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Cultural industry and the Cultural industry and the European agenda for European agenda for
culture in a globalizing culture in a globalizing worldworld
Sheamus Cassidy, European Commission Vienna, 4 December 2007
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DG Education and CultureDG Education and Culture
Field of attention:1. Cultural actions (Culture
Programme 2007-2013);2. Cultural Policy (Creative economy,
research, discussions with cultural sector and Member States on policy)
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Study on the economy of Study on the economy of Culture Culture
First official EU study on the economy of culture;
Captures the direct and indirect socio-economic impact of the cultural sector in Europe;
Assesses it’s impact on the Lisbon Agenda
What does the Culture & What does the Culture & Creative Sector include?Creative Sector include?
The Core:Visual Arts,Performing Arts,Heritage
Cultural Industries:Film and Video, Television and radio, Video games, Music, Books and press
Creative Industries & Activities: DesignArchitectureAdvertising
Related Activities: PC manufacturers, MP3 player manufacturers, mobile industry, etc…
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5.8 million employees across the EU
3.1% of total employed population in EU25
Exceeds the total employed in Ireland and Greece put together
The Culture Sector is a The Culture Sector is a big employerbig employer
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Employment in the Culture Sector increased (+1.85%) while total EU employment fell in 2002-2004
Growth 12.3% higher than the growth of the general economy in 1999-2003
The Culture Sector is The Culture Sector is growing wellgrowing well
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Accounted for 2.6% of EU GDP in 2003
Exceeds contribution of the chemicals, rubber and plastic products industry (2.3%)
The Culture Sector is a The Culture Sector is a big contributor to growthbig contributor to growth
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Turnover more than € 654 billion in 2003
The ICT manufacturing sector had ‘only’ € 541 billion in 2003 (EU-15 figures)
Compare with turnover of the car manufacturing industry: € 271 billion in 2001
The Culture Sector is bigger The Culture Sector is bigger than the ICT manufacturing than the ICT manufacturing sectorsector
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The indirect The indirect socio-economic impactsocio-economic impact
The Culture Sector: Helps to think ‘out of the box’ and
promotes European integration fuels ICT sector growth nourishes development
(regions+cities) is the engine for creativity
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The “Lisbon potential” of the The “Lisbon potential” of the cultural & creative sector is cultural & creative sector is
crucialcrucial
Strategies can help unleash this potential
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What do we need to do to What do we need to do to develop strategies?develop strategies?
Gather intelligence: Evidence based policy-making requires statistics
Mainstream culture into other policies
Communicate, share best practices and set aims
Evaluate our policies
Revise policies
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Communication on culture: Communication on culture: The political ambitionThe political ambition
React to the challenges ahead: by confirming the central role of culture in the European project and in its relations with the world: three main political objectives
Implement a comprehensive strategy: a new policy framework for all actions and programmes
Set new frameworks and methods for dialogue and cooperation (mainstreaming culture/dissemination)
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Three objectivesThree objectives
Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue;
Culture as a catalyst for Creativity; Culture as an element in
international relations
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A structured dialogue with the cultural sector including the setting up of a Cultural Forum (first one this month)
Improved coordinating efforts between the Member States and the Commission
Mainstreaming in other Community policies (our inventory shows that a lot is already done)
Communication on culture - New Communication on culture - New working methodsworking methods
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A key feature: the open method of A key feature: the open method of coordinationcoordination Mutual learning and peer review Best practices and transferability Potential joint policy initiatives Reporting every two years, but
no benchmarking
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The way forwardThe way forward Member States
adopted Council Conclusions.
European Institutions are discussing it.
Cultural Forum and Structured dialogue with cultural sector
Regular reporting
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InformationInformation
http://ec.europa.eu/culture http://ec.europa.
eu/culture/eac/communication/comm_en.html
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/dialogue/funding/funding_others_fr.html