Promoting investment in the cultural and creative sector: financing needs, trends and opportunities [Recurs electrònic] / prepared for ECCE Innovation – Nantes Métropole

The Assignment -- Part I. The dimensions of the cultural and creative industries in the EU : 1. The economic and social dimension ; 2. The regional dimension ; 3. The EU dimension -- Part II. The characteristics of the cultural and creative sectors: 1. Main special features of cultural and creative businesses; 2. Financial needs of CCIs ; 3. Problems to access finance -- Part III. Financial tools : 1. Introduction and state of play ; 2. Debt-based finance and Guarantees : a. Debt-based finance ; b. Guarantees ; 3. Equity finance : a. Venture and mezzanine capital ; b. Business angels ; c. P2P finance to attract investments from the general public ; 4. Tax incentives and public subsidies : a. Tax incentives ; b. Public grants and cultural, industrial and innovation policies -- Part IV. Non-monetary measures and investment readiness schemes : 1. IR Programmes ; 2. Support programmes for investors ; 3. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and legal advisory services ; 4. Incubation services -- Part V. EU opportunities: 1. Culture and Media Programmes ; 2. The Cohesion Policy and the Structural Funds ; 3. Seventh Research Framework Programme ; 4. Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) 5. Lifelong Learning Programme ; 6. European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) -- Part VI. Conclusions and Recommendations -- Annexes: 1. List of main financing instruments in ECCEi countries (non-exhaustive) ; 2. Support and advice services ; 3. Bibliography