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Projects since 1998
Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe
Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe(since 1998, continuing)Commissioned by: Council of Europe, carried out by Ericarts; country profile of Austria: Kulturdokumentation The aim of the joint project by the Council of Europe and ERICarts is to make individual cultural policy profiles of all 48 countries that have signed the European Culture Convention accessible in electronic form. At the moment 41 profiles are available online (Albania, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, the Netherlands, FYR Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom). They are divided into eight subject chapters these range from the historical perspective to administrative structures, from current policy issues to cultural funding. A "comparative view" facilitates a direct comparison between the various countries. The Österreichische Kulturdokumentation is responsible for the cultural policy country profile of Austria (compendium website: http://www.culturalpolicies.net). Drawing up of a cultural strategy for Graz(2007 - 2008)Commissioned by: Graz City Council and Cultural Department Together with a working group of experts from Graz (Harald Saiko, Michael Petrowitsch, Pauline Riesel-Soumaré), the Österreichische Kulturdokumentation is drawing up a cultural strategy for the city of Graz, which draws together the cultural-policy discussions of recent years and is intended to serve as preparation for the cultural-policy decision-making process for a "cultural strategy 2020". It will describe the cultural landscape of Graz, the cultural development and cultural policy until 2007 will be outlined, a support catalogue will be drawn up and specific cultural-policy measures developed. As part of the strategy, the cultural profile of the city of Graz was completed at the end of 2007. The cultural profile of Graz is available in German: Download as pdf-file (625 KB) The added value of art and culture for urban areas(2006 - 2008)Commissioned by: Österreichischer Städtebund Cooperation with: LIquA - Linzer Institut für qualitative Analysen The study's task is to develop qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure and estimate the added value of art and culture for urban areas. The local cultural resources in eight Austrian provincial capitals and seven other cities are to be identified, barriers to their development will be indicated and an estimate of their potential for development will be made. A typology of the existing cultural organisations will be drawn up and their locations identified, and interviews will be carried out with experts and creative workers. For the cities of Graz, Krems and Linz a detailed compilation which deepens aforementioned topics was provided. Contribution to the first Austrian Report on Building Culture(2006)Commissioned by: Plattform Architekturpolitik und Baukultur In six subject volumes (recommendations, responsibility, publicity, sustainability, economy and production) the first Austrian Report on Building Culture explains the significance of building culture for the Austrian population from an economic, ecological and social perspective. The contribution from the Österreichische Kulturdokumentation “Creative industry and service export” concerns itself with the importance of the architectural sector within the creative industries. On the basis of the examples of Austria, Britain and Germany, the overview shows that the architectural sector – seen from the perspective of economic statistics – is indeed a core area of the creative industries but is (still) hardly taken into account in the appropriate support programmes and strategies. Europe Promotes Culture(2003 - 2007)Commissioned by: Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery, German Federal Foreign Office Cooperation partner: Kulturplitische Gesellschaft, Bonn The new internet portal "Europe promotes Culture" offers an overview of more than 90 EU support opportunities for cultural projects from the programmes of the European Union. The website refers to cultural workers, scientitsts, artists, project-managers and all people who are looking for EU supports for cultural projects in the broadest sense. A transparent search structure facilitates researches and a targeted selection of links leads to the necessary original documents of the European Commission, to contacts and further sources of information. Examples of projects supported provide those interested and potential applicants with further information on whether an application may have successful prospects. The Kulturdokumentation was working in cooperation with the German Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft on that project which came out of the handbook of the same name published in 2002 which in the meantime is out of print (ed. by the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft and the German Kulturrat, Klartext Verlag, Essen 2001). Website: http://www.europa-foerdert-kultur.info Evaluation of cultural subsidies in Graz(2006)Commissioned by: Cultural department of the City of Graz As a basis for new long-term contracts with the city of Graz, 51 applicants, including cultural associations and independent theatres and institutions from the field of music, were evaluated. In order to ensure an evaluation that takes the differing conceptions and objectives of the applicants into account, the criteria covered both quantitative and qualitative factors. The evaluation was carried out through questionnaires and interviews and contained self-appraisal as well as external appraisal. Appraisal and