EASME Report “Boosting the competitiveness of cultural and creative industries for growth and jobs” by Austrian Institute for SME Research and VVA Europe
7 february 2017
June 2016
The study “Boosting the competitiveness of cultural and creative industries for growth and jobs” shows that Cultural and creative industries (CCIs) employ more than 12 million people in the EU, which is 7.5% of all persons employed in the total economy.
Cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are therefore at the heart of the creative economy: knowledge-intensive, based on individual creativity and talent, they generate huge economic wealth and preserve European identity, culture and values.
CCIs include a number of subsectors, such as architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, cultural heritage, design, fashion, film, high, end, music, performing and virtual arts, publishing, radio, television and video-games.
The report shows how the CCIs play an important role in fostering economic growth, job creation and innovation: they are an important contributor to the economy with 5.3% of the total EU GVA and further 4% of nominal EU GDP generated by the high-end industries.
Read now here the EASME Report!
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