IC launches new edition of Macao Cultural and Creative Map Entities are welcome to register for inclusion in the Map

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is launching the 2016 edition of the Macao Cultural and Creative Map (CCM Map) and its mobile app in order to further promote Macao’s cultural and creative industries close by residents and tourists, thereby enhancing the reputation of Macao’s cultural and creative spaces. IC will select cultural and creative spaces of the entities from the Database for the Cultural and Creative Industries to include in the CCM Map; any entities which have not yet registered in the Database are welcome to apply for inclusion before 23 December. The first edition of the Macao Cultural and Creative Map was published in April 2014. It covers Macao’s seven parishes, introducing the cultural and creative spaces with text and animations; it also provides information about World Heritage sites, museums, tour routes specialized in culture and creativity and bus routes. The CCM Map is distributed in over 160 locations in Hong Kong and Macao, including at border checkpoints, museums, hotels, travel agencies, cultural and creative entities, and so on. In the meantime, IC also released the CCM Map mobile app for users to explore the cultural and creative spaces along the way and know more about related products and activities, experiencing the diversification of cultural features in Macao. Cultural and creative spaces eligible for inclusion in 2016’s Macao Cultural and Creative Map should be open to the public in the long term under the operation and management of the entities registered in the Database for Cultural and Creative Industries, and they should also be in the field of selling cultural and creative products or organising related activities. The selection will be made upon a comprehensive evaluation of factors such as potential development of cultural and creative industries in the space, as well as past events, product sales and brand image. The registration form for the Database can be downloaded from the IC website (www.icm.gov.mo/dpicc) or the Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website (www.macaucci.com). Interested parties should submit the completed form in print, together with an electronic copy of the form and attachments at the Cultural Affairs Bureau Building in Tap Seac or at the Department for the Promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries (No. 567, Av. da Praia Grande, Edif. BNU, 12th floor A-D, Macau). The entities which have already registered in the Database do not need to re-apply but may submit any supplements or updates to IC if necessary. For enquiries, please call IC through tel. no. (853) 2892 4040 during office hours or through e-mail: info.dpicc@icm.gov.mo.