exploratory study of research in Austrian museums(2006)Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, Dept. VI/3 The tasks of Austrian museums and exhibition houses are not just collecting, exhibiting and education, but as places and archives of knowledge, of art and nature they also have a political and scientific mandate to fulfil. The appraisal provided an overview of the form and extent of research in Austrian museums and exhibition houses. To this end, 80 national, provincial and city museums, selected exhibition houses, private museums and houses were surveyed and interviews were carried out with 14 experts. The recommendations for the promotion of museum research were derived from the questionnaires and interviews. The relevance to Vienna of Richard Florida's "creative class"(2005)Commissioned by: Vienna City Council Department for EU Strategy and Economic Development The preliminary study is intended to lay the scientific and empirical fundamentals for an evaluation of cities on the basis of the Florida indicators "Talent, Technology and Tolerance". Surveys in European cities so far have shown that the Florida indicators are not transferable one-to-one, but need modification and adaptation. Thus the Florida indicators and the concept of the creative class were analysed and evaluated according to their relevance and applicability. As there were only national analyses for Europe but no analyses of cities using the Florida indicators, on basis of the available data it was further investigated as to whether an empirically well-founded description of the indicators would be possible or if more data would have to be collected. Mapping Research on Mobility in the Creative Sector(2005-2006)Commissioned by: European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Amsterdam The international mobility of artists, cultural managers and others working in the cultural and media field, as well as the transfers of artistic ideas, works and trends are the core of the project. In the context of a survey of mainly economically inspired theories of the movement of "intellectual capital" the attempt will be made to deal empirically with the causes and consequences of cultural mobility, including their promotion and obstacles to them. This will take place primarily through comparisons of branches and countries, the evaluation of compendia and data collections as well as case studies and interviews. Historical aspects are also to be investigated inasmuch as they are relevant for present-day and future mobility processes. The economic relevance of culture and the creative industries: Vienna in comparison with Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan and Paris(2005)Commissioned by: Vienna City Council Department for EU Strategy and Economic Development The study describes the relevance of culture and the creative industries in Vienna for the economy and employment in comparison with Barcelona, Berlin, London, Paris and Milan. The description and appraisal were carried out on the basis of following data: public financing of culture, proportion city - national government/province per capita proportion of cultural expenditure, employees in the cultural and creative industries, size of businesses in the creative industries, attendance figures and cultural provision, data on cultural tourism, description of the creative class based on Richard Florida. On the basis of this data, relationships between the six cities were established to enable a argumentative positioning of their economic potential in culture and the creative industries. In order to provide a comparative description that is not only based on statistics, the essential trends in urban cultural policy and interesting concepts for urban developments and the creative industries were described. [more] Centrope - Culture(2004 - 2005)Commissioned by: Europaforum The aim was a survey of new cultural cooperation and cultural policies across national borders in the Central Europe region). Thus, derived from the description of the status quo (structures, competences, programmes etc.), a strategic concept is to be developed, on the one hand to give the political and culture-political decision-makers and the most important players in the cultural field the necessary instruments to inject cultural dynamism into the Central Europe region and on the other hand to identify new models of cultural cooperation and cooperative cultural policies. Besides the description of the national profiles of cultural policies and the description of the cultural activities and scenes with a focus on the four sub-regions - Vienna, southern Moravia, western Hungary and Bratislava - the strengths and weaknesses of cultural cooperation across national borders were identified. Strategies for trans-regional cultural cooperation were developed on this basis. [more] Intersection of Architecture and Policy(2003 - 2004)Commissioned by: Arts Division of the Federal Chancellery Since the early 1990s quality safeguards for the built and natural environment has become a central field of action for state policy in many countries in Europe. Occasioned by a parliamentary inquiry into architecture policy and building-culture in Austria in March 2004, the project "intersection of architecture and policy" takes a look outside Austria's borders and illuminates architecture policy priorities and instruments in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Britain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The 14 country profiles include a description of the essential competence structures, concepts and support measures, provide information on education, professional modalities and interest associations