Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services

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Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services
 AA. VV.
Italy according to the Regional Public Accounts (RPA)
Monographs, 2013 edition
Public financial flows in the
Culture and Recreational Services Sector
The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
The publication was co‐financed by the European Union ‐ ERDF, NOP (Italy’s National Operational Programme) Governance and Technical Assistance 2007‐2013 ‐ Operational Objective I.6 ‐ Project "Consolidation, promotion and dissemination of Regional Public Accounts ‐ Beneficiary Studiare Sviluppo s.r.l.
Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Regional RPA Monographs project entitled:
Italy according to the Regional Public Accounts
Public financial flows in the Italian regions
presents the analysis of the financial expenditure and revenue flows for the entire Public
Sector for each region at two-year intervals, using the data contained in the Regional Public
Accounts (RPA) database.
The 2013 edition is the fourth after the launch of the project and provides an in-depth
analysis of Cultural and Recreational Services, a strategic sector for the development of the
regions which deserves considerable attention on the part of policy makers.
The process of information reconstruction, with reference to the period 2000-2011, is based
on the detection of expenditure values, from RPA sources, through the involvement of the
different entities on the regional territory, belonging both to the General Government and to
National or Local Public Enterprises.
The statistical data of the Regional Public Accounts were integrated with sectorial information
from Istat and MIBACT sources, referring to physical and context data, which make it
possible to reconstruct a broader perspective on the supply and demand for cultural goods
and services.
For the first time, in this edition, individual study sheets were published exclusively online, as
they were conceived from the outset as a comment of data and indicators through interactive
dynamic views (Vislet), created with CPT eXplorer, a web application for the geovisualisation
of statistical information.
The monographs, further enriched by national level analysis, adhere to the methodological
and institutional procedures of the Regional Public Accounts project. The data were updated
in April 2013.
Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
The 2013 RPA monograph was drafted by the
Regional Team of Regional Public Accounts of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
The Regional Team of the Regional Public Accounts of the Autonomous Region of Friuli
Venezia Giulia works in the Central Management of finance, heritage, coordination and
planning of economic and community policies - Programming Service and is composed of:
Alessandro Zacchigna, managing coordinator;
Annamaria Taverna;
Elisabetta Pocusta;
Pietro Canale.
The following are the authors of the monograph: Alessandro Zacchigna, Gianluca Dominutti,
Annamaria Taverna, Elisabetta Pocusta, Irene Plet, Pietro Canale.
The authors wish to thank the Programming Service, Strategic Planning, Management and
Statistics Control of the Directorate General of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia
Giulia for their cooperation.
The interactive version of the 2013 edition of the RPA Monographs is available at the
following address:
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ContentsoftheMonograph
How much was spent 7 How much was invested 10 Additional Resources 13 What investment projects 15 Which expenditure entities 17 How spending was allocated 19 Demand, supply, use 22 Spending vs Demand and Use 24 Spending vs supply 27 Future outlook 29 Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Howmuchwasspent
Due to their excellence and size, the tradition, heritage and cultural offering of Friuli Venezia
Giulia are essential resources for the identity of the region and its economy. Investing in
culture means investing not just on the growth and quality of the future of the region, but of
the whole country. In addition, the development and dissemination of culture, sports and
leisure, the ethics and social function of which is acknowledged, are regarded as models of
growth, balance and integration of individuals in society.
In the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, total per capita expenditure in culture and recreation
services is approximately equal to EUR 225, the fifth highest regional value after the region of
Valle d'Aosta, Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Trento and Lazio; where the latter benefits
from a large cultural heritage. Over the years, the spending trend was positive, and grew at
faster rates specifically during pre-crisis periods (2002-2007) and attained increasingly higher
values than the national average. Between 2000 and 2011, it is observed that Friuli Venezia
Giulia recorded an increase in public spending in culture from a value of EUR 217.67 per capita
in 2000 to EUR 224.97 in 2011. The figure is even more positive if we observe that all the
regions (with the exception of Valle d'Aosta) reduced their per capita expenditure.
