SME support ecosystems for Cultural and Creative Sectors

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Back in business: SME support ecosystems for cultural and creative sectors

25-26 February 2021 Remote participation

Co-hosted by Flanders, Belgium

‌‌What is the issue?

Cultural and creative sectors (CCS) are important in their own right in terms of their economic footprint and employment. They also spur innovation across the economy, as well as contribute to numerous other channels for positive social impact. They are among the hardest hit by social distancing measures. Policies to support firms and workers through the crisis can be ill-adapted to the non-traditional business models and forms of employment in the sector. Beyond the immediate supports, policies can also leverage the economic and social impacts of culture in their broader recovery packages and efforts to transform local economies. To do so there is a need to:

Upscale the innovation capacity within CCS and support innovation cross-overs with other sectors
Address digital gaps to help emerge new business opportunities
Improve CCS access to finance
Integrate cultural and creative setors into broader regional and local recovery strategies.

This webinar, orgaised in cooperation with the Flanders Department of Culture, Youth and Media, Belgium, will discuss the latest evidence on effective ways to adapt business supports to the needs of CCS and learn from innovative practices around the world.

Video Highlights:

Presentations:

Case Study- La Manufacture by Pascal Keiser, President, La Manufacture

Case Study- Innovative partnership scheme PPT presentation by Stef Vonk, Flanders, Belgium

Emilia-Romagna Region strategy to foster innovation in the cultural and creative sectors by Francesca Imparato, Art-ER, Italy

Heftboom (micro credits for culture) by Maarten Quaghebeur Cultuurloket, Belgium and Piet Callens, Flanders, Heftboom, Belgium

Flanders Cultural and Creative Sectors Strategy by Rita De Graeve, Department of Culture, Youth and Media, Flanders, Belgium

The case of Kosice by Michal Hladky, Creative Industries Kosice, Slovak Republic

Colombia Orange Development Zones by Adriana González Hassig, Vice Ministry of Creativity and Orange Economy, Ministry of Culture, Colombia

Carolina Textile District by Sara Chester, Carolina Textile District, United States

Spotlight Session: Book publishing

25 February 2021 Remote participation

In collaboration with Flanders Literature

What is the issue?

The crisis is hitting the publishing sector and putting at great risk many smaller enterprises and creative professionals, with wider social and economic impacts on the regions where they operate. With bookshops having been closed or with limited sales opportunities, the global book publishers market experienced a significant decline only partially compensated by increased online sales in 2020. The cancellation or postponement of book fairs has affected new book releases and deals for future production with an impact on future revenues of authors, illustrators and publishers. The crisis has amplified pre-existing challenges and may pose threats for the future development of the sector in terms of talent development, diversity of authors or more inclusive content to represent and reach broader audiences. New approaches are also needed to address income and educational barriers as well as bridge digital gaps to ensure access by diverse groups to knowledge and books.

This Spotlight session, co-organised with Flanders Literature, aims to distil lessons from the past and identify concrete instruments to build a more resilient, diverse and inclusive book publishing sector for the future.

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Selected speakers

Martin Dawnson Head of Unit CNECT MEDIA, European Commission	Rita De Graeve Senior policy advisor Department of Culture, Youth and Media, Flanders – Belgium ‌	Bernd Fesel Director European Creative Business Network ‌	Allison Gardner CEO Glasgow Film ‌	Jan Jambon Minister-President of Flanders, Belgium	Peter Jenkins Chairman Global Network for early years bookgifting EUREAD	Laure Kaltenbach Co-founder Creative Tech	Pascal Keiser President La Manufacture ‌
Michiel Kolman Chair Inclusive Publishing International Publishers Association (IPA) ‌	Michela Magas Chair Industry Commons Foundation ‌	Catherine Magnant Head of Unit Culture Policy European Commission ‌	Karen Maguire Head of Division Local Employment, Skills and Social Innovation OECD ‌ ‌	Elena Malakhatka Researcher, KTH Live-in-Lab Director, VR Scientific Festival ‌	Chris Michaels Director of Digital Communications and Technology, the National Gallery, UK	Prof. Doug Noonan Professor O’Neill School, Indiana University and Purdue University ‌	Anette Novak Director General Swedish Media Council ‌
Elena Pasoli Exhibition Manager Bologna Children's Book Fair ‌	Pier Luigi Sacco Senior Advisor Culture and Local Development OECD ‌	Josh Siepel Senior Lecturer University of Sussex Member Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre	Maciej Szymanowicz Policy Officer Creative Europe MEDIA Unit, European Commission	Ekaterina Travkina Co-ordinator Culture, Creative Industries and Local Development OECD	Morten Visby President European Council of Associations of Literary Translators CEATL	Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning Founder and CEO Creative Business Network ‌

Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED Programme)