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CCIs in the 2010-2023 Basque Country A journey through the development of the Basque cultural and creative sector Table of Contents Click to access the index Navigable PDF *** This document is optimized to use with Acrobat Reader. When opening it directly from a browser, some functionalities may not run properly. *** The content of this publication has been prepared between October 2019 and March 2020, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. CCIs in the 2010-2023 Basque Country A journey through the development of the Basque cultural and creative sector Table of Contents Introduction Conclusions 5 Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 130 Origins (prior to 2012) Exploring CCIs in the Basque Going further in depth in The future of CCIs Basque District of Culture Interview with Joxean Muñoz, 24 Country (2012-2015) CCIs (2016-2018) (2019) and Creativity – BDCC References Former Vice-Minister of 38 56 92 (2020-2023) 132 Culture of the Basque 116 Government Conceptual delimitation Firming up knowledge of the Cross-cutting policies 7 of the CCIs: a qualitative cultural and creative sector to support CCIs: Implementation of the pilot Biographies approach 57 one step further and consolidation of the 136 38 92 BDCC (2022) Timeline of development of CREADIS3: coordinating 117 CCIs in the Basque Country Quantitative approach: regional public policies Prioritising cultural and (2012-2023) the CCIs in numbers 61 creative sectors within the Strategy for the promotion of 18 40 RIS3 strategy: a collaborative Intellectual Property in CCIs - Cross-cutting policies to exercise Through BDCC RIS3: CCIs as land of support CCIs 97 118 opportunity 65 42 Cross-fertilisation between Statistic on Public Funding Conceptual delimitation of lands of food opportunity of Cultural and Creative CCI sub-sectors and CCIs Industries 75 99 121 Navigable Creative Industries Designing the pilot for the Cross-fertilisation: PDF Click and navigate Statistics Basque District of Culture Personalised Health and through the different phases 77 and Creativity - BDCC Sustainable Cities 101 121 *** This document is optimized to use with Acrobat Reader. When opening it directly from a browser, some functionalities may not run properly. TABLE OF CONTENTS CCIs in the Basque Country Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Haz "click" y navega por las diferentes fases CCIs in the 2010-2023 Basque Country A journey through the development of the Basque cultural and creative sector Points that draw lines, lines that create shapes and shapes that build creative societies. Creativity is the ability to create something different, either from scratch or from different elements that already exist. The design of this publication refers to the journey of a creative process. The three basic elements are evoked: the vacuum as the phase 0, the point as the first graphic expression, the line as a succession of points and the planes as a succession of lines (Point and line on the plane, Wassily Kandisnky). Thus, each of the chronological phases that make up the recent evolution of the CCIs in the Basque Country is represented by a graphic element with Phases the same number of points: the point, the line, the triangle and the square. The creation of this iconography allows the distinction of each one of the chronological "Phases" which, combined with "Experiences" and "Voices" complete this narrative. Experiences Voices TABLE OF CONTENTS CCIs in the Basque Country Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Click and navigate through the different phases Introduction Bingen Zupiria Minister of Culture and Linguistic Policy Basque Government This publication takes a chronological journey through the under the framework of the RIS3 strategy (Research and evolution of the cultural and creative sector in the Basque Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation) in the Basque Country in recent years: from initial studies and institutional Country. Lastly, phase IV (2020-2023) introduces the Basque efforts to understand and support the CCI sector, to District of Culture and Creativity (BDCC), as a one-stop-shop conceptual and sectorial delimitation, development of new project and service portfolio for CCIs that is integrated and qualitative and quantitative studies and implementation multi-scope. of new supporting instruments in different fields, such as innovation and internationalisation. Initiatives such as the In each phase, in addition to reviewing the period's main ones carried out under the framework of the CREADIS3 milestones to build a detailed chronology of development of project or Basque District of Culture and Creativity (BDCC), CCIs in the Basque Country, opinions from both public and conclude the publication and lay forth lines for the future in private agents in Basque CCIs and good practises related to the Basque Government's institutional investment in CCIs as the CCIs are included. a driver for innovation and socioeconomic development. Lastly, this publication seeks to raise visibility for the vast The initial phase, or phase 0, introduces