Department for studies, strategic foresight and statistics
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Department for studies, strategic foresight and statistics
Secrétariat général Délégation au développement et aux affaires internationales Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques Department for studies, strategic foresight and statistics Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques Activities Assignments The DEPS (in French, Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques) forms part of the national official statistics system. It is the Ministry of Culture and Communication’s service for cultural socio-economic studies and its Ministerial statistics service (linked to INSEE). It is attached to the Delegation for Development and International Affairs. The DEPS has four main assignments: • statistics: the DEPS collects and compiles statistics on culture, with the aim of providing quantitative and qualitative background for national, Community and international cultural policy definition, orientation and decisionmaking; • study and research: the DEPS’ research and/or studies in the different fields of the social sciences (economics, sociology, history, political science, etc.) contribute to analysis of cultural situations and institutions; • forecasting: the DEPS, using its first two tasks as a starting-point, suggests possible avenues of thought concerning the major cultural, economic, sociological or political trends of the future; • methodology: the DEPS’ work requires the application of statistical, study and research methodologies in collaboration with national (INSEE, CNIL) or Community (Eurostat) bodies. The DEPS keeps the government, culture professionals, researchers and the general public informed of the results of its work by means of printed or electronic publications, organised discussions, symposiums and seminars. The DEPS study programme is determined twice a year by the Ministerial Studies Council chaired by the Minister and made up of representatives of the Ministry Directorates and regional cultural affairs Directorates, along with experts appointed for a three-year term (www2.culture. fr/deps). Studies and research are conducted either within the Department or with the aid of researchers, laboratories and consultancies under the direction of the DEPS in accordance with Public Markets Code procedures. The studies and research are underpinned by surveys and statistical data files. Each study carried out by the DEPS is supervised by either a studies manager and/or a statistician. The study and research report is subject to examination by an editorial committee which decides on the best way to highlight the results (publication, conference, discussion forum, etc.). Within the Ministry of Culture and Communication, the DEPS has the general task of providing expertise and advice on the production and handling of data. The DEPS’ study and research work is ordered around five cross-cutting analytical programmes whose aim is to shed light on changes occurring in three subject areas: populations (practices, publics, consumption, etc.), supply (public, commercial, employment, etc.), institutions and transmission (statutes, social institutions, representations, transmission), taking into account the forces connecting them (supply/audience, supply/employment, populations/transmission, etc.). The DEPS exercises the function of cultural trend-spotting in the social and economic fields by supporting research programmes and organising seminars. Key dates 1963 Creation of the Studies and Research Service (SER) within the national planning system 1969 First issue of its news bulletin Développement culturel (Cultural Development) 1973 First survey of the French population’s cultural practices 1983 First general statistics yearbook Des chiffres pour la culture (Figures on Culture) 1984 Creation of a cultural statistics database 1986 The SER becomes the Department for Studies and Future Trends (DEP) 1974-1975 First survey of local body cultural spending 1989 First publication of Chiffres clés (Key Figures), a composite yearbook of figures concerning culture 1975-1984 Participation in the UNESCO statistics programme 1991 Creation of the Cultural Employment Observatory 1995 The DEP holds the first encounter on European cultural statistics, where the decision is taken to launch statistical cooperation in Europe 1997 The DEP takes part in the Eurostatsponsored working party on cultural statistics in Europe 2000 Creation of the collection ‘Questions de culture’ 2004 The DEP becomes the Department for Research, Forward Studies and Statistics (DEPS) 2007 Compilation, under contract with Eurostat, of the first European cultural statistics yearbook 2006 The DEPS organises the Observatory on Cultural Digital Uses which brings together professionals, experts and public movers concerned with the development of cultural digital uses as well as the Group for Strategic Analysis of Cultural Industries (GASIC) 2007 Reorganisation and computerisation of the publications: 'Culture chiffres’ (Culture Statistics), 'Culture études’ (Culture Studies), 'Culture prospective’ (Culture Strategic Foresight) and ‘Culture méthodes’ (Culture Methods) Five cross-cutting analytical programmes Forces