Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

COMPONENT B5.2 Component B: Statistical Data Collection and AnalysisObjectiveThe activities of Component B make up the core of the national data projects implemented as partof the Jodhpur Initiatives programme. The aim of this component is to develop the institutionalcapacity necessary for the production of annual key statistics for the cultural industries sector. Theactivities are designed to overcome the problems arising from the fact that the cultural industriesare not yet recognized or defined as a sector per se in statistical practice. The project designassumes, however, that the cultural industries form a group of economic and social activities thathas the character of a sector, and that statistical data can be collected and analysed accordingly.InputsTo overcome the difficulties in clearly defining cultural industries and to cover the different aspectsof the impact of these industries, Component B includes four project modules. Each of thesedefines their subject differently within the common overall framework and represents a separateelement in the overall methodology (including guidelines and tools) for the collection and analysisof key data pertaining to cultural industries.As Table 4 illustrates, the first and second modules are related to the economic impact of culturalindustries. Module 1 is based on the guidelines developed by WIPO for the estimation of the valueaddedfor core copyright industries; Module 2 focuses on the economic impact of partial copyrightindustries (initially exemplified through the crafts and heritage industries) and the elaboration ofa methodology for data collection and analysis that will be able to capture these activities moreaccurately than the existing system does. These often small and medium size enterprises are ofparticular relevance to the expertise and mandate of UNIDO.To be truly useful, a system for data collection and analysis needs to be able to capture the widerange of cultural industries including the manufacturing cultural industries or as they are calledhere, the partial copyright industries, which include such economic activities as crafts, design,architectural services, and museums. Module 2 is an attempt to develop a rigorous methodologyfor surveying economic activities such as craft production and heritage industries, that are oftenpart of the non-formal sector, in a more accurate way.Unlike the implementation of the other modules, the data activities of Module 2 related to partialcopyright industries are largely dependent on primary data collection which is both resourceand time demanding. While each country decides on the extent and principle of sampling forthese activities in their country depending on the resources that are available for the activity, theFramework proposes initially to limit the investigations to the crafts and heritage sub-sectors inresponse to country demand for a better and deeper understanding of these traditional sectors’potential for poverty reduction and community vitalization. Once national capacity has beenestablished for data collection and analysis, it will be relatively easy to extend the survey activitiesto other sub sectors of the partial copyright industries.The Framework for <strong>Statistics</strong> on Cultural Industries ultimately extends beyond economic developmentto how the cultural industries change how we work and are educated (Module 3), where and howwe live, and how we consume cultural goods and services in our daily lives.Module 3 focuses on changes in employment patterns related to cultural industries and their socio-25