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On 24 June 2019, the steering committee (see above) met at the Federal Foreign Office. On the basis of the resolutions by the Conference of Parties, it set the timetable for the consultation procedure and the specific priorities for the Periodic Report.
From July to October 2019, the national point of contact called upon all civil society actors (see below) to communicate relevant initiatives and measures for the Third Quadrennial Periodic Report. During the same time period, the AA, BKM, Kultur-MK and the Länder with their respective departments participated by submitting relevant measures for the report. Additionally, the AA invited all relevant ministries, the Federal Statistical Office and the Association of German Cities to name relevant measures.
Back in summer of 2018, at the suggestion of civil society actors, the national point of contact had also invited all stakeholders to participate in an online consultation as part of monitoring the implementation of the 2005 UNESCO Convention. Additionally, the national point of contact proactively conducted in-depth research and analyses in 2018 and 2019. Altogether, over 100 relevant measures and initiatives were thus identified by 1 October 2019.
On 30 October 2019, the Sub-Committee for Culture and the Advisory Committee on the “Diversity of Cultural Expressions” of the German Commission for UNESCO addressed the requirements of the Third Quadrennial Periodic Report and the central developments and challenges during the reporting period. In keeping with the reporting structure newly agreed in 2019, 100 contributions were compiled into a first draft by 23 December 2019.
This first draft report served as the basis for three combined consultation processes:
a) The steering committee arranged for an initial quality check and solicited feedback from all relevant federal ministries and the Länder.
b) Actors and committees from both civil society and the expert community were invited to comment online on this draft report from 23 December 2019 to 19 January 2020.
c) At a special session of the Federal Coalition for Cultural Diversity held in Cologne on 21 January 2020, the draft report and all online comments were peer-reviewed chapter by chapter; keywords on core progress areas and challenges during the 2016 to 2019 reporting period from the perspective of civil society actors were identified; primary outcomes, key developments, challenges, problem-solving strategies and next steps were compiled and put forward for discussion.
Some 70 comments and the findings of the consultation on 21 January 2020 were taken into account when preparing the second draft of the report in the version dated 27 January 2020. The steering committee then reviewed this version and, from 27 to 31 January 2020, arranged for feedback from all relevant federal ministries as well as from the Länder and the Association of German Cities.
The steering committee also took into account the findings of the consultations and the remarks and proposals from civil society at its final reading of the report text, which took place on 4 February 2020 under the lead responsibility of the AA, before the Federal Cabinet took note of and approved it on 12 August 2020. On this basis, it was submitted to UNESCO in November 2020.
The protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions are the basis of the cultural policy of the Federal Government, the Länder and the local authorities in Germany. They promote a culture of participation of civil society actors at all levels. According to the 2018 Report on Cultural Funding (Kulturfinanzbericht), public spending for the protection and promotion of culture and the arts amounts to 0.34% of gross domestic product. Co productions on an equal footing and the dismantling of inequalities are important goals for international cultural cooperation.
This report presents 100 sample measures that strengthen sustainable systems of governance for culture. In this context, the strong trend of Länder and municipalities compiling longer-term cultural guidelines and cultural development concepts continues. In these efforts, they are actively responding to demographic, digital and ecological transformations. The innovative capacities of cultural infrastructures and institutions are becoming even more important. Cultural diversity is now the rule, not the exception. Artistic projects and cultural education are contributing to dialogue in society. During the reporting period, many refugees arrived in Germany from crisis and war zones. Some of the measures reported on here were in response to this development.
The plurality of media systems continues to guarantee freedom of opinion and a diversity of contents. It provides all citizens with various entry points to the media while ensuring that the populace has a presence in the media. A “media diversity monitor” has now been actively deployed across Germany.
Multi-year transformation programmes for museums, archives and libraries designed to expand their digital competencies are responding to the digital environment’s challenges and disruptions. The promotion of digital creativity as a tool of democratic popular culture and media culture must be institutionalised at some point in the future.
Model projects that stabilize and strengthen the efficacy of socio-cultural work play an important role in boosting the competencies and capacities of civil society entities.
Cultural content and forms of expression from countries in the Global South have continued to gain visibility thanks to international cooperation, co-productions, mobility, preferential treatment and artist residencies. Cooperation with cultural actors in Africa was further increased, partly in response to the debate, ongoing since 2017, on questions related to German colonial history and the handling of collections from colonial contexts. The successful programmes for publishers and for emerging cinematic talent have been further deepened and expanded. In 2019, they actively participated in the new medium-term cooperation initiative “Fair Culture” on the concept of preferential treatment in the artistic and cultural sector.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development shapes the role of culture in strategies for sustainable development. The German Sustainable Development Strategy, initially adopted in 2017 and revised in 2018, was the first to use the concept of a “culture of sustainability” as a guiding principle, whereby public programming funds for transformative cultural projects were made available. Important sectors of the creative industry, such as film and television, are developing prototypes for ecologically sound production methods.
