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Measures taken for the support of the cultural and creative sector due to the COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the surface structural issues that the Greek cultural and creative sector has been facing, due mainly to the recent financial crisis that the country went through: Labor issues High percentage of undocumented employment; Multitude of labor models; and Unmapped industry. Intellectual property...
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COVID-19 has laid bare how cultural policy systems function in countries around the world and raises question of their effectiveness, their inclusivity and the economic and social value of culture in Europe. While the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends monitors the financial measures and reopening measures being taken, asking how these measures relate to existing cultural policy systems, is an equally important task. What are the (research) questions we should be asking and how can we ensure the presence and value of culture in society as a whole? For the fourth interview of our series, we spoke to the...
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The next guest editor of the Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy is Marjo Mäenpää, director of the Center for Cultural Policy Research CUPORE and president of the Compendium’s board. Under the theme ‘Digital Arts and Culture: Transformation or Transgression?’ this special issue examines the many dimensions of technological developments and their influence on different practices as well as on discourses in cultural management and cultural policy. We briefly talked to Mäenpää about her thoughts on digital developments in culture, also in light of COVID-19. To your mind, what are important themes we should be talking about in relation...
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This past week, we have updated our COVID-19 reports from the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands. The most significant development has been the additional EUR 1.75 billion for the cultural sector in the UK to help it cope with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and lockdown. The announcement came after lobbying from the sector regarding its alarming situation: institutions such as the Royal Albert Hall, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and the Old Vic theatre are among those who had indicated they were on the verge of permanent closure. The additional package from the government is welcomed, but concerns remain that it is...
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In a new report commissioned by the Council of Europe, the research centre KEA European Affairs provides a first analysis of COVID-19's tremendous impact on the cultural and creative sector (CSS). The report The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Cultural and Creative Sector assesses the economic and social impact of COVID-19, thereby illuminating yet again the precarity of the cultural workforce. In the second section, measures taken to combat the pandemic's economic and social impact are presented, distinguishing between international organisations, public authorities and the private sector. An important trend has been the fundamental contribution of regional and...
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COVID-19 has laid bare how cultural policy systems function in countries around the world and raises question of their effectiveness, their inclusivity and the economic and social value of culture in Europe. While the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends monitors the financial measures and reopening measures being taken, asking how these measure relate to existing cultural policy systems, is an equally important task. What are the (research) questions we should be asking and how can we ensure the presence and value of culture in society as a whole? For the third interview of our series, we spoke to the...
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While culture and creativity have proven to be important for people in order to deal with the confinement measures, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disastrous impact on the cultural sector itself. With a focus on cities, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) dove into these two sides of the same coin: How has the coronavirus emergency affected European cities particularly active in promoting culture and creativity? How are they responding to the pandemic effects? To answer these questions, JRC carried out three main actions: 1) they have surveyed almost 200 cities in 30 European countries to explore the...
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General measures Cyprus has adopted supportive measures to aid businesses and employees, including those within the cultural and creative sectors. The support package contains, among others, the following measures: A Suspended Operations Plan for all businesses that have (regardless of whether their business has been suspended or not) suffered losses beyond 25% of their turnover. Businesses should aim at avoiding redundancies, while the affected...
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After months of closure, cultural venues and institutions in Europe are slowly opening their doors again for the public. In addition to our comparative overview with financial measures, we now offer an overview of reopening measures of the 28 countries in our COVID-19 section. What are the differences between countries and sub-sectors? And how do these different reopening measures relate to the amount of COVID-19 cases in a particular country? The overview is based on our COVID-19 country reports and information from the European Audiovisual Observatory, the Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO), Pearle* - Live Performance Europe and the European Centre for...
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