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As you may know next year the city of Glasgow will play host to the and part of this is a programme of cultural events across Scotland, revisiting and celebrating the .

It’s this theme of Commonwealth culture which we are exploring with our next Connected Studio event, a Commonwealth Games Creative Studio day which will be taking place at in Glasgow’s city centre on July 4 2013.

From this Connected Studio we want to uncover how we canÌýbring the history and impact of the Commonwealth to Â鶹ԼÅÄ Online, enable audiences to share key moments of the events with one another, provide ways for people to use our archives to tell their own stories of the Commonwealth and how we can encourage under-25s to engage with the Â鶹ԼÅÄ and each other in new ways throughout 2014.

Below are the four challenges set out in the that we are looking to solve through this event. Whether you’ve worked with the Â鶹ԼÅÄ previously or not, whether your focus is creative or technical and whether you’re an individual, part of a start-up, or a successful digital indie, if you've got an idea you'd like to pitch at the Creative Studio for Commonwealth Games apply via the .

These questions formed the basis of the four challenges below, which are set out in the event's Innovation Brief. If you think you can helps us solve them then we'd love to hear from you - Connected Studio is open to everybody, whether you've worked with the Â鶹ԼÅÄ previously or not, your focus is creative or technical, or whether you're an individual, part of a start-up, or a successful digital indie.

You can find out more about Connected Studio, or apply to take part in the Commonwealth Games Creative Studio, via the Connected Studio website.

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1. Understanding the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth is home to almost one third of the world’s population and its land area comprises one fifth of the world’s total. Member countries are diverse ranging from the largest to smallest and richest to poorest on earth. Here in the UK we catch glimpses of ‘the Commonwealth’ every day in our music, culture, cuisine and history.

During the year in which Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games, how could we reflect life throughout the Commonwealth and celebrate the impact of Commonwealth cultures on modern Britain?

2. Accessible Commonwealth Events

Several live events will represent core offerings from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Commonwealth Games portfolio including the Commonwealth Cultural Hub, a publicly accessible venue outside Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scotland headquarters in Glasgow which will feature family-friendly content from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ and partner organisations. Although the Cultural Hub and other Â鶹ԼÅÄ Commonwealth events are taking place in Glasgow, it’s an aspiration that UK-wide audiences should feel involved in as many activities as possible and share their experiences with others.

As Commonwealth events unfold how could we encourage audiences throughout the UK to participate in, and share, the moment?

3. Digital Commonwealth

The 2012 were a success story for delivery of Â鶹ԼÅÄ mobile and tablet content and in 2014 we want to deliver even richer digital experiences to audiences. We are looking for ways to make Commonwealth-themed Â鶹ԼÅÄ content as interactive, visually inspiring and personally meaningful as possible. We are able to draw upon the resource of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Archive and offer broadcast platforms for content generated by everyone.

How could we encourage audiences to capture, curate and share content from and through the Â鶹ԼÅÄ during this Commonwealth Games year?

4. Commonwealth Youth

Over half of Commonwealth citizens are aged 25 or under and reaching youth is a Â鶹ԼÅÄ Commonwealth Games editorial priority. Younger audiences are more likely to use Â鶹ԼÅÄ digital services than any other age group but during Â鶹ԼÅÄ Olympic coverage reach among the 16 to 24 group was lowest. However, half of this age group told us that they used services from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ that they had never tried before in order to follow the Olympics.

How could we inspire under-25s to engage with Â鶹ԼÅÄ content/services and each other during this Commonwealth Games year?

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