In the framework of international and development cooperation, one focus is the structural contribution of the artistic and cultural sector towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in countries of Africa and the Near East. The Federal Government promotes the economic strength and innovative capacities of this promising sector, which creates jobs and prospects for young entrepreneurs in particular, and opens up new fields of business.
Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms is a requirement for implementing this UNESCO cultural convention.
Due to gender disparities, society misses out on quality, quantity and diversity of cultural content and forms of expression. Available talent is left untapped. Mentoring programmes to promote women, as well as other initiatives, were significantly expanded, the risk of violence was reduced and, overall, gender equality was embedded transversally in many different projects. This is also a focus of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2020.
By taking new measures, such as the Martin Roth Initiative, to protect artists and cultural professionals under threat, by intensifying its cooperation in the International Cities of Refuge Network, and by releasing general statements in response to developments, Germany has acknowledged in political terms and reinforced in practical terms the importance of protecting artistic freedom. Illiberal democracies and political systems that are increasingly re-nationalising present a challenge to artistic freedom and international cooperation.
In 2019, Germany submitted to UNESCO a 40-page implementation report on the key aspect of the social and economic status of artists and cultural professionals in the digital environment. That implementation report is included as an annex to this Periodic Report.
Organization type | Organization | Website |
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Adolf-Grimme-Institut – Research institution on media culture
| https://www.grimme-institut.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Akademie der Künste der Welt gGmbH – Arts Academy
| https://www.adkdw.org/de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| alba Kultur – International Office for Global Music
| https://www.albakultur.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
| https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Allianz Kulturstiftung – Allianz Cultural Foundation
| https://kulturstiftung.allianz.de/de_DE.html
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. – Association of Independent Cultural Institutes
| https://www.aski.org/
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Public Sector
| ARD – Public media services
| http://www.ard.de
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Public Sector
| ZDF – Public media services
| http://www.zdf.de
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut für kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung – Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for socio-cultural research
| https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Berlinale, Talent Campus – Annual summit and networking platform of the Berlin International Film Festival
| https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/page/c/main
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bertelsmann Stiftung – Bertelsmann Foundation
| https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/startseite
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesverband Darstellendes Spiel – Federal Association of Performing Arts
| https://darstellende-kuenste.de/en/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesverband der Film- und Fernsehregisseure – Federal Association of Film and TV Directors
| https://www.regieverband.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester – Federal Association of Theatres and Orchestras
| http://www.buehnenverein.de/de/1.html
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit – German Association for Art House Cinemas
| https://www.kommunale-kinos.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesvereinigung der kommunalen Spitzenverbände – Association of German Cities
| https://www.staedtetag.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e.V. – Union of Federal Associations for Cultural Youth Education
| https://www.bkj.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Büro für Kulturpolitik und Kulturwirtschaft – Office for Cultural Policies and Culture Industries
| https://kulturwirtschaft.de/
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Private Sector
| Büro für Kultur- und Medienprojekte GmbH – Office for Cultural and Media Projects, Culture Concepts
| http://www.kultur-und-medien.com/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutsche Filmakademie e.V. – The German Film Academy
| https://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutsche Literaturkonferenz e.V. – German Literature Conference
| https://www.literaturkonferenz.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutsche Orchestervereinigung e.V. – Association of German Orchestras
| https://www.dov.org/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutscher Bundesverband Tanz e.V. – German Association of Dance
| https://www.deutscherbundesverbandtanz.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutscher Designertag e.V. – German Designerforum
| http://designtag.org
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutscher Kulturrat e.V. – German Cultural Council
| https://www.kulturrat.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutscher Museumsbund – German Museum Association
| https://www.museumsbund.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutscher Musikrat e.V. – German Music Council
| https://www.musikrat.de/
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Public Sector
