Measuring the Cultural and Creative Sectors in the EU

The project, which is expected to have a long-term impact across the cultural and creative sector in Europe, has been entrusted by the DG for Education and Culture of the European Commission to a combination of experts in economic and social research and in cultural and creative industries.

Acronym

MECUCRE2021

Reference code

EAC/S14/2019

Description

The European Commission has signed a grant agreement with a consortium for a new pilot project to elaborate a new framework for measuring the cultural and creative sectors. An ambitious new pilot project entitled “Measuring the Cultural and Creative Sectors in the EU” has been launched to elaborate a new statistical framework for measuring the cultural and creative sectors in the EU. The project, which is expected to have a long-term impact across the cultural and creative sector in Europe, has been entrusted by the DG for Education and Culture of the European Commission to a combination of experts in economic and social research and in cultural and creative industries.

As the European Parliament has repeatedly pointed out, a number of factors such as the digitalisation of the CC sectors, the arrival of large platforms, the commercial use of user-generated online content, have impacted the structure of the sector, and its information is poorly captured in the current statistical system. The project will work closely with institutions such as Eurostat, with all the Member States' organisations dealing with statistics and with other cultural and creative organisations to assess the data currently available on cultural goods and services and the creative industries, and to rethink and propose new ways to fill the data gaps created by the major technological changes witnessed over the last 20 years. The two-year research and analytical work will lead to a comprehensive review of the current statistical analysis of the economic, cultural and social potential of CCIs in Europe, and will provide an updated perspective of the sector in the EU. The project will involve the joint work of expert organisations with solid and proven knowledge and skills to meet its complex and multidisciplinary research objectives. The research will be conducted by Qmetrics (Portugal), bringing decades of experience in statistics, data management and research. This will be combined with the strong expertise in online and digital economy, research and analysis provided by everis, and the respected research and analysis capabilities of cultural economics and the CAC of the Alternativas Foundation (Spain) in collaboration with Econcult. The team is completed by CUMEDIAE (Belgium) and Associação Cultural Gerador (Portugal), who will provide in-depth knowledge of the cultural and creative sector, ensure the implementation of strategic communication and engage, as needed, with stakeholders in support of the research activities.

Developers of the project

Research Unit in Cultural Economics and Tourism (ECONCULT)

www.uv.es/econcult

econcult@uv.es

Keywords

culture, Europe, analysis, statistics, research

UV team members