General Information
Technical Information
The preparation of the Austrian QPR has been coordinated by the Point of Contact to the Convention within the Austrian Commission for UNESCO, in close coordination with the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport as well as the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. Beyond the ministries mentioned, other technically competent federal ministries, the Laender (federal provinces) and in accordance with Art. 11 of the convention representatives of civil society organisations were involved in the preparation of the report. This included face-to-face-interviews as well as written/online consultation. (For an extensive account on the process of civil society involvement please refer to the respective chapter of this report.) Additionally, the Point of Contact to the Convention conducted an extensive desk research in order to identify examples of good practice as well as relevant data. Relevant statistical data included in the report was provided by Statistics Austria (STAT). Measures and examples collected in this manner were evaluated by the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diversity. To further ensure involvement of civil society in the preparation of the report, a workshop was organised at the beginning of March 2020. The workshop allowed to discuss the examples collected as well as to further elaborate civil society's future priorities, comment on the preliminary draft, and propose additional measures to be presented in the final report. These proposals were incorporated in the draft.
Based on this draft the report was finalised by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport as well as the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.
Austria is explicitly committed to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and its importance as a Magna Charta of international cultural policy.
Austrian cultural policy focuses, according to the guidelines for the implementation of the Federal Arts Promotion Act (as of October 2019), on the promotion and development of artistic creation and production in all cultural domains in Austria and its distribution and mediation by a suitable institution, in particular by
- enabling innovative artistic and cultural projects
- maintaining the artistic and cultural activity of the funded institutions
- (promoting) international mobility
- promotion of contemporary art and culture by supporting artistic and cultural projects as part of artistic and cultural education in all cultural domains
These aspects are clearly in line with the goals of the Convention as are the following overarching priorities:
Gender equality: Promoting gender equality is a priority at federal, regional (Laender) and municipal level. At federal level, provisions for gender equality are embedded in the above-mentioned guidelines of the Federal Arts Promotion Act. Further, the guidelines for the implementation of Austrian foreign cultural policy incorporate similar directives: the network of cultural forums (cultural institutes) and embassies is instructed to ensure that female artists are adequately represented in the projects funded and to provide disaggregated data regarding the percentage of women per project funded as well as in the annual programming. Since 2007, the federal annual Arts and Cultural Report provides disaggregated data regarding transfer payments to individual artists; Since 2009 (mandatory since 2013) gender budgeting is guaranteed in the Austrian federal constitution. In addition, advisory boards and juries actively involved in the promotion of art and culture are gender balanced. The monitoring framework of the QPR allows to draw attention to successfully implemented cultural policy measures on gender equality, whilst at the same time allowing to demonstrate key areas for further action. Numerous examples of good practice from the Austrian film sector were identified whilst preparing the QPR, illustrating the sector’s current pioneering role.
The social and economic protection of artists and cultural workers, being a prerequisite for any artistic and cultural creation, is also within the focus of Austria’s cultural policy making. In 2018, a study was carried out examining the social situation of cultural professionals, providing a valuable data basis for the improvement of the current situation. The results of the study display possible fields of action, in which cultural policy measures can contribute to improving the socio-economic situation of professionals in the sector, e.g. regarding fair remuneration.
Austria regards the 2005 Convention as an instrument that contributes strongly to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Convention’s framework allows to underline culture’s important contribution to sustainable development whilst at the same time highlighting the necessary inclusion of cultural aspects in development plans and strategies. Cross-sectoral as well as inter-ministerial cooperation is key to drawing synergies. Such a cross-sectoral platform of information exchange and networking is facilitated via a series of events on culture and sustainable development, organised by the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport.
In 2019 the EU and its member states decided to strengthen the UNESCO 2005 Convention in several ways. On the one hand, the SDGs – and thus also the convention – play a stronger role in the current Working Plan on Culture. On the other hand, the decision fosters culture’s role in the EU's external relations, aiming at the joint implementation of cultural projects worldwide that follow a participative, bottom-up approach and focus on local responsibility and needs. The implementation takes place via EUNIC, the network of EU cultural institutes, or via the local “EUNIC clusters”, in cooperation with the EU delegations and local stakeholders.
The cross-sectoral character of culture is decisive for the adequate design of cultural policy measures. Most of the implemented measures are the result of different, interacting factors. However, it can be highlighted that the Convention has proven to be an effective instrument to stimulate inter-ministerial dialogue and to ensure the involvement of civil society actors from the cultural sector. In addition, the monitoring framework offers concrete guidelines as well as the flexibility to design and implement measures according to national and local requirements.
Currently, activities aiming at the creation of a national digital roadmap as well as measures regarding preferential treatment, require an intensified cross-sectoral exchange, including a range of various relevant state, private and civil society stakeholders, in order to further the implementation of the Convention.
