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This is the 10th European Creative Industries Summit, which will be organized and broadcast live from Berlin. For the third time it is part of the official presidency of the Council of the European Union. This time however, everything is different. No huge crowded gatherings and large auditorial discussions are possible. Instead, we aim for [...]

Report “COVID-19 Impact on the Cultural and Creative Industries in Germany” Republished by ECBN from: Creatives Unite This report focuses on how the lockdown measures impact the different CCIs sub-sectors in Germany and analyses the threat that measures such as the cancellation of events pose to professionals and organisations. Due to the cancellation of public [...]

Viewpoint: EIT can help lead the way out of the COVID-19 crisis Republished by ECBN from: Science Business Long-term stalwart of the European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee Paul Rübig, is now bringing his expertise to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which he says is poised to play a key role [...]

Coronavirus: Now is the time to invest in Africa’s creative industries Republished by ECBN from: The Africa Report Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, accounted for $7.2bn or 1.42 percent of Nigeria’s GDP in 2016,   and South Africa’s music industry is estimated to hit $178m in revenue in 2020. Yet in 2019, only 1.1% or $22M of total African start-up [...]

Report on “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Cultural and Creative Sector” Republished by ECBN from: KEA European Affairs The COVID-19 pandemic has wounded sociality and limited the possibility to stay together: the essence of many forms of art. This report aims to provide a first analysis on the tremendous impact on the [...]

A call to invest in all our creative futures Republished by ECBN from: IETM Prior to the latest European Council meeting that took place on 17-18 July, 45 leading European cultural figures issued a call for the EU to "be bold and to invest in culture and the arts, to invest in all our creative [...]

Seven ideas for a European Cultural Recovery Plan Republished by ECBN from: Le Grand Continent In recent months, the European Union has made a lot of progress in terms of Sense, but not in terms of Sensibility. For feelings are on a par with reason, when it comes to winning the support of the people [...]

Report on “Culture, cities and the COVID-19 pandemic” Republished by ECBN from: Agenda 21 for Culture COVID-19 crisis has affected the cultural life in cities extraordinarily, with implications for the existing inequalities to access, participation and contribution to culture, access to public spaces, and the financial sustainability and the flow of cultural goods and services. [...]

Who cares about Creative and Cultural Workers in Europe? Republished by ECBN from: DISCE As part of DISCE (Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Creative Economies) a three-year EU H2020 funded project, the organization is interested in mapping – across Europe – organisations that have conducted independent research into the dynamics of creative and cultural work (defined below) as well [...]

How Chinese Museums Closed and Reopened During COVID-19 Republished by ECBN from: American Alliance of Museums Almost all Chinese museums closed immediately on January 24, only one day after the city of Wuhan locked down, to reduce the risk of infection in crowded places. Beginning in early February, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched [...]