Naslov
How Creative is “Creative Europe”? Policy Implications of the Culture Strand of the Creative Europe Programme

Autori
Primorac, Jaka ; Obuljen Koržinek, Nina ; Uzelac, Aleksandra

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
ICCPR 2016 - 9th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research

Mjesto i datum
Seoul, Republika Koreja, 05.07.2016. - 09.07.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
cultural policy; public policy; European Union; cultural sector; creative sector; Creative Europe Programme

Sažetak
The paper provides the critical analysis of the culture strand of the “Creative Europe Programme” which was approved by the European Parliament in November and adopted by the European Council in December 2013. Following a short analysis of the changing European Union’s discourse pertaining to culture and media sectors, the authors analyse the wider policy context of the Programme. The analysis has two main angles ; firstly, reviewing the policy architecture of the programme and its feasibility ; and secondly, it looks into the terms of the stakeholders agreements. The authors investigate whether the proposed instrument was well adjusted to then current situation and how did it respond to the needs of the sectors it covers. Furthermore, the article looks at the policy developments in the EU after the adoption of the Programme and investigates the complementarity between the broader policy context, the priorities identified through the OMC and the role development of the Creative Europe Programme. The research is based on the ex-ante analysis of the Programme undertaken by the authors in 2012 which is complemented with the reflection on the key research questions three years after the beginning of the implementation of the Programme. Methodologically, the research is based on the qualitative research methods ; firstly, desk research was used in the ex-ante analysis of the Creative Europe Programme undertaken by the authors in 2012 where policy analysis approach was used on the available commentary on the Programme from both official sources and a wide range of stakeholders, including published results of consultation and follow up discussions with key actors in the field. Secondly, the data gathered through this ex ante analysis was revisited by in 2015 by using discourse analysis that was also used on the additional available data and policy briefings on the Creative Europe programme. Therefore, the paper looks at the policy implications of the changing position of culture and analyses shifts in understanding of the role and position of culture in the broader eu agenda. This research focuses on a policy paradox: firstly, that there was a merger of the previously separated Culture and Media Programme into the new Creative Europe Programme that promised better intertwining of the two and the introduction of the new ‘more integrative’ policy instruments ; and secondly, that only one year later, these two sectors are more apart by being split between different DGs at the EU policy level. The aim of the article is to critically asses the implications of the current state of the Programme where the key goals of ‘the integrated Creative Europe’ are lost to the prevailing economic instrumentalism.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Sociologija

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