Note: For reasons of consistency, the currently valid names of the responsible federal ministries are used below, despite differing names in the reporting period.
Organization type | Organization | Website | |
---|---|---|---|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Austrian Working Group for Cultural Diversity
| gimpel@igkultur.at
| https://www.unesco.at/kultur/vielfalt-kultureller-ausdrucksformen/kooperation-und-vernetzung/arge-kulturelle-vielfalt
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation
| baeva@vidc.org
| http://www.vidc.org/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Austrian Musicfonds
| office@musikfonds.at
| http://www.musikfonds.at
|
Public Sector
| University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna
| ellmeier-a@mdw.ac.at
| https://www.mdw.ac.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG Kultur Österreich
| office@igkultur.at
| http://www.igkultur.at
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verein Culture2Culture / TrickyWomen
| office@trickywomen.at
| https://www.trickywomen.at/
|
Public Sector
| Institute for Cultural Management and Gender Studies, MDW
| ikm@mdw.ac.at
| https://www.mdw.ac.at/ikm/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Austrian Music Council
| office@oemr.at
| https://oemr.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Kunstraum Kultur AXE
| info@kulturaxe.com
| http://www.kulturaxe.com/cle3.html
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| SMartAt
| contact@smartatmobility.com
| https://www.smartatmobility.com/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Austrian Filmmakers Association
| office@filmschaffende.at
| https://filmschaffende.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Berufsvereinigung der Bildenden Künstler Österreichs
| berufsvereinigung@art-bv.at
| http://www.art-bv.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG Freie Theater
| office@freietheater.at
| https://freietheater.at/
|
Public Sector
| Austrian Film Institute
| office@filminstitut.at
| https://www.filminstitut.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG World Music Austria
| info@worldmusicaustria.info
| http://www.worldmusicaustria.info/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| music austria
| office@musicaustria.at
| https://www.musicaustria.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| springerin
| springerin@springerin.at
| https://www.springerin.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verband Feier Radios Österreich
| office@freie-radios.at
| https://www.freie-radios.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Fiftitu%
| office@fiftitu.at
| https://fiftitu.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Kulturplattform Oberösterreich
| kupf@kupf.at
| https://kupf.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verein Hunger auf Kunst & Kultur
| office@hungeraufkunstundkultur.at
| https://www.hungeraufkunstundkultur.at/
|
Public Sector
| kulturtankstelle
| katharina@kulturtankstelle.at
| http://www.kulturtankstelle.at/
|
Private Sector
| EDUCULT
| office@educult.at
| https://educult.at/
|
Public Sector
| Juridicum Vienna
| wolfgang.wieshaider@univie.ac.at
| https://juridicum.univie.ac.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| FC Gloria
| welcome@fc-gloria.at
| https://www.fc-gloria.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG Kultur Burgenland
| burgenland@igkultur.at
| http://www.igkultur.at
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Dachverband der Salzburger Kulturstätten
| dachverband@kultur.or.at
| https://www.kultur.or.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Aporon 21
| office@aporon21.org
| http://www.aporon21.org/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Künstlerhaus Wien
| office@k-haus.at
| https://www.k-haus.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Alte Schmiede
| info@alte-schmiede.at
| https://www.alte-schmiede.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG KiKK
| office@igkikk.at
| https://igkikk.at/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Tiroler Kulturinitiativen
| office@tki.at
| https://www.tki.at/home/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG Kultur Vorarlberg
| office@igkultur-vbg.at
| https://igkultur.at/?bundesland=vorarlberg
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| IG Kultur Steiermark
| office.igkultur@mur.at
| https://igkultur.at/?bundesland=steiermark
|
Goal 1 - Support Sustainable Systems of Governance for Culture
Cultural and Creative Sectors
Sectors
Cultural heritage, archives, libraries | 0,3% of total employment |
Book and press | 0,9% of total employment |
Visual arts | 0,5% of total employment |
Architecture | 0,4% of total employment |
Performing arts | 0,5% of total employment |
Audio-visual and multimedia | 0,4% of total employment |
Education | 0,2% of total employment |
Cultural sector (total) | 3,3% of total employment |
Age Groups
15-24 | 2,3% |
25-49 | 3,6% |
50+ | 3,2% |
Age Groups by sector
Sector | Age 15-24 | Age 25-49 | Age 50+ |
Total | 2,3% | 3,6% | 3,2% |
Cultural heritage, archives, libraries | (x) | 0,4% | (0,2%) |
Book and press | (0,7%) | 1,0% | 1,0% |
Visual arts | (x) | 0,5% | (0,5%) |
Architecture | (x) | 0,5% | (0,4%) |
Performing arts | (x) | 0,5% | 0,6% |
Audio-visual and multimedia | (x) | 0,5% | (0,2%) |
Education | (x) | 0,2% | (0,3%) |
Sex
Sector | female | male |
Total | 3,3% | 3,3% |
Cultural heritage, archives, libraries | 0,3% | 0,3% |
Book and press | 1,1% | 0,8% |
Visual arts | 0,5% | 0,5% |
Architecture | 0,3% | 0,5% |
Performing arts | 0,4% | 0,6% |
Audio-visual and multimedia | 0,3% | 0,4% |
Education | 0,3% | (0,2%) |
( ) Flagged values for population groups with an estimated size of less then 6,000 persons.
