[Digest] Study presentation: Cultural and creative sectors in post-COVID-19 Europe: Crisis effects and policy recommendations

Committee on Culture and Education – Study requested by CULT Committee, commissioned and managed by the Policy Department – “Cultural and creative sectors in post-COVID-19 Europe – crisis effects and policy recommendations” – Presentation by Isabelle De Voldere, IDEA Consult and Sylvia Amann, Inforelais

Brussels, 25 February 2021,

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In the new Work plan for Culture (2019-2021), under the European Agenda for Culture, artists’ mobility is considered as a key factor in improving social cohesion and well-being in EU societies and a strong contributor to EU cultural diplomacy. However, mobility in the cultural and creative sectors is faced with a number of issues that need to be addressed at EU and national levels. The study provides recommendations for a EU-wide mobility framework which entails both a dedicated mobility scheme and an improved regulatory environment that would facilitate mobility in Europe.

A presentation of the study, organized by the EP’s Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies was held on 25 February 2021 and focused on the following issues:

Pre-COVID-19 situation in the CCS
Effects of COVID-19 on CCS, together with a sub-sector impact heatmap
Analysis of emergency and relaunch policy support for CCS on European and national level
Perspectives beyond the COVID-19 crisis
Policy recommendations for a long-lasting, COVID-19-proof and sustainable recovery of the sectors.

The debate that followed the expert’s presentation referred to, among others:

role of the European Parliament in setting up of a post-COVID-19 recovery strategy
EU support for COVID-19-proof skills development
social rights and fair income opportunities enforcement for the CCS operators
working conditions of artists and cultural operators
role of the CCS as an integral part of innovative and cohesive societies
role of public funding
earmarking of national Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) budget to culture and creative sectors
European digital frameworks
need of constant monitoring of the COVID-19 impact on the CCS

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