The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe economic disruption across the European cultural and creative sectors (CCS).
See it on page 19The European Parliament's CULT Committee commissioned this study in February 2021 to evaluate the crisis impact and necessary policy interventions.
See it on page 1The analysis focuses on the structural and cohesion policy implications for the CCS following the onset of the pandemic.
See it on page 150Policy responses were formulated to mitigate the immediate negative effects of the crisis on creative industries.
See it on page 150The report provides a framework for understanding the post-COVID-19 landscape for European cultural and creative organizations.
See it on page 130Requested by the CULT Committee European Parliament Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies PE 652.242 – February 2021 EN Cultural and creative sectors (CCS) have been hit hard by the consequences of the COVID -19 pandemic. This study analyses the so far effects of the crisis on the CCS, as well as the policy responses that are formulated to support the sectors.