In July 2012, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) asked the EENC to produce a commented mapping of strategies and bodies existing in EU Member States to support the export and internationalisation of goods and services in the cultural and creative industries (CCIs), as well as contextual data on trends and export volumes and a final analysis of the evidence presented.
The request arose in the context of the setting-up of a Working Group involving representatives of EU Member States, within the framework of the Council of Ministers’ Work Plan for Culture 2011-2014. The report was then presented and discussed at the first two meetings of the working group, held in Brussels in December 2012 and February 2013.
The resulting document lists approximately 100 publications, policy documents and evaluation reports from the past five years, as well as around 230 bodies involved in the export and internationalisation strategies of CCIs, covering all EU Member States. It also identifies three key action areas where cooperation among European governments and agencies could be furthered, each including specific recommendations: identifying and disseminating good practice; building the knowledge and evidence base for CCI exports; and fostering joined-up policy and investment for CCI export development.
The report was carried out by EENC members Judith Staines and Colin Mercer.
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Tags:
cultural and creative industries,
cultural diversity,
Economic Impact of Culture,
External Relations and Culture
Reports and studies prepared by the EENC are presented on this page.
In January 2012, the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission (DG EAC) submitted a request for a mapping of existing studies regarding EU-China cultural relations.
The request arose in the context of the 2012 EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue. Likewise, in the framework of the EU Council of Ministers’ Work Plan for Culture 2011-2014, an expert group on culture and external relations was due to examine cultural relations with China in the course of 2012.
The mapping study found a high number of relevant documents (reports, studies, articles and radio programmes) and compiled a selection of these, totalling over 100 publications, mostly available online. Themes addressed in the report include cultural diplomacy and China’s soft power strategies, Chinese views of culture and international cultural cooperation, cross-perceptions, points of friction in EU-China cultural relations, bilateral cultural relations, cultural cooperation project examples and evaluation of cultural relations.
The report was prepared by Judith Staines on behalf of the EENC. A peer-review was carried out by Katelijn Verstraete.
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Tags:
Arts Sectors,
External Relations and Culture,
Governance of Culture
In July 2011, the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission (DG EAC) asked the EENC to prepare a report on crowdfunding schemes in Europe, with a particular focus on the legal issues in this field.
The request related to the European Commission’s European Agenda for Culture in a Globalizing World, and particularly its aim to help develop innovative sources of funding in the creative sector. The immediate objective of the research was to enable internal discussions within DG EAC as regards the political and regulatory implications of crowdfunding at both EU and Member State level.
The resulting analytical report presents a synthesis on the practices of crowdfunding schemes in the cultural and creative sector in Europe, an analysis of issues which potentially affect EU competences and/or regulatory frameworks and a set of recommendations in the field of EU and national regulation. In addition to public authorities, the report can be relevant to anyone active in the cultural field and with an interest in new forms of funding and participation.
The report was written by David Röthler and Karsten Wenzlaff and a peer-review was conducted by Aleksandra Uzelac. It was submitted to DG EAC in September 2011.
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Tags:
cultural and creative industries,
cultural funding,
EUs Cultural Policies and Programmes
In the context of the preparations for the future Creative Europe Programme, which is due to replace the European Commission’s current Culture Programme (2007-2013) in the next EU financial period (2014-20), the European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) was asked to prepare a report exploring the role of audience building.
This document aims to present relevant trends and examples in different cultural sectors, provide recommendations to European institutions on how to foster audience building on a European level, and identify gaps in existing information. The study has involved the analysis of 28 case studies from 12 different member states, representing a diverse sample of approaches, organisations, degree of formalisation, geographic locations and target publics, among others.
The report was prepared between October 2011 and January 2012 by Anne Bamford and Michael Wimmer, with research support provided by Péter Inkei, János Zoltán Szabó, Nina Vestby and Jordi Baltà.
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Tags:
Access and Participation in Cultural Life,
Cultural Marketing and Communication,
EUs Cultural Policies and Programmes
