Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

of methodological guidelines and tools, reporting formats, and trends analyses pertaining to thecultural industries sector. The NSB will, as the instrumental agency in this field, be mobilized fororientation, training, management and implementation, including systems diagnosis, feasibilitystudies, systems design, development, and management.More concretely, the implementation of national data project components (A, B, C, and D) will leadto increased capacity at different levels as outlined below.Capacity building at the national level:2.1 Improved data collection filling the existing gaps between creative/cultural industries,policy-making, and statistical data collection;2.2 Improved information systems (industrial statistics software for data storage, processing,tabulation and analysis), analytical framework and information outputs (baseline data)relating to the cultural industries sector;2.3 Improved research process and outcomes with regard to cultural industries as animportant part of policy measures at national level;2.4 Increased institutional capacity with regard to the issues involved in data collection andanalysis pertaining to the cultural industries sector; and2.5 Increased awareness and evidence-based policy development related to realizing thepotential of the cultural industries sector (Creativity Index). The provision of betterinformation and transparency enable more relevant, efficient and cost-effective resourcemanagement,thus empowering government efforts to achieve development goals suchas poverty reduction and the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).Capacity building at the regional level (Asia-Pacific):2.6 Better-informed policy-making and co-ordination for knowledge-based decisionmakingwith regard to the cultural industries sector and its potential to contribute tooverall development goals;2.7 Improved links at the regional level between national policy instruments, comparativecreative/cultural research and statistical activities (Creativity Index);2.8 Optimized and co-ordinated use of development agencies’ resources;2.9 Increased regional co-operation and networking for statistics-related activities.Result 2: National Data Project Outputs (Phase 1)The tangible outputs of Phase 1 of the cultural industries data project related to Result 2 include:OUTPUT 2.1OUTPUT 2.2Regular surveys and comprehensive sector analyses at the local, national andregional levels through the application of a comprehensive methodology forcultural industries sector data collection and analysis.Industrial statistics software for data storage, processing, tabulation and analysisrelated to the cultural industries sector (survey instruments, analytical tools, andguidelines).84