Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

5. Project ActivitiesThe national data project is built around a dynamic, analytical model of the cultural industries sectorthat reflects three dimensions of the socio-economic environment in which cultural industriesexist: the cultural capital, the policy environment, and the cultural industries themselves.To overcome difficulties in clearly defining cultural industries and to cover the various aspects ofthe impact of these industries, the Framework for <strong>Statistics</strong> on Cultural Industries features severalcomponents and modules. The four components are not comparable in terms of the requiredresources and duration but complement each other and correspond to different stages in thedevelopment of a national system for collection, analysis and use of statistical data on the culturalindustries in Bhutan. Each of the components defines their subject differently within a commonoverall framework and represents a separate element in the overall methodology (guidelinesand tools) for the collection and analysis of key data pertaining to cultural industries. The fourcomponents are:THE FOUR DATA PROJECT COMPONENTS:COMPONENT ACOMPONENT BDiagnostic Sector Survey ModelStatistical Data Collection and Analysis for Cultural IndustriesSector DevelopmentMODULE 1: The Economic Contribution of Core Copyright IndustriesMODULE 2: Key Business <strong>Statistics</strong> for Partial Copyright IndustriesMODULE 3: Employment Patterns in Cultural IndustriesMODULE 4: Social Impact of Cultural Industries<strong>Statistics</strong> on Cultural IndustriesFramework for the Elaboration of National Data Capacity Building ProjectsCOMPONENT CCOMPONENT DPolicy Case StudiesBenchmarking CreativityWhile Component A aims at providing a basis for defining and delimitating the cultural industriessector in a given country based on the kind of activities and resources that are most dominant,Component B builds on this delimitation to establish a national system for regular data collectionand analysis pertaining to the sector. To do so, four different modules will be implemented underComponent B, each reflecting a specific aspect of the cultural industries.The basis for the statistical work is the international system of International Standard IndustryClassification (ISIC) codes. However, the foci of the four modules of Component B differ and so doesthe kind of data that is being analysed in each module. The first and second modules are relatedto the economic effect of cultural industries. Module 1 is based on the concept of core copyrightindustries; Module 2 focuses on the economic impact of partial copyright industries such as craftsand heritage industries and the elaboration of a methodology for data collection and analysis thatwill be able to capture these activities more accurately than the existing system does.Module 3 focuses on changes in employment patterns related to cultural industries and its socioeconomiceffects, for example, in terms of education, urban planning and job generation. Module4 focuses on the impact of cultural industries that goes beyond economics by studying changesin consumption patterns and the participation in culture. Information about the social impact of78