Training Services in Cultural Statistics within the scope of the PROCULTURA PALOP-TL Project, Promotion of Employment in Income-Generating Activities in the Cultural Sector in PALOP countries and East Timor

OPAC is developing a study and a territorial mapping named "Artistic and Cultural Atlas of Portugal (AACP)", at municipality level through a wide set of artistic and cultural dimensions, domains and indicators. The specific objectives of this Partnership Support Programme DGARTES and Iscte within the scope of the OPAC are: 1. To promote equal access to the arts by strengthening artistic supply, access and participation in the identified territories by supporting multidisciplinary artistic projects that are developed in those territories, designed for and with local communities; 2. To encourage the creation of cultural projects with the participation and active involvement of local communities, which contribute to the valorisation, training and empowerment of the populations and to the human, social and economic development of the territories; 3. To promote the participation of local artists and artistic-cultural agents in the creation of projects, the consolidation of autonomous and sustainable structures or institutions, in the various fields of activity, and activities in favour of the development of the communities, the surrounding territory and the country. In this Agreement OPAC is responsible for:a) Consult and collaborate in the preparation of the Partnership Support Programme;b) Contribute, in conformity with the operational means at its reach, to the dissemination and promotion of the supported projectsc) To take part, or appoint two members to take part in the work of the application appraisal committeed) Jointly preparing, with DGARTES, a final evaluation on the impact of the support programme (through a case study or other similar methodology) in its various aspects, namely, on the artistic fields of activity that stood out, the contribution artistic projects gave to social and territorial cohesion, particularly in terms of local impact on artistic creation and fruition and/or the identification of lines of deepening for future policy measures.

The Social Impact Commitement of Cultural Organizations (CISOC) corresponds to the formulation of a public policy measure in the Strategic Plan (2019-2024) of the National Arts Plan (PNA), as part of the Cultural Policy axis (Impact and Sustainability Programme) and is understood as "an act of mutual accountability between the authorities and cultural organisations, which reiterate their social and educational mission".The CISOC is a planning tool that aggregates the dynamics of relationships with audiences and complements each organisation's management tools. It is a support tool for self-assessment of the social impact of cultural organisations, through analysis and monitoring of the results achieved, helping to identify their needs and potential. CISOC emphasises the social responsibility of cultural organisations and encourages organisational transformation and change.Initially conceived to be applied to bodies under the Ministry of Culture, the measure is not limited to this sphere and is now being extended to any cultural organisation and to different public and private spheres. Team: Clara Frayão Camacho (coordinator) (PNA) Amélia Fernandes (PNA) Flora Maravalhas (PhD student, scholarship holder FCT, ISCSP-UL & CIES-Iscte) José Soares Neves (CIES-Iscte, OPAC) Jorge Santos (CIES-Iscte, OPAC; MMP, E.P.E.)

The survey is part of a partnership between OBAP - Observatório do Associativismo Popular (Observatory of Popular Activism) and OPAC - Observatório Português das Atividades Culturais (Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities). The research aims to map and characterize Portuguese popular associations, based on a set of questions about these associations, their activities, members, leaders and projects.OBAP is a partnership project between the Confederação Portuguesa das Colectividades de Cultura, Recreio e Desporto (Portuguese Confederation of Culture, Recreation and Sport Associations) and two Portuguese universities, Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (namely the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology) and Universidade Lusófona, whose aim is to deepen knowledge about Portuguese grassroots associations.The OPAC is a structure set up in December 2018 at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa within the framework of the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte), which is the institution responsible for its operation and scientific coordination. Its mission is to ensure the development of accurate and up-to-date research, studies and information related with several cultural domains and themes, aiming to contribute to current debates in Portuguese society and the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies.

The purpose of this partnership agreement is to carry out a research project on the impact of Doclisboa and its publics and professional participants attending the 19th, 20th and 21st editions of the Festival, which will take place in 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. The methodology is quantitative, with a questionnaire survey to the attendance publics and an online questionnaire survey to the professional participants. The aim of the survey to the attendance publics is to collect information about their social profiles and about aspects of their relationship with Doclisboa, with this 19th Festival and with cinema. The purpose of the survey to professional participants is to collect information about their social and professional profiles, evaluations and opinions about the Festival, and about the economic impact of travelling to the city of Lisbon.   

The object of the present partnership between ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Alentejo [DRCAlentejo], through OPAC - Observatório Português das Atividades Culturais (Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities), is to carry out a preliminary diagnostic study to informe the subsequent definition of the Regional Plan for Culture of Alentejo for 2020-2030. The methodology is mixed, with the use of secondary statistical sources (official statistics) and documentary sources, survey by questionnaire (municipal councils and intermunicipal communities), individual interviews (managers and staff of public and private institutions) and focus groups (intermunicipal communities and private agents with activity in different cultural domains).  