More than two-thirds of per capita expenditure in Culture and Recreational Services in Friuli
Venezia Giulia consists of current expenditure (on average equal to 68.3 per cent of total
regional expenditure in culture). In the last ten years, current expenditure (on average EUR
150.68 per capita) followed a substantially stationary trend, with a decline between 2000
and 2001 and a peak in 2008. Capital expenditure (EUR 70.09 per capita on average over
the entire period) has an accentuated peak in 2004-2005. The share of the capital account
component in total expenditure is on the increase, with an initial value in 2000, equal to 24.8
per cent, which rose to 33.2 per cent in 2011. Relative to the public capital expenditure
delivered in all sectors in the region, the share of capital expenditure in culture in 2000 was
equal to 3.7 per cent, lower than the corresponding national value (4.4 per cent). This share
increased in Friuli up to 4.4 per cent in 2011, while concurrently, the national average
declined to 2.9 per cent; the regional value is only lower than the share for the Autonomous
Province of Bolzano and the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta. In the decade under
observation, capital expenditure per capita increased by 38.4 per cent.
7 Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Figure 1 -
PS - Total expenditure by region
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Table 1 -
PS - Total expenditure by region
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
8
Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia
Giulia
Figure 2 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector by macro category in the
region
300,0
250,0
200,0
150,0
100,0
50,0
,0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total expenditure
Current expenditure
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Table 2 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector by macro category in the
region
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Definitions Used
Total expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector refers to the Public
Sector (PS) reference universe and is measured net of:
• interest expenses;
• corrective and compensatory revenue entries;
• equity holdings and contributions;
• granting of loans.
Data are expressed in constant 2005 euro per capita. The population used is the
annual average published by ISTAT in November 2012. RPA data are deflated using
the GDP deflator published by ISTAT in November 2012.
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Howmuchwasinvested
In Friuli Venezia Giulia the capital expenditure trend in the Culture and Recreational Services
sector was positive between 2000 and 2011 and its positive trend was only second to Valle
d'Aosta. The positive capital expenditure trend in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia contrasts
with the overall trend of the Northern regions, with an average decreasing expenditure trend of
-35,9 per cent; indeed, there was an increase from EUR 53.87 per capita in 2000 to EUR 34.50
per capita in 2011. This decrease also characterised the regions of the South (-47.5 per cent)
and the Centre (-45.0 per cent). In Friuli Venezia Giulia, capital expenditure peaked in
2003/2005, when spending reached EUR 92.30 per capita compared to an average value for
the period 2000-2011 of EUR 70.09 per capita. In these years, the value may have been
affected by specific sporting events of national and European importance held in the region
(including the Winter Universiade 2003 - district of Tarvisiano and the European Youth Olympic
Festival - Lignano Sabbiadoro 2005). Capital expenditure affects total expenditure in culture to
a greater extent than the total of the sectors. Indeed, for culture, the average incidence in the
12 years taken into consideration is equal to 31.6 per cent of total sectorial public expenditure
delivered in the region, with a positive trend, which increased from 24.8 per cent in 2000 to
33.2 per cent in 2011. The corresponding total value for all sectors in the region of Friuli
Venezia Giulia is about 11 per cent and almost constant in all the years under analysis.
In the last year, capital expenditure equalled EUR 74.66 per capita, lower only than Valle
d'Aosta and Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano. If we analyse capital expenditure
in the culture sector based on the type of Public Sector entity (Central Government, Regional
Administrations, Local Authorities and Local Public Enterprises), we note that this item
particularly affects expenditure by Local Authorities; the most significant change is reported
in Local Public Enterprises: values increase from below 1 per cent in the early years of the
period, to nearly 8 per cent in recent years. This substantial increase may have been
conditioned by the launch of several new Local Public Enterprises., The Regional Law
18/2006 is of particular importance because, through the establishment of the Fondazione
Aquileia, it provided a legal entity with the task of preparing strategic plans, encouraging the
development of cultural tourism, co-financing operations, indirectly managing exploitation
activities, performing research, conservation and restoration of assets granted in use. This
Foundation is participated by the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism, by
the Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, by the town of Aquileia, by the Province of Udine and the
Archdiocese of Gorizia.
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Giulia
Figure 3 -
PS - Capital expenditure by region
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Table 3 -
PS - Capital expenditure by region
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
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Figure 4 -
PS - Capital expenditure in the region’s cultural sector
100,00
90,00
80,00
70,00
60,00
50,00
40,00
30,00
20,00
10,00
0,00
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Table 4 -
PS - Capital expenditure in the region’s cultural sector
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Definitions Used
Capital expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector refers to the Public
Sector (PS) reference universe and is measured net of:
• equity holdings and contributions;
• granting of loans.
Data are expressed in constant 2005 euro per capita. The population used is the annual
average published by ISTAT in November 2012. RPA data are deflated using the GDP
deflator published by ISTAT in November 2012.
