Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

information on the cultural industries sector).The definition used in the Framework for <strong>Statistics</strong> on Cultural Industries excludes some economicactivities that are often included as part of the ‘creative industries’: (1) scientific and technologicalinnovation (which are protected by patents), (2) software and databases (which are subject tocopyright but are not considered to be artistic), and (3) production of hardware and electronicequipment, telecommunication services. Although software and databases have become a veryimportant economic element in copyright, the understanding used in the context of the JodhpurInitiatives programme is that software and databases are only included as part of the culturalindustries if they have a cultural content. Similarly, while hardware and equipment are essential forthe creation and consumption of cultural industries, they are not considered cultural industries perse, but rather as enablers and drivers of the sector.The Framework incorporates four project Components (A, B, C, and D), each of which focuses ona specific area and methodology of cultural industries statistics. The four project components willbe explained in more detail in the following chapter.THE FOUR DATA PROJECT COMPONENTS:COMPONENT ADiagnostic Sector Survey ModelCOMPONENT BStatistical Data Collection and Analysis forCultural Industries Sector DevelopmentMODULE 1:MODULE 2:MODULE 3:MODULE 4:The Economic Contribution of Core Copyright IndustriesKey Business <strong>Statistics</strong> for Partial Copyright IndustriesEmployment Patterns in Cultural IndustriesSocial Impact of Cultural IndustriesCOMPONENT CPolicy Case StudiesCOMPONENT DBenchmarking CreativityTable 3:The Four Data Project Components15