Cultural and creative sectors (CCS)

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Cultural and creative sectors (CCS)

The Creative Europe programme defines the cultural and creative sectors as being comprised of all sectors whose activities are based on cultural values, or other artistic individual or collective creative expressions and include the development, the creation, the production, the dissemination and the preservation of goods and services which embody cultural, artistic or other creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education or management. The CCS include amongst others architecture, archives, libraries and museums, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), tangible and intangible cultural heritage, design (including fashion design), festivals, music, literature, performing arts (including theatre and dance), publishing, radio and visual arts (“Towards gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors”, report of the OMC (open method of coordination) working group of member states’ experts, June 2021).