Study “Towards a Benchmarking Raster: Indicators to measure the impact of policy measures to support the development of culture and creative industries”

Project summary

KEA carried out a study to identify good practices in public support projects for CCIs and developed a benchmarking matrix with indicators to assess the impact of cultural policies in European mid-sized cities and regions. The study aimed to inform local/regional policy and EU funding use.
  • Lead partnerKEA European Affairs
  • ClientCREA.RE Network of creative rural regions and regional urban centres
  • Funding programmeInterreg IVC
  • Period2010–2012
  • RegionEU-27
  • ServiceResearch, Policy
  • Statuscompleted

KEA's contribution

KEA conducted an overview of public policy evaluation methodologies; identified 10 good practice cities/regions from an initial 60; collected qualitative and quantitative data; elaborated a draft benchmarking raster with 23 economic indicators; tested it with project managers; finalised the raster with a practical guide.

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