1. Meeting of the Working Group “Cultural statistics” 20-21.05.10

2. Draft agenda Introduction, approval of the agenda
Recent cultural policy developments at EU level (by DG EAC)
Current activities of Eurostat (overview):
work with the ESSnet-culture
preparation of the pocketbook on cultural statistics
collaboration with international organisations

3. Draft agenda - cont.
Development work of the four ESSnet Task Forces (presentations and discussions):
TF 1 - Framework of cultural statistics
TF 2 - Expenditure on culture
TF 3 - Cultural/creative industries
TF 4 - Cultural participation
Proposal for the new pocketbook on cultural statistics:
general presentation of the content - comments
presentation and discussion about two particular topics:
cultural employment
cultural participation (data from the SILC ahm 2006, AES wave 2007, ICT)
Conclusions, future steps