| Deutsches Historisches Museum – German Historical Museum
| https://www.dhm.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Europäisches Institut für vergleichende Kulturforschung – European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research
| https://www.kulturforschung.de/institutsprofil.html
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnen-Angehöriger – Guild of the German Stage
| https://www.buehnengenossenschaft.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Goethe-Institut e.V. – Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute
| https://www.goethe.de/en/uun.html
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung – Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research
| https://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/de
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt – House of World Cultures
| https://www.hkw.de/de/index.php
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V. – ifa, institute for foreign relations
| https://www.ifa.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Institut für Kunst, Kultur und Zukunftsfähigkeit – Institute for Art, Culture and Sustainability
| https://und-institut.de/de
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste – International Society of Fine Arts
| https://www.igbk.de/index.php/de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Internationales Theaterinstitut – International Theatre Institute
| https://www.iti-worldwide.org/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. – Society for Cultural Policy
| https://kupoge.de/
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Public Sector
| Kulturstiftung der Länder – Cultural Foundation of the Länder
| https://www.kulturstiftung.de/
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Public Sector
| Kulturstiftung des Bundes – German Federal Cultural Foundation
| https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/en
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft e.V. – Umbrella organisation of the German film industry
| https://www.spio.de/?seitid=1&tid;=1
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Stiftung Kunstfonds – Art Fund Foundation
| https://www.kunstfonds.de/
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Private Sector
| Stiftung Mercator GmbH – Mercator Foundation
| https://www.stiftung-mercator.de/
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Public Sector
| UNESCO-Lehrstuhl für internationale Beziehungen TU Dresden – UNESCO Chair in International Relations at the TU Dresden
| https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/irget/unesco-portal/forschung
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Public Sector
| UNESCO-Lehrstuhl für kulturelle Bildung Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – UNESCO Chair in Arts and Culture in Education at FAU
| https://www.paedagogik.phil.fau.de/institut/unesco-lehrstuhl-fuer-kulturelle-bildung/
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Public Sector
| UNESCO-Lehrstuhl Kulturpolitik für die Künste in Entwicklungsprozessen Universität Hildesheim – UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development at the University of Hildesheim
| https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/unescochair/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren e.V. – German Screenwriters’ Association
| https://www.drehbuchautoren.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verband deutscher Musikschulen e.V. – Association of German Music Schools
| https://www.musikschulen.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verband Deutscher Schriftsteller – Association of German Writers
| https://vs.verdi.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telekommunikation e.V. – German Association of Commercial Radio and Telecommunication Providers
| https://www.vau.net/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Europäischer Musikrat – European Music Council
| https://www.emc-imc.org/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| alba KULTUR – Büro für globale Musik – alba KULTUR – International Office for Global Music
| https://www.albakultur.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| STADTKULTUR Netzwerk Bayerischer Städte e.V. – STADTKULTUR network of Bavarian cities e.V.
| https://www.stadtkultur-bayern.de/
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Public Sector
| Goethe-Institut e.V.
| https://www.goethe.de/de/index.html
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK) – International Society of Fine Arts
| https://www.igbk.de/index.php/de/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Akademie Schloss Solitude (artist-in-residence programme)
| https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Netzwerk Junge Ohren (young music network)
| https://www.jungeohren.de/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesverband Theater in Schulen – Federal Association Theatre in Schools
| http://www.lvts-berlin.de/bvts-2/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. – Association for Cultural Policy
| https://kupoge.de/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Martin Roth-Initiative – Martin Roth Initiative (support for artists at risk)
| https://www.martin-roth-initiative.de/de
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e.V. – Union of Federal Associations for Cultural Youth Education
| https://www.bkj.de/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Deutscher Bühnenverein – German Theatre and Orchestra Association
| http://www.buehnenverein.de/de/1.html
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Public Sector
| Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e.V. – German Commission for UNESCO
| https://www.unesco.de/
|
Public Sector
| Auswärtiges Amt – Federal Foreign Office
