Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

–––Increased attention and financial support for activities strengthening of cultural industriesas a strategy for poverty reduction and community vitalization; especially in terms of SMEdevelopment as evidenced in policy;Increased national “ownership” of activities in support of the strengthening of culturalindustries as a strategy for local economic development and poverty reduction;The availability of regionally-specific guidelines and tools for capacity building and policydevelopment pertaining to the cultural industries sector will focus attention on the designof common international standards for cultural industries statistics through “model” nationalreporting and the establishment of an international satellite account system for culturalindustries.The implementation of this project within the framework of the Jodhpur Initiatives will givecountries a voice in gaining a more complex understanding of the impact, development potentialand role of cultural industries in terms of sustainable development models.<strong>Statistics</strong> on Cultural IndustriesFramework for the Elaboration of National Data Capacity Building Projects48