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AdditionalResources
Capital expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector is partly funded by
additional resources, fed by the Structural Funds (Fondi Strutturali) of the European Union
(2000-2006 and 2007-2013 programming period), with the relative co-financing, and the
Development and Cohesion Fund (Fondo per lo Sviluppo e la Coesione) of article 61 of Law
289/2002. These additional resources correspond to an average of 3.37 per cent of total
resources in the capital account delivered in the cultural sector in Friuli Venezia Giulia and
have grown slightly between 2001 and 2011. This growth trend shows a positive peaks in the
years 2006-2008, when additional resources reached an average of 8.7 per cent of total
resources used, with a maximum value of EUR 6.94 per capita in 2008. Ordinary expenditure
has a positive trend with an increase of 30 per cent between 2001 (EUR 56.96 per capita)
and 2011 (EUR 74.14 per capita).
By analysing the Northern regions, the impact of additional resources on total resources used
in culture is on average 3.7 per cent, an increase of EUR 0.11 per capita in 2000 to 1.70
euro per capita in 2011, with peaks in the three-year period 2006-2008, when additional
resources reached 8.7 per cent of total resources used on average in the three years.
Ordinary expenditure, on the other hand, has a negative trend, with a decrease of -40.9 per
cent between 2001 (EUR 55.49 per capita) and 2011 (EUR 32.80 per capita). Like the
average for the Northern regions, in the Southern (-57,1 per cent) and Central (-26,7 per
cent) regions as well, there is a downward trend in ordinary resources used in capital
spending in this sector. Conversely, the trend for additional resources is slightly positive in
the regions of Southern Italy and slightly negative in those of the Centre of Italy.
Figure 5 -
PS - Capital expenditure by regional source of funding
Friuli Venezia Giulia
100,00
80,00
60,00
40,00
20,00
0,00
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Additional Resources
2007
2008
Ordinary expenditure
2009
2010
2011
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database, Monit and Unitary Monitoring
System (SF data published on OpenCoesione)
13 Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Table 5 -
PS - Capital expenditure by regional source of funding
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database, Monit and Unitary Monitoring
System (SF data published on OpenCoesione)
Definitions Used
Additional Resources refer to all European Union Structural Funds, with reference to
the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 programming periods and its co-financing, as well as
resources relating to the Development and Cohesion Fund (DCF). Ordinary expenditure
is the difference between the capital account expenditure of the Public Sector (PS)
reference universe extracted from the RPA database and Additional Resources as
defined above. Capital account expenditure in the Cultural sector refers to the PS and
is measured net of:
•
•
equity holdings and contributions;
granting of loans.
Data are expressed in constant 2005 euro per capita. The population used is the
annual average published by ISTAT in November 2012. RPA data are deflated using
the GDP deflator published by ISTAT in November 2012.
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Whatinvestmentprojects
The main investment projects in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia are among those financed
by the European Regional Development Fund (Fondo Europeo di Sviluppo Regionale), the
objective of which is to contribute to the improvement of economic and social cohesion,
reducing regional disparities. We report the main investment projects carried out in the
Region below:
•
The completion of the picnic area of the social and civic centre Antonio Rosa
Brustolo
in the Municipality of Maniago (Pordenone), with the creation of
refreshment points and services for the pedemontana cycle path, is among the
integrated projects for urban and rural regeneration. The project aims to enhance the
natural and cultural resources transforming it into a competitive advantage, in order
to promote the attractiveness and the development and thus improving the residents'
quality of life. The project, co-financed by the Municipality of Maniago, provides for
the construction of premises necessary for a refreshment point and services for users
of the pedemontana cycle path, at the cultural and sports group Antonio Rosa
Brustolo. The cycle path is one of nine main cycle paths winding through the region
and which open it to the European cycle route network Eurovelo and the national
cycle route network Bicitalia-FIAB.
•
The construction of a geothermal plant within the scope of the project for the
conservation of the De Grazia Palace in the Municipality of Gorizia, has the
objective to promote local development opportunities through the activation of
productive chains connected to the increase in the share of renewable energy and
energy savings. The Municipal Administration of Gorizia intends to host within the
Palace the permanent site of the Institute of Music of Gorizia and create the necessary
spaces for public music events, intersecting works related to the recovery of the
property with the restoration work for the parties of acknowledged architectural and
artistic value. In the remainder of the Palace the space that was allocated as a coach
garage will be redeployed as singing and orchestral direction rehearsal room, while
the stable with the mangers and stalls for horses is repaved and kept as witness of its
past use, and for exhibitions.
