Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

OUTPUTS (Phases 1, 2, and 3)– Mapping information and baseline data for the cultural industries sector including figures related to the production, policyenvironment, employment, and social activities that contribute to cultural industries.– Compiled into a cultural industries sector survey report, the findings of the survey will indicate the scale of the issue for policymakers, both in terms of data requirements and the potential scale of cultural industries’ contribution to the national economy.To facilitate this analysis, the report will tentatively identify trends and opportunities for cultural industries development basedon the findings.– The report will provide the basis for initial stakeholder consultations on the perspectives and opportunities for cultural industriessector development as a strategy for poverty reduction and community vitalization.– A “gap-analysis” for the existing data compilation practice for the cultural industries sector that will allow a more objectiveassessment of data priorities for the implementation of phases 2 and 3 of the national data projects.DATA:– The implementation of the four modules of Component B at national level will establish a system for the production of regularand standardized data collection on cultural industries which after a few years will also be able to generate time series datarelated to the cultural industries sector.– The data produced will provide regionally comparable input data for the benchmarking activities of Component D.CAPACITY BUILDING:– Analytical tools, guidelines, and training manuals necessary to implement the data modules and to ensure the establishmentof national institutional capacity for regular data collection and analysis pertaining to the cultural industries sector. This willalso include the necessary capacity to produce trends analyses and prepare reports following agreed standard reportingformats that are useful for policy makers and other stakeholders in the cultural industries sector.REGIONAL STANDARDS:– Contribution to the international debate and agreement on international standards and practices for cultural industriesstatistics.Together, the national case studies included under Component C will facilitate the production of data and other informationneeded to accurately identify policy needs and effective investment modalities at national level.– The findings of the studies will further support the interpretation of data to identify successful policy interventions.– The studies will provide input to an international database of information resources and analytical tools related to the culturalindustries sector analysis and development.– By researching the status and conditions for cultural industries development in rural areas and developing economies and theway the situation there may differ to the way the creative economy manifest itself in many modern, affluent cities, the studiesmay contribute greatly to a more complex understanding of cultural industries in development.– The compilation of a national (or local) Creativity Index facilitating sector analysis and policy support related to:ooooothe tracking of growth and potential in the sector over time (output);identifying infrastructure needs and potential related to sector development (drivers);the identification of business opportunities, including opportunities for direct foreign investment (drivers);tracking the efficiency of particular investments and policy support vis-à-vis national development objectives such aspoverty reduction and community vitalization (impact);the identification of efficient project modalities for poverty reduction and sustainable improvement of quality of life(community vitalization) (impact).– The compilation of a Asia-Pacific Regional Creativity Index facilitating:o wider comparisons across areas and countries, related to for example the assessment of international competitionand trade potential in different locations (output);o wider comparisons over time, related to sector growth and the efficiency of investments and other support (drivers);o the identification of business opportunities, including opportunities for direct foreign investment (drivers);o the identification of efficient project modalities for poverty reduction and sustainable improvement of quality of life(community vitalization) (impact).59