Umfrage - Finanzierungsinstrumente in der Kulturwirtschaft

KEA European Affairs is currently completing a study on the “Analysis of the needs, best practices and financing opportunities for the creative sector in Europe.” Commissioned by Nantes Métropole, this research takes place in the context of ECCE Innovation, a pan-European project supported by the European Union (Interreg Programme), aiming at fostering the innovation capacity of creative industries in order to access new markets.

The study will provide an overview of creative businesses in Europe and ECCE Innovation cities (Nantes, Aachen, Eindhoven, Stuttgart, Birmingham, Cardiff and Dublin) in particular, assessing their specific financing needs and challenges as well as identifying existing financing instruments in countries covered by the Project. Finally, specific policy recommendations covering the financing aspects of the sector will also be provided.

The report should be presented to the public at the Start West conference organized in Nantes on 19-20 May while its recommendations will be forwarded to policy-makers across Europe and at EU level.

A condensed online survey to collect views on your businesses’ financial needs

To make sure that the report takes into account creative businesses’ views, we would like to give you the opportunity to provide your comments on the barriers and opportunities experienced by your business in accessing financial support in the ECCE areas (i.e. UK, France, The Netherlands and Germany) and beyond.

We have therefore developed a condensed online questionnaire which we kindly invite you to take part to.

Easy to fill in and short (it takes no longer than 10 minutes complete), the questionnaire is available at:

http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=BOEDF_5a9d95d0&ooo=LLOHJL_9c59e0db

In order to integrate your comments in the report, we would like to ask you to complete the survey by the deadline of 24 March. Please note that the online survey will remain open until the end of the ECCE Innovation Project in 2011 so as to give you – or other creative businesses you might now – the chance to further comment on this topic.

We thank you for your precious contribution!

For more information on the study and the questionnaire please do not hesitate to contact Frédéric Meseeuw – Tel: 32 2 289 26 00. Email address: fmeseeuw@keanet.eu

The KEA Team