This document announces a webinar on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cultural and creative sectors, policy responses, and opportunities for recovery. It provides an overview of short-term challenges for small and medium enterprises and cultural organizations, including loss of income and limited access to funding. It also discusses longer-term opportunities for digitalization and new forms of cultural production and distribution. The webinar aims to discuss expected impacts, innovative solutions, and needed policy support actions.

1. Webinar
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
and cultural and creative sectors:
Impact, policy responses and
opportunities to rebound after the
crisis
17 April 2020 | 15.00-16.30 CEST
in partnership with European Commission, World Cities Culture Forum, nesta,
Fondazione di Venezia, Unioncamere Veneto oe.cd/culture-webinars #OECDculture

2. Ekaterina Travkina
Co-ordinator
Culture, Creative Industries and Local Development
OECD
Ekaterina.Travkina@oecd.org

3. Coronavirus (COVID-19) and culture
Webinar | Coronavirus (COVID-19) and museums
 Available on line: oe.cd/culture-webinars
Webinar | Coronavirus (COVID-19) and cultural and creative
sectors: impact, policy responses and opportunities to rebound
after the crisis
17 April 2020 | 15.00-16.30 CEST
e-SACCI | 3rd Summer Academy on Cultural and Creative
Industries and Local Development
27-30 April 2020  apply by 18 April at oe.cd/sacci
Tackling Coronavirus – Browse OECD contributions  www.oecd.org/coronavirus

4. Hasan BAKHSHI
Nesta/PEC
Justyna JOCHYM
Festivals Adelaide
Philippe KERN
KEA European Affairs
Pierluigi SACCO
OECD
Gian Paolo MANZELLA
MISE, Italy
Joana GOMES CARDOSO
EGEAC, Portugal
Barbara STACHER
European Commission
Justine SIMONS OBE
City of London
World Cities Culture Forum
Bernd FESEL
ECBN

5. • China: 1/3 of SMEs have only cash to cover fixed expenses for 1 month;
• Germany: despite strong regional supply chains, almost 1/3 of sampled
SMEs expect a more than 10% decline in turnover for 2020;
• Italy: 1/3 of sampled SMEs expect a decline of 15% in turnover, most
affected sectors: transport, tourism, fashion, agro-food
• Japan: 39% of sampled SMEs reported supply chain disruptions
• Korea: 42% of SMEs cannot operate beyond 3 months, 70% no longer
than 6 months also due to factory closures in China. Crisis perceived to
be much worse than the 1997 Asian and 2008 global financial crises.
• USA: supply chain disruptions for 70% of surveyed businesses, 81% of
which have revenues for less than 10M dollars.
Source: Tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19): SME POLICY RESPONSES© OECD 2020
The crisis is going to affect SMEs
dramatically in all sectors

6. • CCIs are very fragmented and the weight of small and micro firms and of
freelance professionals is huge. Income breakdown plus limited access
to credit can easily wipe away consistent portions of the productive
fabric.
• Digital access is quickly escalating and will be a key part of the ‘new
normal’. But: apart from the main existing content platforms, it difficult to
make visitors accustomed to pay for content and there is a necessity of
huge investments both in technology and skills which is prohibitive if
coupled to income breakdown.
• The crisis has revealed the crucial role of culture in promoting social
cohesion and psychological wellbeing. There is a new possibility for
cultural producers to explore culture’s potential for social (and health)
impact that could provide both new market opportunities and define
new professional figures.
Some key challenges facing CCIs in the
post-COVID-19 scenario

7. Share of employment in creative, arts and
entertainment activities in 7 countries
Nova Scotia
Fukui Sejong Mississippi
Yorkshire and The Humber
South Australia
Obwalden
Quebec Tokyo
Jeollabuk-do
Hawaii
Greater London
Northern Territory
Basel-Stadt
-0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
Canada Japan Korea United States United Kingdom Australia Switzerland
Minimum Maximum
Note: Employment in the creative, arts and entertainment activities corresponds to sector R90. The analysis is conducted at the TL2 level for Australia, Canada,
the United Kingdom and the United States. It is conducted at the TL3 level for Japan, Korea and Switzerland.
Source: OECD regional database structural business statistics (unpublished)

8. • Facing the crisis, there is a proliferation of approaches at the national and
regional levels.
• No common strategy yet at the EU level
• Italy: emergency fund for live arts, cinema and audiovisual (130M euros),
vouchers for tickets already bought;
• Belgium: general purpose 50M euro fund which includes creative sectors;
task force for digitally streamed cultural content
• Sweden: 90M emergency fund for culture and sports;
• France: specific support actions for cultural sub-sectors;
• Barcelona, Berlin: specific support measures for local culture companies
and professionals, both with financial transfers and with programmed
booking of shows after reopening
How to cope with the crisis?
Many different approaches

9. • The massive digitalization of the cultural and creative economy could
create new forms of experience and dissemination with market potential
• The key role of emerging technologies such as augmented and
enriched reality
• New forms of digitally mediated, decentralized creative production that
engage larger and larger communities
• In a global breakdown of production chains, digitalized cultural content
may become even more global than they currently are
• Possible strategic complementarities with educational and welfare
sectors
• Possibility to develop new content platforms, not only private but also
public – an opportunity to redesign the global content ecosystems?
• Stronger integration between cultural and creative industries and
cultural institutions such as museums, theatres, libraries: toward new,
denser, more structurally cohesive cultural ecosystems?
…But also emerging opportunities

10. What are the short- and long-term expected
impacts of the crisis on CCIs?
What innovative solutions are being or should be
pursued?
What kind of policy support actions are really
needed?
The basic questions

11. Hasan BAKHSHI
Nesta/PEC
Justyna JOCHYM
Festivals Adelaide
Philippe KERN
KEA European Affairs
Pierluigi SACCO
OECD
Gian Paolo MANZELLA
MISE, Italy
Joana GOMES CARDOSO
EGEAC, Portugal
Barbara STACHER
European Commission
Justine SIMONS OBE
City of London
World Cities Culture Forum
Bernd FESEL
ECBN

12. Q #1

16. A collaborative map
to track the COVID19 policy
responses for CCS
How to contribute?
You can send us
information about
policy measures using
the following form:
https://bit.ly/3eqVGW2
How to access the map?
The map is available
here on our website:
https://bit.ly/2JhFxUp
www.keanet.eu
@keatweets
@KEAEuropeanAffairs

17. Upcoming events at oe.cd/culture
e-SACCI | 3rd Summer Academy on Cultural and Creative
Industries and Local Development
27-30 April 2020  apply by 18 April at oe.cd/sacci
Tackling Coronavirus – Browse OECD contributions  www.oecd.org/coronavirus
OECD / EC Policy Seminars on Culture, Creative Economy and
Local Development
1. Designing culture led local development strategies (Q 3 2020)
2. Addressing the skills needs of CCS and self-employed creatives (Q 3 2020)
3. Adapting business support ecosystems to the needs of CCS and self-employed creatives (Q 4 2020)
4. Innovation in public and private investment (2021)