The Study on the Artistic and Cultural Sector in Portugal is the result of an institutional partnership agreement between the Directorate-General for the Arts (DGARTES) and Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, through the Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities (OPAC), in order to follow the Council of Ministers Resolution no. 41/2020, of June 6th, which approved the Program for Economic and Social Stabilization. The Study aims to analyze the impacts of the crisis in the short and medium term, with the production of updated indicators that allow a rigorous characterization of the labor situation of workers in the sector, the existing facilities and artistic entities, in order to support strategic decision-making in the governmental area of culture, and inform public and private entities as well as citizens. The study has three objectives: - To survey and characterize culture professionals as self-employed, precarious or intermittent workers regarding social profiles and labor profiles and to identify impacts of the crisis by COVID-19 in the short and medium term through a national survey that reflects the situation of artists, authors, technicians; - Share with DGARTES indicators on the universe of the entities applying for arts support programs, in order to better adapt the model during its revision and in preparation for the new cycle of pluri-annual support that will come into force in early 2022; - Create the Artistic and Cultural Atlas of Portugal, for the characterization of cultural facilities and artistic structures and entities. 

This research project is the result of a partnership agreement between the Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities (OPAC) and the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage (DGPC) and its purpose is the diagnosis of the museums under the DGPC and the Regional Directorates of Culture (DRC) in order to rigorously characterize them and produce indicators to serve as a basis for the proposals and recommendations foreseen in the competences assigned to the Project Group for Museums in the Future (GPMF), created by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 35/2019, February 7.

Publics of the Exhibition LOULÉ, Territory, Memory, Identity, at the Portuguese National Archaeological Museum, is a study of the Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities promoted by Loulé City Hall / Loulé City Museum and by the National Archaeological Museum / General Directorate of Cultural Heritage.

Following the discussion promoted within the Working Group on Cultural Statistics of the Portuguese Statistical Council (2006-2010), a recommendation was approved in 2010 to be created a new project at Statistics Portugal (INE) that aimed to provide official statistics on classified cultural heritage. This study of the OPAC - Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities - aims to contribute to this achievement considering the cultural, social and economic relevance of the valorisation  of the classified cultural heritage, on the one hand, and the importance of official statistics as a fundamental instrument of public policies, on the other. From a methodological point of view, it comprehends an extensive survey by questionnaire focusing  public access. The available information on classified heritage is used to determine the universe which is the object of the survey - at this stage limited to the category of monuments with the protection of national monuments. This is an annual study started in 2019 (data referenced to 2018). The questionnaire of the 2020 edition included data referenced to 2019 and a module about impacts resulting from Covid-19.

Online survey to the members of the Portuguese national section of ICOM (International Council of Museums) on their associative and professional practices and their social profiles. This unprecedented study has two main objectives: to inform the management of ICOM Portugal about the activities to be carried out; and to contribute to the knowledge of museum professionals and cultural and non-cultural employment with intervention in museums in Portugal on the basis of the universe constituted by the members of this association. The study is the result of a partnership between ICOM Portugal and OPAC.

 The Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities (OPAC) is an structure constituted within the framework of the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology of ISCTE--University Institute of Lisbon in December 2018, which is responsible for its scientific coordination and functioning. Its mission is the study, production and public availability of rigorous and updated information in the different cultural domains in order to contribute to the current debates in Portuguese society and to the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies.

Edition of the results of visitors survey of nine national museums: Museu Nacional dos Coches, Museu Nacional de Grão Vasco, Museu Nacional do Teatro e da Dança, Museu Nacional do Traje, Museu Nacional da Música, Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado, Museu Monográfico de Conimbriga - Museu Nacional e Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves.

Edition of the overall results of the Study and of five participant museums: Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro e Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis.

Knowing the limitations and the rapid outdating of the information available in Portugal on the book sector for appropriate decision-making, both by APEL members and by book professionals and institutions related to the book trade, the objectives of this study are twofold: to carry out a diagnosis of book trade at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century and to identify the trends in its evolution over a period that coincides with the turn of the century. The study was conducted between February and June 2014. The methodological strategy used is based on documentary research, construction and systematization of statistical indicators and interviews with independent booksellers.

The National Museums Visitors Survey was promoted by the Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage/Ministry of Culture (DGPC/MC), the entity responsible for museum's policies in Portugal, with the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) of the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) as the scientific partner.The aim was to produce up-to-date and reliable information on the publics, for all and for each of the 14 museums covered by the DGPC, in a wide range of dimensions (e.g. social profiles, relationship with museums in general and with the surveyed museum in particular, profiles of cultural practices), thus promoting their knowledge and, in this way, a better response to the challenges that the relationship between museums and the various publics has posed.The universe is made up of publics aged 15 and over, both national and foreign, who entered the normal working hours and whose visit included, although not exclusively, the permanent and/or temporary exhibition component. The field work took place on a daily basis from 3 December 2014 to 2 December 2015. The sample consists of 13,853 valid questionnaires.In addition to the publics survey, the study included three other components: the characterisation of the participating museums, the activities for the public and the statistics of visitors during fieldwork.