SERVICE AREAS OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE CISMEMBER STATES: LEGAL REGULATION AND INNOVATIONPRACTICES

The purpose of the article is to present the results of the analysis of approaches to the
interpretation of creative and creative industries and creative services, present both in modern
scientific literature and in regulatory documents regulating activities in this area; the authors propose
to use the focus of the latter on the development of business practices as a key criterion for
differentiating creative and creative industries. The main research methods used were the methods of
systematization, comparative analysis and generalization of publications on the topic of the study,
express analysis of the state of the legislative and regulatory framework of the CIS member states
and analysis of practices in the field of creative industries. The article presents the results of the
analysis of the state of the regulatory framework governing this service sector in the CIS member
states; systematizes national business practices in the field of creative industry services and provides
a comparative analysis of the level of development of individual sectors of the creative industries in
the CIS member states. Key conclusions: for the development of the creative sector, it is advisable to
prepare and adopt a Model Law on Creative Industries in the CIS member states to harmonize the
creative and artistic space in these countries.