departure

departure, the City of Vienna’s agency for the creative industries, was established in 2003 as Austria’s first independent business promotion agency and service center for companies of the creative industries. Today it is considered a successful example of innovation funding on a competitive basis in Europe. departure is a subsidiary
company of the Vienna Business Agency and part of the department for economic affairs of the City of Vienna.

departure supports and networks Viennese companies of the creative industries in the fields of architecture, audio-vision, design, art market, media/publishing, fashion, multimedia and music. departure offers four funding programs tailor-made to the various requirements of the applicants both as regards contents and from an economic point of view.

Besides departure’s funding activities there is a strong focus on network activities to improve the infrastructure of the different creative scenes. Initiatives such as curated by_vienna, which coincides with the VIENNAFAIR, are meant to strengthen Vienna’s position as a location for the creative industries.