The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 Edition Creative & Knowledge-Based Jobs NETHERLANDS
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KJ-04-19-024-EN-N Cities Highlights Dimensions Cultural Venues & Facilities Cultural Vibrancy Cultural Participation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 edition Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs NETHERLANDS Intellectual Property & Innovation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across 9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers. 11 cultural and creative cities Human Capital Inner circles & Education 1 NEW city as compared to the 2017 edition of the Monitor New city Selection criteria: Groningen European Capital of Culture Leeuwarden Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals Outer circles Annual gross domestic product per capita: Amsterdam Local & International Leiden Amersfoort Connections The Hague Utrecht Group 1 > € 45 000 Rotterdam 's-Hertogenbosch Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Eindhoven Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 Maastricht Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index? Rotterdam Population groups: XXL XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) Amsterdam The Hague XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) XL L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) Eindhoven Utrecht Leiden L Groningen Amersfoort Maastricht Leeuwarden S-M Population groups 's-Hertogenbosch 1st 50th 100th 150th 179th Amsterdam holds 6th position among the 40 ranked European cities with 500 000 to 1 million inhabitants on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index, while Eindhoven is 7th in the group of 40 ranked cities with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants. However, the other selected Dutch cities show strengths on some of the underlying dimensions of the Index. Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/ Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre Cities Highlights Dimensions RotterdamAmsterdamThe HagueEindhovenLeiden Utrecht AmersfoortGroningenLeeuwardenMaastricht‘s-Hertogenbosch Amsterdam performs particularly well on ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, ranking 4th in its group of 40 ranked European cities with 500 000 to Cultural Venues 1 million inhabitants, thanks to its 4th place on & Facilities Cultural Venues & Facilities. Rotterdam comes 6th on Cultural Participation & Attractiveness in Cultural Vibrancy the group of 20 ranked cities with more than Cultural Participation & Attractiveness The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 1 million inhabitants. 2019 edition In Amsterdam, new creative workspaces Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs are being set up and festivals are flourishing. Amsterdam-Noord has been particularly successful in this respect: Intellectual Property abandoned warehouses in this part of the & Innovation city have been turned into restaurants, The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across headquarters for creative start-ups or 9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy event spaces. New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers. Eindhoven leads on Intellectual Property & Innovation, moving the city into 5th position on Human Capital Inner circles ‘Creative Economy’ among the 40 ranked cities & Education New city with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants. Utrecht Selection criteria: holds 9th place on ‘Creative Economy’ in the European Capital of Culture same group thanks to its balanced performance Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals on Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs (9th) and New Jobs in Creative Sectors (8th). Outer circles Annual gross domestic product per capita: Local & International Connections Today, Dutch creativity is fostering national Group 1 > € 45 000 creative production, with cities specialising in different areas. In , Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Amsterdam Quality of for instance, the focus is mainly on Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 communication and fashion activities, while Eindhoven is home to the Design Academy Population groups XXL XL L S-M Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 and Utrecht to the Gaming Institute. Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group Utrecht and Amsterdam boast a remarkable Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index? achievement on ‘Enabling Environment’, reaching 4th and 6th position, respectively, in their population groups. In particular, they Population groups: have achieved 6th and 7th places on Quality of XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) Governance. L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) The Utrecht Center for Game Research’s mission is to employ games to address large societal challenges. It performs interdisciplinary research on serious gaming and playful interaction with a focus on learning and health. Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/ Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre.