Arbeidsmarktagenda culturele en creatieve sector 2017-2023 (Labour market agenda of the cultural and creative sector)

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science supports the implementation of the Arbeidsmarkt culturele en creatieve sector 2017-2023 (Labour market agenda of the cultural and creative sector). This agenda was based in part on labour market analysis of the Raad voor Cultuur (Council for Culture) and the Sociaal-Economische Raad (Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands, SER). The Arbeidsmarktagenda names 21 goals and activities along the following themes: 1) Structural and inclusive social dialogue; 2) Greater earning potential; and 3) Better contract provisions. Platform ACCT was created by the social partners in the sector in 2019 in order to implement the agenda and further labour market initiatives under their collective management. Platform ACCT facilitates and initiates structural and inclusive social dialogue regarding labour market issues in the cultural and creative sector. It initiates, facilitates and implements pilots, projects and instruments aimed at improving labour market conditions and the earning potential in the sector. Currently, the activities are organised around the following themes: (1) Greater earning potential, where government support is used to facilitate projects with relevancy for the entire sector, for example a platform for matched crowdfunding, a program to encourage the employment of creatives in social programmes, a pilot to encourage cultural institutions to combine and share data for marketing purposes, and research into the share of IPO in the earnings in the sector. (2) Improving income security, where government support is used to develop and share knowledge about collective labour agreements and labour market regulations. They also encourage and facilitate the realisation of collective bargaining agreements in accordance with the sector’s Fair Practice Code (fair pay, fair chain and fair share). (3) Strengthening human capital, where government support is used to stimulate workers in lifelong learning, to promote and facilitate innovation and professionalisation in the sector and to facilitate collective bargaining agreements about the financing of these developments. (4) Governance and social dialogue, where government support is used to facilitate sector-wide participation and input in the activities.