Cultural and creative sectors represent over 4% total employment in some OECD regions, and there are many more creative jobs in other sectors. Jobs in venue-based sectors have been the hardest hit from the start of the crisis. Emergency policy responses have been unprecedented in their scope and scale but often are just not cutting it as they are not necessarily well suited to the needs of creative professionals who are often self-employed or pair standard employment with part-time gigs and contracts. This webinar will provide guidance for the recovery by looking into the effects of the crisis on cultural employment, ways to better adapt employment, income and business support measures to the needs of the sector as well as measurement approaches to capture the true size of the sector to better inform policies.
XpoNorth- delivered by Iain Hamilton, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scotland, United Kingdom
SPOTLIGHT: Covid-19 and Music & the Night Time Economy
27 January 2021 Remote participation
In collaboration with Sound Diplomacy
What is the issue?
As lockdown measures ban large public gatherings, the income from the live music sector and the night time economy is almost zero and may not return to pre-crisis levels for quite a while. The shutdown affects incomes of artists, ancillary workers in the value chain and represents a loss for cities too, as they significantly benefit from all indirect economic activity induced from the sector. This Spotlight session, co-organised with Sound Diplomacy, will explore the economic and social importance of the sector for cities and regions, explain the specificities of employment and sectoral business models as well as ways to improve resiliency and create a better music ecosystem in the future.
Video Highlights:
Opening and Welcome presented by Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture, Scotland
27-28 January 2021 
Remote participation 
What is the issue?