•
The municipality of Montereale Valcellina, in the province of Pordenone is the
recipient of the transformation project of the former hydroelectric power
station in Malnisio as an exhibition and demonstration venue; its objective is
to enhance the natural and cultural resources to attract and develop tourism. The
project is co-financed by the Municipality of Montereale and by private entities. The
hydroelectric plant of Malnisio, divested in 1988 and recently restored, is considered
one of the best examples of hydraulic engineering and important evidence of
industrial archaeology. Since 2007, the former power plant converted into a museum
houses the Fenomena section of the Science Centre of Immaginario scientifico,
interactive and multimedia science museum.
•
The reuse of the building in Via Pisani, as visitor centre of the workers' district of
Panzano in Monfalcone, and the construction and implementation of the
communication and promotion plan of the museum, fall within a larger project
of the museum dedicated to shipbuilding in Monfalcone. The general purpose is the
protection and conservation of the cultural heritage of the region in particular as
regards industrial archaeology. The district of Panzano was built in 1927 at the service
of the industrial area of Monfalcone as workers' district, completely autonomous, with
collective services such as theatre, public baths, shops, a stadium for football and
athletics, tennis courts, a farm, the beach facilities, as well as two hotels, one for
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unmarried workers and the other for unmarried employees. The general purpose of
the two projects is the exploitation of local natural, cultural and countryside
resources, transforming them into a competitive advantage to increase attractiveness,
to tourists as well, of the region, to improve the quality of life of residents and to
promote new forms of sustainable economic development.
Definitions Used
The projects were selected based on specific information in the hands of the RPA
Regional Teams or extracted from OpenCoesione (Unitary Monitoring System, with
reference to the 2007-2013 programming period). In both cases, the projects were
selected based on the level of expenditure or strategic importance for the development
of the sector on the national territory and are therefore more significant in terms of
local policies.
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Whichexpenditureentities
By examining the expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector by type of
expenditure entity, it is very clear that in Friuli Venezia Giulia the part attributable to the
Central Government switched from a very large share in 2000 (36.3 per cent) to a very small
one in the 2005-2007 three-year period (values around 10 per cent), and then increased
again from 2007, reaching 16.0 per cent in 2011. The share lost by Central Government
(CG) is split between the remaining types of entities, thereby increasing their weight in
terms of total expenditure in the cultural sector in the region: the Regional Administration
(RA) increased from 14.9 per cent in 2000 to 22.5 per cent in 2011. Local Public Enterprises
(LPE) increased simultaneously from 4.8 per cent to 13.3 per cent; Local Authorities (LA)
increased their total spending from 44.1 per cent in 2000 to around 50 per cent, and
exceeded it in the 2004-2007 period (when it even reached 55 per cent). This data
exclusively for the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, compared to other Italian regions, shows
that in this region, total expenditure in the cultural sector provided directly by the Regional
Administration was larger, and concurrently, the intervention of Local Public Enterprises was
smaller. Similarly, the Region has a lower share of cultural expenditure by Central
Government and a higher share of expenditure by Local Authorities, unequalled in other
regions of Northern Italy.
The prevailing role of Local Authorities can be interpreted in the light of the high propensity
for targeted intervention in the territory, the management of which is entrusted to the micro
reality of Local Authorities, favoured by the historical and cultural heritage of the region. In
addition, we note that as it is a region with a special statute and considering the large
numbers and the economic weight of the cultural sector, many operations in the region are
more easily managed directly by regional level programmatic and decision-making activities,
rather than Local Public Enterprises. The intervention of the latter, although increased in
absolute terms, did not grow in the years 2000-2011 to the same extent as in other
Northern regions: this is an additional signal that highlights the special nature of the region
of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Figure 6 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector by type of expenditure
entity in the region
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
0%
20%
40%
CG
60%
LA
RA
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
17 80%
LPE
100%
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Table 6 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector by type of expenditure
entity in the region Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Definitions Used
The reference universe used is the Public Sector (PS) and is divided by type of
expenditure entity, including:
• Central Government (CG);
• Regional Administrations (RA);
• Local Authorities (LA);
• Local Public Enterprises (LPE).
National Public Enterprises do not figure as they do not carry out activities in this sector.
Total expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector is measured net of:
• interest expenses;
• corrective and compensatory revenue entries;
• equity holdings and contributions;
• granting of loans.
Data are expressed in constant 2005 euro per capita. The population used is the annual
average published by ISTAT in November 2012. RPA data are deflated using the GDP
deflator published by ISTAT in November 2012. 18 Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Howspendingwasallocated
The main economic categories constituting spending on Culture and Recreational Services in
Friuli Venezia Giulia had different dynamics between 2000 and 2011. staff costs increased at
a constant and regular rate from EUR 19.95 in 2000 to EUR 34.85 in 2007, the peak year.
The value of expenditure decreased in the following two years (EUR 27.37 per capita in 2008
and EUR 26.36 in 2009), and finally settled on higher values than EUR 30 per capita at the
end of the period in question. The fluctuation reveals considerable variability, between 50
and 70 per cent of the starting value. The purchase of goods and services as a whole reveals
fluctuating but substantially stable behaviour, ranging between a minimum value of EUR
49.46 per capita in 2001 and a maximum value of EUR 66.34 per capita in 2008, settling, at
the end of the period, around EUR 59 per capita. With regard to investments, considering the
nature of expenditure the purpose of which extends over a long period, we cannot fail to
notice the strongly growing trend in the first half of the period (from EUR 42.11 per capita in
2000 to over EUR 77 per capita in the years 2004 and 2005) and then a sudden decrease
settling at values around EUR 48 per capita the end of the period. Investment fluctuations
are the greatest among the three observed economic items and have a pronounced
maximum curve between 2003 and 2005.
The aforementioned can be further deepened with details of expenditure entities in the
region. These details indicate that the entities with the greatest share of total expenditure in
the cultural sector are the Local Authorities, which in recent years further increased their
weight. Note also that, in the remaining three levels of government, after 2002, spending
trends tended to remain stable.
As regards staff Costs, Central Government, Local Authorities and Local Public Enterprises in
Friuli Venezia Giulia have similar values, whereas marked differences emerge with reference
to the purchase of goods and services, with spending delivered mainly by Local Authorities
and, to a lesser extent, by Local Public Enterprises. Investment expenditure is almost
exclusively provided by Local Authorities.
Figure 7 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector in the region and several
economic categories
90,00
80,00
70,00
60,00
50,00
40,00
30,00
20,00
10,00
0,00
2000
2001
2002
Staff costs
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Purchases of goods and services
2008
Investments
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
19 2009
2010
2011
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Table 7 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector in the region and several
economic categories
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) database
Figure 8 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector by several economic
categories and type of expenditure entity in the region
100,00
90,00
80,00
70,00
60,00
50,00
40,00
30,00
20,00
10,00
0,00
2000‐2002 2009‐2011 2000‐2002 2009‐2011 2000‐2002 2009‐2011 2000‐2002 2009‐2011
average average average average average average average average
CG
Staff costs
LA
RA
Purchases of goods and services
LPE
Investments
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) data
Table 8 -
PS - Total expenditure in the cultural sector by several economic
categories and type of expenditure entity in the region Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) data
20 Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia
Giulia
Definitions Used
The reference universe used is the Public Sector (PS) and is divided by type of
expenditure entity, including:
• Central Government (CG);
• Regional Administrations (RA);
• Local Authorities (LA);
• Local Public Enterprises (LPE).
National Public Enterprises do not figure as they do not carry out activities in this
sector. The Economic Categories included (which represent, at the national level, about
70 per cent of total expenditure) are:
• Staff costs;
• Purchase of goods and services;
• Investments.
Data are expressed in constant 2005 euro per capita. The population used is the annual
average published by ISTAT in November 2012. RPA data are deflated using the GDP
deflator published by ISTAT in November 2012.
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Demand,supply,use
In the course of a decade, household expenditure on recreation and culture in Friuli Venezia
Giulia calculated in relation to total expenditure for final consumption increased from 7.4 to
7.9 per cent, a value of 0.3 percentage points lower than that recorded on average in the
Northern regions in 2011 (8.2 per cent), where the reduction compared to 2000 is
nevertheless more accentuated. The share of expenditure on culture is also constantly higher
by almost a full percentage point compared to the regions of the Centre and more than two
percentage points compared to those of the South. The largest expenditure by residents of
the region in cultural activities, on the demand side, relates to higher use of exhibitions,
museums and, more generally, cultural events. With regards to museums, the index of
cultural demand of state institutes is considerably higher than that of territorial subdivisions
considered: the value in Friuli Venezia Giulia in 2011 is equal to 277.4 visitors per institute
and in the North, this is equal to 75.6, in the regions of the Centre, 139.2 and in the
Southern regions it is equal to 55.5. Despite the fact that the gap with other regions remains
high, a downward differential trend is observable, caused by a marked reduction in the
indicator in Friuli Venezia Giulia after 2005 (in other regions, on the other hand, it is more
stable). This could be attributable to temporary closures of museum Institutes that did not
allow regular use throughout the entire observation period. Considering the non-state
component exclusively, the index of cultural demand of the institutes is equal to 6.1 visitors
per institute, a much lower value than that recorded in other regional subdivisions.
The index of cultural heritage resource endowment, i.e. the density of archaeological,
architectural, and museum assets per 100 km² on 31 December 2012 was equal to 26.1 in
Friuli Venezia Giulia, 37.5 in the North, 47.5 in Central regions and 22.4 in the South. This
data, together with usage indices, shows that despite the lower density/availability of
archaeological assets, there is a higher participation of citizens of Friuli Venezia Giulia in
cultural proposals. This is also confirmed by the synthetic index of use, which considers the
use levels of different cultural activities; this index is equal to 196.3 compared to an average
distribution for the North around 187.6. The Centre and the South display significantly lower
values than those of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Table 9 -
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Some physical indicators relating to the sector
Source: ISTAT - Noi Italia
Source: ISTAT - Database of regional indicators for development policies
Source: ISTAT - Database of regional indicators for development policies
Source: The index is obtained by summing the individual indicators of use published by ISTATMultipurpose survey on households: aspects of daily life
Source: ISTAT-BES: Data based on the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism data
- Risk Map
22 Public financial flows in the Culture and Recreational Services Sector - The Region of Friuli Venezia
Giulia
Definitions Used
The main physical indicators reported in the table are defined as follows:
• Consumption Rates for households on recreational and cultural activities:
Final consumption expenditure by households (resident and not) on
recreation and culture over Total Expenditure on final consumption by
households (%);
• Index of cultural demand for state-run institutions (average by institution):
Number of visitors to state-run institutions over number of state-run
institutions of arts and antiquities;
• Index of cultural demand of non-state institutions (average by institution):
Number of visitors of non-state institutions over number of non-state
institutions of arts and antiquities;
• Synthetic index of use: People aged 6 years and older who claim to have
attended a cultural event at least once in the previous year. The index is
obtained by summing the individual indicators of use published by ISTAT
(Multipurpose household survey: aspects of everyday life). Thus, the index
can take values higher than 100, and can be used to analyse the relative
positions of different regions;
• Index of cultural heritage resource endowment: Number of archaeological,
architectural, and museum assets counted in the information system
"Cultural Heritage Risk Map" (of the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural
Activities and Tourism) per 100 km².
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SpendingvsDemandandUse
Friuli Venezia Giulia is characterised by a high value of the total use index, which has higher
values than those found in other Italian regions.
At the beginning of the observation period, the Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia ranked third by
order of frequency of participation in at least one cultural event (196.4 per cent), second
only to the Autonomous Provinces of Bolzano and Trento and higher than that of large
regions, such as Lazio and Lombardia, where the cultural offer is typically very high. Friuli
Venezia Giulia kept its good position compared to other regions until recently, with an
indicator value growing compared to the previous decade, even though it ceded the position
of third region in term of cultural usage levels to the Lazio region. In terms of share of
expenditure of each region with regards to overall expenditure in the cultural sector in Italy,
Friuli Venezia Giulia ranks among the lowest, but its position is affected by its size and
demographic structure. In the early years of the period, the share of total national
expenditure attributable to the region was about 2.7 per cent, in line with that of the Marche
region, which is similar from a demographic point of view to Friuli Venezia Giulia, and the
Autonomous Provinces of Bolzano and Trento. More recently, this share rose to about 3.4 per
cent, in contrast to other regions typically more vibrant in terms of cultural supply and
demand. Jointly, the two indicators of use and public expenditure reveal three homogeneous
groups of regions: the first includes Lombardia and Lazio, characterised by a high level of
expenditure in relation to total national expenditure and a high index of cultural use, thus
regions with high levels of cultural demand and supply. The second group, which also
includes Friuli Venezia Giulia, is more complex and consists of regions, mainly the North and
Central Italy, with an average-low share of the total overall national expenditure in culture,
but with high levels of cultural use. The third group consists of regions with low levels of
expenditure relative to national expenditure and low levels of use.
By analysing the levels of public expenditure of the regions compared with the national total,
on the one hand, and the household cultural consumption as a share of overall consumption,
on the other hand, there are similar shares of public and private expenditure in culture. Friuli
Venezia Giulia is one of the regions with the lowest share of the total amount of national
public expenditure and a higher share of household consumption in culture compared to total
consumption. In the last three years, households in Friuli Venezia Giulia spent a share equal
to 7.7 per cent of final consumption (the fifth highest national value) on the purchase of
recreational and cultural goods and services; in the course of a decade, the share of
household expenditure allocated to cultural activities increased slightly, almost compensating
for the small reduction in the share of regional public expenditure with respect to total
national public expenditure.
Figure 10 - PS -Relationship between the index of cultural use and total spending
in the cultural sector (2000-2002 and 2009-2011 averages)
20
20
16
14
18
Lombardia
16
Lazio
14
12
Index of Use
130
140
150
160
Piemonte
6
Campania
Puglia
Calabria
Basilicta
Molise
Liguria
Marche
Sardegna
2
0
Index of Use
190
200
210
130
220
140
150
160
Emilia Romagna
4
Puglia
Friuli Venezia Giulia
PAB Valle d'Aosta
Calabria
Molise
180
Basilicta
190
Emilia Romagna
6
Campania
P.A. Trento 10
170
8
Sicilia
Toscana
4
Abruzzo Umbria
Lombardia
12
10
170
180
8 Veneto
Sicilia
Lazio
RPA Expenditure
RPA Expenditure
18
Liguria
2 Umbria
200
Veneto
210
220
Piemonte
Toscana
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Sardegna
Marche
Abruzzo
Valle d'Aosta
P.A. Trento PAB 0
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA)and ISTAT data - multipurpose household
survey: aspects of everyday life
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Giulia
Table 10 -
PS - Relationship between the index of cultural use and total spending
in the cultural sector
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA)and ISTAT data - multipurpose household
survey: aspects of everyday life
Figure 11 - PS -Relationship between consumption of households in culture and
total expenditure in the cultural sector (2000-2002 and 2009-2011
averages)
20
20
16
Lazio
14
Lazio
18
16
Lombardia
14
12
5
6
10
7
8
Veneto
8
Sicilia
Campania
9
10
4
5
6
7
Veneto
8
Emilia Romagna
Toscana
6
Lombardia
12
10
4
RPA Expenditure
RPA Expenditure
18
Piemonte
Campania
Puglia
Sardegna 4
Calabria
Liguria
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Marche
P.A. Bolzano
2 Umbria
P.A. Trento Abruzzo
Valle d'Aosta
Basilicta
Molise 0
P.A. Bolzano
Calabria
6
Sardegna
Puglia
Abruzzo
Valle d'Aosta
Basilicta
4
2
8
Piemonte
Toscana
Liguria
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Marche
P.A. Trento Umbria
Molise
0
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) and ISTAT data -Noi Italia
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Emilia Romagna
Sicilia
10
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Table 11 -
PS -Relationship between household consumption in culture and total
expenditure in the cultural sector
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) and ISTAT data -Noi Italia
Definitions Used
The synthetic Index of Use is defined as follows: People aged 6 years and older who
claim to have attended a cultural event at least once in the previous year (%). The
index is obtained by summing the individual indicators of use published by ISTAT
(Multipurpose household survey: aspects of everyday life). Thus, the index can take
values higher than 100, and it can be used to analyse the relative positions of different
regions. The Indicator was not reported for 2004.
The Consumption Rate for households on recreational and cultural activities is defined as
follows: Final consumption expenditure by households (resident and not) on recreation
and culture over Total Expenditure on final consumption by households (%).
Total expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector is measured net of:
• interest expenses;
• corrective and compensatory revenue entries;
• equity holdings and contributions;
• granting of loans.
The data are calculated as expenditure in the region over the national total (%).
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Spendingvssupply
Italy, in consideration of its peculiar historical development, enjoys large potential for cultural
supply which, in itself, contributes to human growth by raising, on the one hand, the quality of
the local work force and, on the other hand, generating a more attractive social environment.
The relationship between average public expenditure in culture of a region and its cultural
resource endowment places Friuli Venezia Giulia among the group of regions with a low share
of public expenditure compared to the overall and a medium low endowment index.
Values similar to those of Friuli Venezia Giulia are recorded for Abruzzo, Puglia and Calabria.
Sicilia and Piemonte are also within this composite group (both with a higher share of
regional expenditure relative to the national total than Friuli Venezia Giulia) but also
Sardegna, Valle d'Aosta, Basilicata and Molise for which, conversely, there is a lower share of
cultural heritage resources than for the Country as a whole. Lazio and Lombardia are
characterised by high shares of public expenditure compared to the national total combined
with substantial cultural endowments. High rates of cultural endowments with high shares
compared to national expenditure apply for Emilia-Romagna, Toscana, Campania, Veneto,
Marche and Umbria.
Figure 12 - PS - Relationship between cultural heritage resource endowment (year
2012) and total expenditure in the cultural sector (2009-2011
average)
20
16
RPA Expenditure
18
Lazio
14
Lombardia
12
Heritage endowment
10
0
10
20
30
Sicilia
8
40
Puglia
Valle d'Aosta
Calabria
Basilicata
Molise
Veneto
60
Emilia Romagna
Campania
Piemonte 6
Sardegna
50
Toscana
4
Friuli Venezia Giulia
2
Abruzzo
0
Lig
Marche
Umbria
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) and ISTAT-BES data: Data based on the
Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism data - Risk Map
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Table 12 -
PS -Relationship between cultural heritage resource endowment and
total expenditure in the cultural sector
Source: Data based on the Regional Public Accounts (RPA) and ISTAT-BES data: Data based on the
Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism data - Risk Map
Definitions Used
The Index of cultural heritage resource endowment is defined as follows: Number of
archaeological, architectural, and museum assets counted in the information system
"Cultural Heritage Risk Map" (of the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities and
Tourism) per 100 km².
Total expenditure in the Culture and Recreational Services sector is measured net of:
• interest expenses;
• corrective and compensatory revenue entries;
• equity holdings and contributions;
• granting of loans.
The data are calculated as expenditure in the region over the national total (%).
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Futureoutlook
The cultural heritage consists of both goods and structures, together with the shared
knowledge of experts and scholars in various fields and the activities of volunteers, and
individual citizens, involved in special projects.
The dissemination of culture is the precondition for overall growth of the person and the
community, and it is important to improve the cultural role of the region in the Central
European context, also enhancing local traditions and stimulating the interest of new
generations. Concurrently, the founding values of sport, as models of growth, balance and
integration of the individual in society are acknowledged.
The prospects for this sector include the continuation of direct interventions in the
management and improvement of the cultural, sport and recreation heritage, and will focus
on the exploitation of the rich cultural heritage linked to the first world war, when the region
figured prominently in this tragic event. The enhancement of the regional linguistic heritage
will also continue; indeed, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, there are four officially recognised
languages: Italian, Slovene, Friulian and German, and Venetian dialects are protected,
together with the Resian language.
In the region, the "human" cultural heritage does not stop at the borders of the region; in a
region characterised by large-scale emigration, fellow countrymen abroad constitute an
extraordinary cultural resource, a human heritage of relations to be safeguarded and
enhanced. For this purpose, the Multimedia Archive of the Regional Emigration Brief (Archivio
Multimediale della Memoria dell'Emigrazione Regionale) is a digital archive that collects
photographs, documents and interviews, created to preserve the memory of the history and
the stories of emigration from Friuli Venezia Giulia in the world.
Also, space will be provided for Institutions and Agencies that develop the heritage and
promote cultural events in the region. Specifically, the actual implementation of the regional
Institute for cultural heritage of Friuli Venezia Giulia Villa Manin Passariano is provided, with
tasks of cataloguing, restoration, international cooperation, studies and consultancy in
support of archival institutions, libraries and museums of the region. In addition to
cataloguing activities, the institute will be responsible for the management of information
systems, of the laboratories of photo documentation and archaeological research activities
and, with regards to restoration, it will coordinate the educational activities and training of
the regional School as well as the performance of the functions of protection of the cultural
heritage.
The Foundation for the enhancement of the archaeological site of Aquileia is the tool used to
develop strategic plans, encourage the development of cultural tourism, co-finance
operations, manage indirectly the enhancement, performing research, conservation and
restoration of assets granted in use.
The exhibitions of the Special Company Villa Manin and the activity of the Mittelfest, multiartistic manifestation designed to publicise the cultural reality of Central Europe, will also
continue. Lest we forget the significant contribution to culture by the Regional Tourism
Agency of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Agenzia regionale Turismo Friuli Venezia Giulia), as
promoter, for tourist purposes, of cultural events.
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