Activities of David BORRELLI related to 2016/2072(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries PDF (419 KB) DOC (91 KB)
Amendments (33)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dual value, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustaining social cohesion and contributing substantially, to investment, growthhrough a wide range of mechanisms creating and enhancing value, to prosperity, innovation and employment in the EU economy;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cultural diplomacy, based on mutual respect of values and specificities, strengthens the bilateral relations between European and third countries and builds bridges between societies and contribute to long-term better mutual understanding, since culture and education blend deeply into each other in all countries engaged in true cultural exchanges;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas CCIs contribute to Europe’s ‘international relations increasingly based in the reciprocal exercise of 'soft power’' in their role as ambassadors of Europeanworld-wide values – such as culture, creativity, quality, excellence, craftsmanship – on the world stage;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas creative industries in Europe provide more than 12 million full- time jobs, which amounts to 7.5 % of the EU’s work force, creating approximately EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP (5.3 % of the EU’s total GVA)relevant numbers of part- time, non-permanent and full-time jobs, creating significant value added, and they have the potential to further expand their contribution;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas employment inpolicies for the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshored, as it iand creative sector need to actively resist employment offshoring, to which the sector is not immune; its connectedion to specific cultural and historical competences can indeed provide an opportunity to invert the self-destructive, short-sighted offshoring trend followed by other industries; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post- 2008 economic crisis;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the CCIs comprise a majority of small and micro-companies and whereas the cultural and creative sector (CCS) companies with less than 9 employees account for more than 90 % of the workforce; whereas such size distribution makes them particularly suited for developing a fertile, close interaction with the Regions where they are located, and to open opportunities for highly rewarding and learning-oriented part-time and non permanent jobs;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas CCIs play a key role in reindustrialising Europe, are a driver for growthnon-consumist, environment-respecting development and are in a strategic position to trigger innovative spill-overs in other industrial and service sectors, such as tourism, retail, and digital technologies;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas despite the fact that more creative and cultural content is being consumaccessed, shared and interconnected today than ever before, in particular on services such as user-uploaded content platforms and content aggregation services, the cultural and creative sector has not seen a comparable increase in revenues from this increase in consumptionrealized that traditional business models, often based on oligopolistic positions, are not able anymore to translate in additional revenues this increase in consumption; whereas such obsolescence indicates that enormous value-creation opportunities can be seized by the creative and cultural system, if it dares to develop innovative models, combining business excellence with widespread citizens participation, matching the needs of modern society and the potential of fast-evolving technology;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas as a result of digital and communication technology, access barriers to many types of cultural production and distribution have sharply fallen both in terms of cost and of technical difficulty, resulting de facto in a much more democratic and participative cultural system, where the intervention of an industrial contributor providing specific know-how and relevant capital becomes only necessary for some highly specific typologies of cultural production;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the latest study commissioned by the Commission19 takes into account in its definition of CCIs also the creativity-driven high-end industries; whereas fashion and high-end industries rely on a strong cultural and creative input, contribute to preserve the European centuries-old savoir faire of some regions of the world and draw on atheir cultural heritage and traditions that cannot be replicated by others; whereas Europe is undoubtedly well placed to contribute significantly to such world-wide increased exchanges based on culture and creativity; __________________ 19 Study reference to be completed once published. Please note that all figures mentioned in this report are based on this study.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas CCI national estimates are rarelyless comparable than the statistics of other industrial sectors, as Member States are still using different definitions of the CCI, linked to their own national understanding and perspectives;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in 2013the worrying size of international tradeffic in counterfeit and pirated goods amounted to up to 2.5 % of world trade and up to 5 % of imports in the EU, which represents EUR 85 billion; is still another indicator of the extreme vulnerability of struggling business models, and indicates the pressing need to develop innovative ways of protecting value-creation, especially through increased controls at the external borders of the EU, specific policies addressed to third countries which adopt different IPR approaches, and other measures which reward the long-term vision of those creative and cultural industries which have gallantly resisted delocalisation, nurturing stable relationships with their suppliers, and ensuring through the supply chain a strict respect of labour, environment and tax law;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. CStresses that the ultimate goal of most authors, performers and creators is primarily the human and societal development and prosperity rather than the potential economic gain, and therefore calls on the Commission to develop a coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the CCS, and on the EU to include the development, promotion and protection of CCIs in its strategic goals and overall political priorities;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that it is a responsibility of the Parliament to define the major specific axes to be followed by the long- term industrial policy for CCS (as for example, public support and financing, interaction with the development of educational programmes, environment for stimulating entrepreneurial initiatives, mobility, modernisation of the legal framework etc.); suggests, to this end, to work towards a specific resolution providing such political inputs;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to design its future policies based on the followinga widely shared definition of CCIs: ‘cultural and creative industries are those industries that are based on cultural values, individual creativity, skills and talent with the potential to create wealth and jobs through generating value from intellectual property. They include the following sect, adopted by societal and industrial stakeholders after a thorough participative discussion, open to technological and social evolution; recalls that such definition should be dynamic enough as to encompass not just existing forms relying onof cultural and creative inputs: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high-end industries and fashion, festivals, music, performing arts, books and publishing, radio and visual arts’services and products, but also developing ones; furthermore, the definition should be able to consider a rich variety of mechanisms for generating and distributing value, and avoid concentrating on any single such mechanism;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to identify an ambitious range of specific indicators in order to monitor and analyse the cultural, economic, labour-market, educational, participatory, communicative and societal impactreturn of its policies and regulatory proposals related to the CCS, and to possibly; underlines that to this end it is necessary to research and identify alternative data sources with a view to complementing and improving official statistics;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creatorhere is a two-way relationship