| https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/
|
Public Sector
| Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg – Hamburg State and University Library
| https://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/startseite.html
|
Public Sector
| Kulturamt UNESCO Creative City Heidelberg – Cultural Office Heidelberg
| https://www.heidelberg.de/hd,Lde/HD/Rathaus/Kulturamt.html
|
Public Sector
| Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim – University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim
| https://www.muho-mannheim.de/index2.html
|
Public Sector
| Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien – Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
| https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/bundesregierung/staatsministerin-fuer-kultur-und-medien/ansprechpartner-bei-der-beauftragten-der-bundesregierung-fuer-kultur-und-medien-319666
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Public Sector
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
| https://www.giz.de/de/html/index.html
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Public Sector
| Sekretariat der Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK) – Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany
| https://www.kmk.org/kmk/sekretariat.html
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Goal 1 - Support Sustainable Systems of Governance for Culture
Cultural and Creative Sectors
Kind of industry | USD in 2017 |
1. Music | 7.518.526.200 |
2. Book | 6.007.547.100 |
3. Art | 1.589.228.200 |
4. Film | 8.879.619.700 |
5. Broadcasting | 9.841.753.000 |
6. Performing Arts | 8.696.671.100 |
7. Design | 11.834.349.800 |
8. Architecture | 7.769.805.000 |
9. Press | 14.677.767.800 |
10. Advertising | 13.149.155.100 |
11. Software/Games | 34.176.121.000 |
12. Other | 1.353.378.800 |
Source: Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi), Monitoring Report Culture and Creative Industries 2018
Sector/industry | 15 – 25y | 25 – 35y | 35 - 45y | 45 - 55y | 55 - 65y | Over 65y |
Manufacture of coins, jewellery and related articles | / | / | 5.000 | 7.000 | 5.000 | / |
Retail sale of publishing products, sports equipment and toys | 11.000 | 22.000 | 23.000 | 29.000 | 26.000 | 7.000 |
Publishing of books and magazines | 31.000 | 33.000 | 35.000 | 50.000 | 49.000 | 19.000 |
Publishing Software | 23.000 | 97.000 | 78.000 | 65.000 | 30.000 | / |
Motion picture and television programme production, distribution and sales; cinemas | 9.000 | 17.000 | 17.000 | 12.000 | 7.000 | / |
Recording studios; production of radio programmes; publishing of recorded music and musical works | / | 6.000 | 6.000 | 7.000 | / | / |
Radio broadcaster | / | / | 5.000 | 6.000 | / | / |
Television broadcaster | / | 6.000 | / | 5.000 | / | / |
Data processing, web portals, hosting and related activities | / | 9.000 | 8.000 | 6.000 | / | / |
Other information service activities | / | 11.000 | 11.000 | 11.000 | 9.000 | / |
Architecture and engineering offices | 33.000 | 110.000 | 108.000 | 130.000 | 103.000 | 29.000 |
Advertising/advertising agencies | 17.000 | 39.000 | 37.000 | 30.000 | 18.000 | / |
Studios for textile, jewellery, graphic and similar design | / | 20.000 | 24.000 | 20.000 | 12.000 | / |
Photography and photo labs | / | 9.000 | 11.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 | / |
Translating and interpreting | / | / | 9.000 | 8.000 | 7.000 | / |
Creative, artistic and entertainment activities | 14.000 | 43.000 | 47.000 | 57.000 | 41.000 | 20.000 |
Libraries, archives, museums, botanical and zoological gardens | / | 11.000 | 11.000 | 13.000 | 18.000 | / |
Total | 167.000 | 446.000 | 442.000 | 466.000 | 354.000 | 103.000 |
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/ = no data, because numerical value not secure enough |
Sector/industry | total | Male | Share | female | Share |
Manufacture of coins, jewellery and related articles | 23.000 | 11.000 | 46 % | 12.000 | 54 % |
Manufacture of musical instruments | 10.000 | 7.000 | 70 % | 3.000 | 30 % |
Retail sale of publishing products, sports equipment and toys | 119.000 | 45.000 | 38 % | 74.000 | 62 % |
Publishing of books and magazines | 217.000 | 98.000 | 45 % | 119.000 | 55 % |
Publishing Software | 296.000 | 223.000 | 75 % | 73.000 | 25 % |
Motion picture and television programme production, distribution and sales; cinemas | 65.000 | 40.000 | 61 % | 25.000 | 39 % |
Recording studios; production of radio programmes; publishing of recorded music and musical works | 27.000 | 16.000 | 60 % | 11.000 | 40 % |
Radio broadcaster | 24.000 | 11.000 | 47 % | 13.000 | 53 % |
Television broadcaster | 21.000 | 12.000 | 55 % | 10.000 | 45 % |
Data processing, web portals, hosting and related activities | 32.000 | 21.000 | 67 % | 10.000 | 33 % |
Other information service activities | 47.000 | 26.000 | 55 % | 21.000 | 45 % |
Architecture and engineering offices | 513.000 | 336.000 | 65 % | 177.000 | 35 % |
Advertising/advertising agencies | 145.000 | 75.000 | 52 % | 70.000 | 48 % |
Studios for textile, jewellery, graphic and similar design | 84.000 | 41.000 | 49 % | 43.000 | 51 % |
Photography and photo labs | 42.000 | 21.000 | 50 % | 21.000 | 50 % |
Translating and interpreting | 33.000 | 11.000 | 33 % | 22.000 | 67 % |
Creative, artistic and entertainment activities | 221.000 | 131.000 | 59 % | 90.000 | 41 % |
Libraries, archives, museums, botanical and zoological gardens | 60.000 | 23.000 | 39 % | 36.000 | 61 % |
Total | 1.978.000 | 1.147.000 | 58 % | 830.000 | 42 % |
Source: Microcensus 2018, Federal Statistical Office, H204/32162100
Source on total public budget for culture in USD: Federal and State Statistical Offices, Cultural Finance Report 2018
1.73 percent of total public spending - Source: Statistical Offices of the Federal Government and the Länder - Kulturfinanzbericht 2018, p. 19.