(x) Suppressed values for population groups with an estimated size of less than 3,000 persons.
Total: 2,999,544,238.38871
By sector (in USD)
Museums, archives, science | USD 385,684,888 |
Building culture, monuments | 224,478,632 |
Folk culture, costums | 44,765,328 |
Literature | 19,820,275 |
Libraries | 114,310,865 |
Press | 12,062,209 |
Music | 129,998,272 |
Performing arts | 540,252,353 |
Visual arts, photography, architecture, design | 35,679,028 |
Film, cinema, video | 47,992,962 |
Radio, TV | 308,702 |
Cultural initiatives, centres | 218,929,212 |
Cultural education and training | 849,141,207 |
Adult education | 1,252,269 |
International cultural exchange | 30,846,060 |
Big events | 60,375,593 |
Other areas | 283,646,383 |
Funding Programme Contemporary Circus
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Media Diversity
Austrian Music Charta 2018
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Digital Environment
VAT-Reduction for e-books
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Funding Programme Media Art Projects Salzburg
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020European Media Art Platform (EMAP)
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Partnering with Civil Society
Establishment of Advisory Boards
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Goal 2 - Achieve a Balanced Flow of Cultural Goods and Services and Increase the Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals
Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals
Artist-in-Residence Programmes
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020SMartat Mobility
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Flow of Cultural Goods and Services
Treaties and agreements
Bilateral Cultural Agreements
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Goal 3 - Integrate Culture in Sustainable Development Frameworks
National Sustainable Development Policies & Plans
Cultural Participation 2015: Total share of population, aged 16 years and older (EUROSTAT)
Cinema | 47,6% | |
Live Performance | 52,8% | |
Cultural Sites | 44,1% |
Cultural Participation 2015: Sex (Statistic Austria)
Sex | Live Performance | Cultural Sites |
male | 49% | 43% |
female | 56% | 45% |
Cultural Participation 2015: Age Groups (Statistics Austria)
Age Group | Live Performance | Cultural Sites |
up to 19 | 52% | 44% |
20-39 | 51% | 44% |
40-64 | 56% | 46% |
65+ | 50% | 40% |
Cultural Participation 2015: Income Levels (Statistic Austria)
Income Level | Live Performance | Cultural Sites |
Low | 34% | 28% |
Average | 53% | 44% |
High | 80% | 71% |
Cultural Participation 2015: Urban/Rural (Statistic Austria)
Inhabitants | Live Performance | Cultural Sites |
> 1.000.000 | 57% | 56% |
> 100.000 | 52% | 47% |
> 10.000 & <=100.000 | 50% | 43% |
<= 10.000 | 52% | 40% |
Comeback-Stipendium / Comeback Grant
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Cultural Development Strategies
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Kulturtankstelle
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020International Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Goal 4 - Promote Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Gender Equality
Austrian Film Gender Report
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020IF SHE CAN SEE IT, SHE CAN BE IT
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Gender Incentives – Subsidies
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Artistic Freedom
Evaluation of the support fund within the framework of the Artists' Social Insurance Fund (KSVF)
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Study on the social situation of art and cultural professionals 2018
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Measures and Initiatives reported by Civil Society Organizations
Austrian Network of Festival Friends
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020QUESTION ME & ANSWER (QM&A)
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020literary prize Ohrenschmaus
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020The European Association of Independent Performing Arts
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020#KlappeAuf
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Die Vielen, Austria
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Arts Rights Justice Austria
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Film Fatal / Inclusion Rider
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Music Women Austria
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020#wedo!
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020New(s)Base
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020RRRIOT
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 23 Apr 2020Emerging Transversal Issues
Global Challenges: Climate Protection - FRIDAYS FORUM
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 24 Apr 2020Global Challenges: Climate Protection - Environmental Certificates for Cultural Institutions
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 24 Apr 2020Global Challenges: Series of Events on Sustainable Development and Culture
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 24 Apr 2020Global Challenges: Art, Culture and Wellbeing - Competence Group Destigmatization
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 24 Apr 2020Cultural Education: Hörminute
Submitted by oeuk_2005 on 24 Apr 2020Challenges and Achievements
Annexes
Submission
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