DefinitionMeasures taken to extend the life of cultural heritage while strengthening transmission of its significant heritage messages and values. In the domain of cultural property, the aim of...
DefinitionOne of the main branches of intellectual property. It applies to “every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression. The...
DefinitionProducts that are produced by artisans, either completely by hand or with the help of hand-tools or even mechanical means, as long as the direct manual contribution of the artisan remains...
DefinitionActivities which embody or convey cultural expressions, irrespective of the commercial value they may have. Cultural activities may be an end in themselves or they may contribute to the...
DefinitionProduction of culture as a result of a series of interlinked processes or stages that together form the culture cycle, value chain or supply chain.Source definitionUIS, 2009 UNESCO...
DefinitionConsumer goods that convey ideas, symbols and ways of life, i.e. books, magazines, multimedia products, software, recordings, films, videos, audio-visual programmes, crafts and fashion....
DefinitionCultural heritage includes artefacts, monuments, a group of buildings and sites, museums that have a diversity of values including symbolic, historic, artistic, aesthetic, ethnological or...
DefinitionIndustries which produce and distribute cultural goods or services.Source definitionUIS, 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics, 2009.