governing activities, employment and work Four powerful tendencies and their relations are studied with the support of the statistical data produced: diversification of individuals’ and employers’ activities, knowledge and development of professions and skills, changes in job nature, job insertion and professionalisation processes. Changing practices, publics and consumption Three subjects have been chosen for study: linkage between diversification of cultural offerings and diversification of audiences; spread of media and computer practices; effects of population aging and generation renewal. Modes of transmission and legitimisation Changes in practice and consumption cannot be fully understood without knowledge of how cultural hierarchies are produced and transmitted or of the role played by family, school, peer groups, cultural institutions and producers. Two subjects have been chosen: cultural taste and habit formation; cultural diversity and the international dimension. Organisation of creation, production, dissemination and markets This programme is aimed at analysing artistic and cultural industries and markets in their technical and international context in order to explain the ways in which creation is promoted, and observe developments in dissemination and marketing. Three subjects have been chosen for study: the economic conditions governing diversity, the particularities of cultural production, and knowledge of the different cultural domains. Analysis of policies, government action, regulations Official culture policies are examined from the territorial angle (national, local, international) and in terms of the different types of government body intervention: direct public spending (State, local bodies, public establishments), taxation (patronage, tax rebates, taxes, etc.), and regulatory machinery (quotas, competition law, literary and artistic property rights, single pricing of books, etc.). Publications Books ● ‘Questions de culture’ collection, in book form, of studies funded by the DEPS (on sale). ● ‘Chiffres clés. Statistiques de la culture’ (Key Figures: Culture Statistics) is published yearly (on sale). From 2007, it is entirely consultable on line, on the culture. gouv. fr home page (‘statistics’ tab). An abridged version Key Statistics in Brief, is available in French and English. Four collections of notes (downloadable) ● ‘Culture chiffres’ (Culture Statistics) sets out the quantitative landmarks of culture and replaces ‘Notes et études statistiques’ (Statistical Notes and Studies) and ‘Notes de l’Observatoire de l’emploi culturel’ (Notes of the Cultural Employment Observatory). ● ‘Culture études’ (Culture Studies) provides a composite presentation of DEPS-conducted studies or in-house analytical work and replaces ‘Développement culturel’ (Cultural Development). ● ‘Culture prospective’ (Culture Strategic Foresight) contains DEPS and non-DEPS work on new subjects, and details lines of investigation based on original approaches that highlight advanced research. ● ‘Culture méthodes’ (Culture Methods) presents methodologies, bibliographies, questionnaires, etc. These four collections are indexed thematically in accordance with the five DEPS programmes: employment, practices, transmission, economics, action and regulation. The full catalogue may be consulted on the DEPS website: http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/deps Organisation Philippe CHANTEPIE, Head of Department Sylvie OCTOBRE, Deputy Head of Department Josette BEAUDOIN-GLANDIÈRES, Department secretariat [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Studies-research Jean-Cedric DELVAINQUIÈRE (policy/regulation) Olivier DONNAT (publics/transmission) Jean-Michel GUY (publics/transmission) Francine LABADIE (policy regulation) Yann NICOLAS (cultural economics) Sylvie OCTOBRE (publics/transmission) Frédérique PATUREAU (cultural employment) François ROUET (cultural economics) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Statistiques Serge DARRINÉ (head) Nathalie BERTHOMIER (survey processing) Éric CLÉRON (employment) Valérie DEROIN (cultural economy and industries) Bruno DIETSCH (financing and specialised education) Chantal LACROIX (database) Marie-Françoise SOTTO (specialised education) Edwige ZADORA (higher education) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Publications, promotion and archiving Edwige MILLERY (head of publications) Anna-Michèle SCHNEIDER (head of valorisation) Marie-Laure BÉNISTI (valorisation/documentation) Christine POISSONNET (diffusion) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The DEPS is aided by two units attached to the Delegation for Development and International Affairs (DDAI): Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques Secrétariat général Délégation au développement et aux affaires internationales Ministère de la culture et de la communication 182, rue Saint-Honoré 75033 Paris cedex 1 (33)1 40 15 79 17 (33)1 40 15 79 99 [email protected] www2.culture. gouv. fr/deps Conception-fabrication : Transfaire SARL Documentation unit [email protected] Marie LACKERMANCE (head of the documentation centre) The centre provides public access to a bibliographic reference base, MNEMO: www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/mnemo/pres.htm