between, on the one hand, technology and infrastructure, and on the other hand, the content provided by creators, authors, performers, and the plurality of citizens who intervene in the process; underlines that this relationship is strongly dependent on the continuously increasing interconnectivity provided by the whole system which allows to access and enjoy those contents; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a forward- looking legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that shall be able to takes into account the specificities of the sector and shall leads to an improvement ncrease in the overall value generated by the cultural and creative sector, with particular regard to improving the remuneration of authors, performers and creators;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission, in view of the upcoming copyright reform, to create legal solutions which will suit creators, right holders and consumers alike in order to make clear that liability exemptions can only apply to genuinely neutral and passive online service providers and not to services that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising contentprovide for a common definition of 'public domain' to ensure legal certainty together with the widespread dissemination of cultural and creative services and products across the EU and beyond; accordingly, calls on the Commission to propose legal solutions which will suit authors, performers, creators, citizens, and industrial contributors to the creative process alike; such solutions should protect fundamentally authors, performers and creators, both economically and legally, avoid rigidities, dominant positions, and speculative behaviour at their expense of creator, and be suited to the real costs of the productive process;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to propose an expanded set of specifically defined exceptions to the standard copyright framework, taking into account fundamental rights and the needs of contemporary society;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that piracy andlarge-scale counterfeiting remains a serious concern for CCIs and citizens alike; stresses that these products of such illicit activities can, when fraudulently introduced in commercial channels, can damage consumer rights and cause safety and health concernrisks that need to be addressed;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends considering theAsks the Commission to coordinate an in-depth participatory analysis about how most sanction-based instroduction of tougher sanctions and the promotion ofuments have not been able to stop the deterioration of current business models; underlines that such an analysis is a necessary precondition for redesigning the CCI legal framework and a system of guarantees on traceabilitythat can act as a deterrent for counterfeiters as well as increasing the damages and compensation awarded to right holderse the protection of authors, performers and creators; reminds that any law- enforcement model must distinguish between commercial and non-profit activities, must avoid criminalizing large sectors of the population, must respect fundamental individual rights, including privacy, and must strike a balance between guaranteeing access and providing control; calls on the EU and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns against piracy and counterfeitingbout the need to protect the cultural and creative environment; stresses, finally, the need to involve all digital actors in the fight against online counterfeiting;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their respective spheres of competences, to promote cross-sectorial cooperation by establishing ‘'learning labs’, ', creative hubs, co-working spaces, networking programmes and cultural and creative clusters and networks at regional, national, European and international level in order to foster interaction between micro-, small, medium and large enterprises in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centres, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development, reinforcing the existing general-purpose structures and funds for the promotion of entrepreneurship, and adapting them to the specific needs of cultural and creative start-ups; asks, moreover, for support for the development of an innovation friendly, protective legal environment for the creation and experimentation of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the creative skills need to be learntdrive is present in every human being, and needs to be nurtured, protected and stimulated from an early age in order to lay the foundations for the continuous renewal of creative talents; encourages the Member States to improve their training, learning and qualification systems, enabling students in cultural and arts disciplinesall paths of learning to acquire comprehensive training in cultural and artistic activities, according to their preferences;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment and reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Im in all appropriate initiatives and to providincrease significantly the funds tofor facilitateing careers, knowledge-building and training in this sector;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure the preservation of traditional European savoir-faire, preserving and promoting the craft trades linked to the CCS and to re-valorise vocational training and a highly skilled workforce in order to attract talents; to this end, underlines that strong strategic links must be cultivated between cultural policy and the social and productive resources that local communities can mobilize;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness about career opportunities in manufacturing jobscultural and creative jobs, both full-time, non-permanent and part-time, through awareness campaigns and policies promoting the transmission of knowledge in order to preserve craftsmanship in these sectors;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Members States to promote cross-sectorial approaches between different areas in formal education and in non-formal learning, ensuring that cultural and creative activities are carefully blended into the educational model; reminds that culture and creativity are essential for motivating the most effective learning mechanism, based in the active, personal interest of the learner; recommends the creation within higher education institutions of joint programmes between arts and culture, science, engineering, technology, business and other relevant fields; stresses the need to support centres of excellence;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Members States to promote cooperation between artistic schools and businesses in the field of CCS; underlines the need to go beyond sectorial approaches, embedding cultural and creative activities in all fields of learning and activity, developing a democratic, participatory culture which is transversal to all social, professional and learning paths, fertilizing the whole society; recommends the development of work- learn trajectories;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the Commission as a first step to create a one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunmicrocredit is often the most effective tool for initiating many kinds of cultural and creative activities; highlights that crowdfunding can become a solid tool for facilitating the involvement of large sectors of society in financing of cultural and creative projects, and that accordingly the authorities should encourage it; underlines that widespread programmes of such kind allow to stimulate a plurality of ideas and initiatives, testing their viability in real life; stresses that in order to support the scaling-up of the corresponding activities fmor CCIs, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIse specific financing tools can be focussed at a later stage on those cultural and creative services and products who have actually emerged as viable;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the EIB to address the lack of EFSIvery poor performance of EFSI in guaranteeing funding to CCIs by investigating possible interaction with Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility in order to provide fit-for-purpose loans for CCIs;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that in order to improve access to finance in the CCIs it is necessary to develop expertise in assessing the value of intangible assets which could be used as collateralsa better understanding of the many different ways in which value is created in the field, thinking beyond "objects" like "content", "assets", and concentrating on new, more relevant dimensions like connectivity, access, participation;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24