the origins that diversity and wealth in the Basque cultural and creative gave way to the intense work conducted in the following sector through the different sectors and all throughout the years to solidify the Basque cultural and creative sector, Basque region. Its content is also a way to acknowledge work begun around the year 2012. Next, phase I introduces CCIs' engagement and innovative contribution to the Basque initial qualitative and quantitative approaches to the reality Country's socioeconomic development. of CCIs in the Basque Country (2012-2015), followed by phase II, going further in depth in the knowledge of this reality This timely recognition of CCIs’ value constitutes the (period 2016-2018). Phase III (the year 2019) shows actions fundamental basis on which the consolidation of the Basque and initiatives to design and lay the foundation for future Country, as an innovative and creative country, must be development of the cultural and creative sector, particularly founded. This is, a long-term commitment, built day by day. 6 | CCI | | CCI | 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS CCIs in the Basque Country Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Click and navigate through the different phases BIO Interview with Joxean Muñoz Former Vice-Minister of Culture o of the Basque Government ORIGINS and EXPLORATION OF CCIs we believed that the economic aspect of cultural activity (until the year 2016) required further attention. Important sectors such as design, advertising, digital content development, architecture, etc., In this initial phase of development of CCIs in the Basque were left out from our policies. Under the previous legislative Country, a remarkable milestone was the publication of the term, the Government had taken some steps by starting up European Commission's Green Paper. What brought the lines to support creation spaces ("Creation Factories") in Basque Government to commit to this political-strategic collaboration with cultural agents who had been working in positioning, what did you come up against, and what was cultural and social innovation, with a cross-cutting vision and the status of the cultural and creative sector at that time? a clear desire to interweave with the country's industries, but a specific policy for the cultural and creative sector as such The beginning of the process that brought us to the current had yet to be formed. reality of the Basque cultural and creative sector took place in 2013. At the beginning of that legislative term, with Cristina Within this context, we considered the need to design an Uriarte as Minister, we were facing a challenge: Europe appropriate strategy in the Basque Country for a sector that wanted to promote the cultural and creative sector, which had yet to take shape. The very concept of CCIs, the idea was considered to be a strategic sector, and we, here, in the of a creative sector, was not widespread in our area. So, we Basque Country did not have a defined policy for this new began, as we always begin, with knowledge policies. We area that went beyond the cultural industry sector we had commissioned a set of theoretical and statistical projects been caring for through public policies. What until then had so we could best delimit the CCI sector and discover their been a central element in European cultural policy, through situation in the Basque Country in detail. the Media Europe Plan (development of audio-visual content as a great European initiative) became part of a more To undertake this task, we requested the collaboration of complex strategic project, Creative Europe, which promoted Sinnergiak Social Innovation (Social Innovation Centre the development of cultural and creative industries in all promoted by the University of the Basque Country/Euskal European States and regions. Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)). Knowing that the researchers from this centre (with Javier Echeverría and We were aware that the European Union's requirement Alfonso Unceta in the lead) had already drawn up reports CCIs in the revealed a shortcoming in our public policies: cultural policy on CCIs, we asked them to frame the issue from a general Basque Country: was restricted solely to the cultural sphere (creation, art, theoretical perspective, to summarise the main documents to heritage and cultural industries: audio-visual, printing, music, focus the issue, with special emphasis on EU guidelines, and a journey through performing arts, etc.) and economic development policies did to collect data that would provide an initial approximation to the development of not reach the cultural sector. This was due to their structural the sector's reality in the entire Autonomous Community. weakness from a business perspective, the singularity of the Basque cultural their activity, the intangible nature of their value, etc. As such, and creative sector 8 | CCI | | CCI | 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS CCIs in the Basque Country Phase 0 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Click and navigate through the different phases Sinnergiak's contribution was fundamental.