Governing programme|Culture: We need to rebuild this sector from scratch

 

"Given that 3.7 per cent of EU employees work in the cultural sector, we believe the situation is probably similar in Romania, only that we don't have the data yet, we will have them this year. In 2018, the cultural sector generated 3.6 per cent of Romania's GDP, more than the drilling industry, tourism and financial services," the same document shows.

 

Culture must be seen as an independent field (meaning visual arts, performing arts, other arts, heritage, entertainment, cultural and creative industries), as a generator of real value for citizens and society and must be supported to function in relation to the other sectors, in order to create economic and social value, reads the same programme.

 

This means that it is necessary to create inter-ministerial frameworks (with the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Health), intra-sectoral (public, private and independent cultural sectors) and inter-sectoral (with the involvement of the business sector and of the independent and private sectors in other economic and social fields), says the abovementioned governing programme.