and develop creative industries in the country. During the provincial trips of the president, it has been approved that at least 5 creative and innovation houses should be established in each province, and the vice presidency of science and technology is trying to accomplish this mission with the help of the private sector.

Parviz Karami stated some of the goals of the formation of the ecosystem of creative industries as "developing and facilitating the creation of creative and innovation houses", "increasing employment, income and exports of creative companies", "improving the business environment", "protecting the domestic market", " "Effecting in different economic sectors" and "market development and product development" and "completion of the value chain of this field".

Creating employment by developing the ecosystem of creative industries

The head of the center and the secretary of the soft technologies and development of creative industries headquarters said; these collections are active in 20 areas such as toys, fashion and clothing, digital businesses, sports and health, books, publishing, social innovation, etc. After the Cultural Revolution, their activities were facilitated and accelerated.

 

Parviz Karami also stated: Cultural and creative industries, along with the development of social innovations, also help to generate employment and income in the country. For this reason, their existence in the country and supporting this ecosystem is a national necessity. Of course, we in the ecosystem of creative and cultural industries are trying to make these companies competitive at the international level.

Communication and Information Center in the Vice Presidency of Science and Technology