Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre, 14 May 2021, United Kingdom

One of the defining features of the creative industries is a high reliance on freelancers whether that is in film, design, tech or the arts. 32% of the creative industries workforce as a whole is self-employed (including freelancers), compared with 16% of the UK workforce (Oct 2019 - Sept 2020, DCMS, 2021).

Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture & Heritage, New Zealand, 12 May 2021, New Zealand

This report, New Zealanders’ Cultural Participation in 2020 and Future Participation in a Post-COVID Environment [PDF 3.1MB] outlines findings from a national survey of participation in a range of cultural activities in New Zealand and the impact of COVID-19. It identifies current cultural participation levels in late 2020 and anticipated future participation at COVID Alert Level 1.

Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council, 11 May 2021, Switzerland

In 2020, Pro Helvetia supported over 1600 art and cultural projects across Switzerland. Supporting Swiss artistic creation in all its diversity and ensuring its dissemination across Switzerland’s different language regions, both on the basis of applications, are Pro Helvetia’s core activities. The Arts Council is also committed to giving new impetus to cultural life and to supporting projects of …

DutchCulture, 10 May 2021, Netherlands

In this publication DutchCulture looks back at an important subject over the past three years, fair international cultural cooperation, specifically focussing on the themes Funding, Climate Change and Language and formulating answers to fundamental questions.

Kulturanalys, 28 April 2021, Sweden

This report describes the effects of the pandemic on the Nordic cultural sector and how the measures taken by the Nordic governments to mitigate this impact have worked.

National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Philippines, 21 April 2021, Philippines

As part of the government’s Filipino Values Formation Program, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) conducted this research that seeks to determine different values upheld across the country, so that Filipinos can continue to embody these values to strengthen the Filipino society through widespread implementation in partnership with educational institutions. This executes Chapt…