1. Cultural statistics at European level - Eurostat involvement
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2. Eurostat activities on cultural statistics - brief history
LEG on cultural statistics: (final report)
Work in the Task Forces on:
methodology: delineation of the culture field
cultural employment
cultural expenditure and financing
participation in cultural activities
: Working Group “Cultural statistics”
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DSS meeting - workshop on cultural staistics

3. DSS meeting - workshop on cultural staistics
first publication of Eurostat on cultural statistics: Pocketbook « Cultural statistics » elaborated with the help of the French Ministry of Culture
Content:
harmonised data on culture available in Eurostat + some information from other sources (mainly UNESCO and Eurobarometer)
Cultural heritage (UNESCO, EGMUS)
Tertiary students in the fields related to culture (UOE data collection)
Cultural employment (LFS)
Enterprises in cultural sector (practically: only publishing and architectural activities) - SBS
External trade in cultural goods - Comext
Households cultural expenditure - HBS
Cultural participation:.. Eurobarometer, ICT survey, Time Use Surveys
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4. « Cultural statistics », Eurostat 2007
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5. « Cultural statistics », Eurostat 2011
Updating of the previous edition
+ more information on cultural participation (AES, SILC ahm 2006), on prices of cultural goods and services, Eurobarometer data on perception of culture
Another approach for cultural employment (new NACE, old ISCO - no matrix possible, only some sectors and some occupations presented)
+ Dedicated section created on Eurostat website
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DSS meeting - workshop on cultural staistics

6. International cooperation
Important place of the EU (“best regional practice”) – methodological developments, harmonised data, publications
Main partners:
UNESCO
UNCTAD (trade and development, creative economy)
OECD
Council of Europe
WIPO (copyrights)
Launchment in 2010 (on the request of the CES) of the “tradition” of annual meetings of international organisations
Demand for statistics from different European cultural professional associations
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DSS meeting - workshop on cultural staistics

7. DSS meeting - workshop on cultural staistics
ESSnet-culture
Summer 2008, after 4-years-break - meeting of the Working Group on cultural statistics:
agreement for the ESSnet as a method of the future work
setting of priorities in the work programme
Autumn launching of the call for proposal for the multi-beneficiary grant for the ESSnet-culture (network of some interested countries)
for a experimental phase of two years, starting in 2009
September start of the ESSnet-culture; main coordination: Luxembourg (Ministry of Culture)
22nd September 2011
DSS meeting - workshop on cultural staistics