European Cluster Observatory

Cultural and Creative Sector in Europe

The European Cluster Observatory is an online platform for information and analysis of clusters and cluster policy in Europe. The Cluster Observatory is managed by the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness (CSC) at the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), in collaboration with Orkestra (Basque Institute of Competitiveness, Basque Country, Spain).

Volante Research was tasked in collaboration with Professor Dominic Power (Uppsala University) to write the second in a series of priority sector reports, which analyse clusters in sectors of special importance to the future of the European economy. The report covers the creative and cultural industries. The study details the industries’ status in 250 regions and shows where the industries’ 6.5 million employees are clustered.