Activities of Silvia COSTA related to 2016/2072(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries (short presentation) (debate) IT
Amendments (6)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas creative industrieultural and creative sectors 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);
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to design its future policies based on the following 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 valuesocial and economic value in particular from intellectual property. They include the following sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio- visual (including film, television, video games and, multimedia and recorded music), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high-end industries and fashion, festivals, live music, performing arts, books and publishing, radio and visual arts’;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure, allowing access to cultural and creative products, rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age, when implementing its policies, to implement a value chain approach to CCIs in the digital age and to establish a legal framework that takes into account the specificities of the sectors and leads to an improvement in the remuneration of authors and creators;
Amendment 228 #
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 and between non-profit organisations and commercial companies in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centres, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 as a prominent opportunity to enhance the European excellence in ICCs and to stress the need for an adequate programming and financing;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends the design and the adoption of policies aimed at increasing the level of cultural participation of EU citizens, which in many Member States is still critically low; stresses that this would imply benefits both in terms of fostering more creative talents and securing a larger and stronger demand base for EU cultural and creative products;