and relevant architectural institutions. One chapter is dedicated to outlining measures (guidelines, supports etc.) in the context of architecture and building policy at European Union level. A collection of links to the most important institutions is intended to facilitate further researches. [more] Investigation of the Economic Potential in the Field of Creative Industries in Vienna(2002 - 2004)Commissioned by: Vienna City Council Department for EU Strategy and Economic Development, Vienna Chamber of Commerce, Vienna Film Fund "Culture and employment" and/or "culture and work" has long been a major focus for the Österreichische Kulturdokumentation. After finishing the study on the "Utilisation and development of the job potential in the cultural sector in the age of digitalisation" the Kulturdokumentation carried out the "Survey of the economic potential in the field of creative industries in Vienna" together with the research institutes Mediacult and Wifo. The study analyses the market, innovation and job potential of market-economy-oriented sectors such as design/fashion, graphic design, advertising, multimedia and architecture, as well as those at the intersection of the arts and commerce, such as literature and publishing, music, film, fine arts and the arts market, performing arts, libraries and museums. Alongside the demarcation and definition of the "creative industries", an analysis of the 10 creative industries sectors was carried out, and 1,134 companies and one-person businesses were interviewed among other things on their economic situation, their expectations for the future, on the advantages and disadvantages of Vienna as a location and on the effectiveness of support policy. [more] The study (the whole study, results and recommendations, analysis of sectors and survey of enterprises) is available in german language as download on our website http://www.creativeindustries.at, too. You can also find a service section here with information on specialist events and current calls. The site also offers an overview of relevant online national and international studies on the creative industries which is being continually updated. Download of the english summary as pdf-file (400 KB) Science for Creative Industries(2003)Commissioned by: WWTF Vienna Science and Technology Fund In cooperation with Mediacult and WIFO the Kulturdokumentation has compiled a survey of the research focus "creative industries supporting sciences". The survey contained a screening of the landscape of research, providing information on the research potential of creative industries, and as well as an assessment of research databases includes a structural analysis of research institutions. Further, a definition of the creative industries was formulated and recommendations were made for the creation of a research focus. . Differing Diversities: Eastern European Perspectives. Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity(2001 - 2003)Commissioned by: Council of Europe The Kulturdokumentation has been the Austrian cooperating partner for this continuing Council of Europe project since 1999. The project is a continuation of the "Transversal Study on the Theme of Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity". With Romania, Hungary and Russia, the emphasis is now on the central and eastern-European members of the Council of Europe. The final report on "Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity" in these countries is being drawn up by the Österreichische Kulturdokumentation. A major objective of this Council of Europe project is to learn more about the way cultural diversity is being dealt with in order, building on this, to extract common interests and differences between the interpretations and self-images in western and eastern Europe. Country site visits by expert delegations from the Council of Europe to the participating countries are being carried out in the context of the project. The project was finished in July 2003. A publication of the results of the project appeared in September 2006. Exploitation and Development of the Job Potential in the Cultural Sector in the Age of Digitalisation(2000 - 2001)Commissioned by: European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs The study has the task of investigating the employment potential in the cultural sector (in the broadest sense) including media and digital applications. In the framework of this study the Österreichische Kulturdokumentation was responsible for the cultural theory contextualisation. Likewise, the institute was involved in recording and describing European best practices in the new training programmes on offer. For the cultural theory context "employment in the cultural sector " literature and research", an overview and analysis of the current state of research in the individual EU states was provided in order to highlight the varying speeds at which the issue of "employment in the cultural sector" is becoming policy in the national labour-market and cultural policy concepts. The final report was published in full in English. Summaries of the study findings have been published in all EU member-state languages. English and german short versions can be ordered at the Kulturdokumentation. Participating in the project alongside the Österreichische Kulturdokumentation were: MKW Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH, Munich, (Coordination) empirica Delasasse, Cologne Interarts, Barcelona Economix Research & Consulting, Munich WIMMEX AG, Munich [more] Transversal Study on the Theme of Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity(2000 - 2000) 03.03.2008
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