Transcript Draft Recommendations from the Workshop

International Measurement of Culture
John C Gordon
Statistics Directorate
Paris, 4-5 December, 2006
Framework
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UNESCO FCS
– 1986: Framework published
– 2006: Framework revisited/reworked
Eurostat 2000 LEG
Many others
Are we going to start all over again?
NO
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Framework Principles
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Clear Comprehensive Framework is
crucial to comparability
Should co-ordinate not conflict with other
international frameworks.
Comprehensive - integrate a variety of
aspects using multiple standards:
– Industry/economic activity
– Occupation
– Product
– Government expenditures
– Consumer expenditures
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Some Concerns
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Secondary activity (industry/occupation)
usually hidden
Culture industries not necessarily
homogeneous, not well measured by
sample surveys
Volunteers mostly invisible
Culture not well served by most
standards.
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OECD Scope (interim)
(draft report, p9)
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Advertising
Architecture
Video, film and photography
Music and the visual and performing arts incl. festivals
Publishing / Written media incl. printing
Radio and TV (Broadcasting)
Art and antiques trade
Design (including Designer fashion)
Crafts
Libraries (includes archives)
Museums
Heritage sites
Electronic games
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The Culture Sector's
* Share
Culture Contribution to GDP
– Australia
3.1%
– Canada
3.5%
– France
2.8%
– USA
3.3%
– UK
5.8%
(1998)
(2002)
(2003)
(2002)
(2003)
Culture Portion of Labour Force
– Australia
5.1%
(2001)
– Canada
3.8%
(2003)
– USA
2.5%
(2003)
– UK
4.3%
(2004)
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The Economy of Culture in
Europe (EC 2006)
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“A strategic approach to the culture Sector needs
to be informed by the development of appropriate
statistical tools and indicators at both national and
European levels. . . In Europe, in the framework
of statistical systems currently implemented, the
statistical categorisations are not adapted to
cultural activities and occupations. In addition,
data generally provided by national statistical
institutes either do not offer the level of details
required, or are not available at all.
Establish a strong quantitative evidence base
for policy makers.
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Importance of Measures Social
Impact
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Economic outcomes are not why most
people become involved in culture and,
therefore, economic indicators alone
cannot be expected to provide
exhaustive measures of the benefits
cultural involvement brings to
individuals and to the societies formed
by these individuals.
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Criteria for Measures
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They must be measurable. That is to say
that the underlying data required to produce
the measure must be available or, if not
presently available, there must be a practical
methodology available to obtain the required
data.
Comparisons at the international level must
be meaningful, and of course, the measures
must be truly comparable.
These comparisons should be useful to
policy makers at the national level.
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Clarity
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Data gatherer must understand what
data are needed.
Data provider must understand what
data are being requested.
Both gatherer and provider must have
the SAME understanding
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Classification Standards
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National standards
International standards
Revision to standards – OECD role
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Culture specific standards
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Allocation factors
Generic methodologies
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Satellite Accounts
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Finland
Chile
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Columbia
Mexico
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Convenio Andrés Bello offering support
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OECD expert group ?
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What's next this morning?
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OECD Data table construction
Coffee
Discussion of frameworks
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