Snapshot Estonia

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Supporting game industry start-ups by creating mentoring / assistance available for young and inexperienced founders in the industry. Raising the overall awareness of games and game development as a viable and attractive business and career opportunity and to create a positive perception of games and gaming in the society.

Enhancing the game development education by working in unison with educational institutions and the industry in creating the courses and curriculums that help the local industry grow and flourish. Promoting game development in high schools.

Enhancing Tartu’s location marketing and talent attraction, branding Tartu as the most start-up-minded city in the world.

Raising public awareness and enhancing Tartu and Estonia’s image as a hotspot for the game industry through storytelling, videos, and international success stories. Strengthening of transnational exchange with other regions in the Baltic Sea region.

Boosting the awareness about the game development industry by reaching out to policy makers and public authorities for discussions. Arranging workshops and discussion rounds to raise awareness and enabling knowledge sharing, e.g. about marketing, development, etc.

Improving funding opportunities for game industry start-ups by establishing regular matchmaking events for incubatees.

Supporting the continuity of the game incubator and the local community. Organising a gaming related track at the sTARTUp Day business festival and sTARTUp Gaming side-events.

Continuation of the dialogue between political and administrative decision-makers and representatives of the game community. Following the new coalition agreement between the Estonian Reform Party and the Social Democratic Party to govern the city of Tartu, announcement of support for business accelerators and incubators in innovative fields, including gaming. Therefore, making the game industry an important part of the local ecosystem. Investigating capacity building opportunities for the game industry.

Promoting Tartu as a city with good living conditions and enhancing the importance of the “Tartu Welcome Centre” as a team of local advisers with the mission of providing support and guidance to foreigners and foreign talent in the process of making Tartu their new home.