Explore more online Ben Sharrock - Pikadero The Creative Scotland Screen Commission has been actively promoting Scotland’s talent, locations and facilities at markets and festivals throughout 2015/16, at UK Film and TV in Los Angeles in partnership with the British Film Commission and as part of familiarisation trips for international studio executives location shooting or considering basing their productions in Scotland. Film and TV producers spent a record £52.7m shooting on location in Scotland in 2015. These production spend figures represent an increase of almost £7m compared with 2014. This demonstrates a fast-growing appetite from major film and high-end TV producers to use Scotland as a base for their productions. As a significant contributor to this growth in production spend, Outlander has offered stability, which has led to investment in facilities as well as key training opportunities for the next generation of craft and technical crew. Explore more online Outlander Training Programme Creative Europe Creative Europe is the European Union's programme to support the cultural, creative and sectors from 2014-2020. It comprises two sub-programmes: Culture supports the creative, cultural and heritage sectors, and; MEDIA promotes the development and distribution of audio visual works, including film, television, new media and video games Creative Scotland is a partner of Creative Europe Desk UK, led by the British Council and BFI, which promotes awareness and understanding of Creative Europe, providing free advice and support for applicants from the UK. This involves specialist staff in both MEDIA and Culture sub-programmes organising workshops, seminars and industry events, as well as answering enquiries and offering one-to-one discussions. In 2014 and 2015, 16 Scottish organisations have been involved in 18 projects receiving Creative Europe support to the value of over €6.3 million, ranging from direct support for film development, through to partnership projects working in collaboration with other European organisations. This figure includes €1.46 m of funding made directly to Scottish organisations across the first two years of the Creative Europe programme.
Figure 27: Summary of progress against performance indicators for Our Service Creative Scotland is a more effective and accountable organisation. Indicator* Measure Source Status 6.1 Increased stakeholder satisfaction % of surveyed funding applicants reporting positive interaction with Creative Scotland Creative Scotland omnibus survey Between March 2015 and March 2016 the number of respondents satisfied with communications with Creative Scotland rose from 85% to 88%. Those rating the application process as good, very good or excellent was maintained at 66%. 6.2 Minimum of 90% funding applications processed within published timeframe % of applications processed within agreed timeframe Creative Scotland operational funding data 79% of applications to the Open Project Fund were processed within the specified time frame. 6.3 Increase in the value of funding for the arts, screen and creative industries leveraged through Creative Scotland strategic partnerships Value of additional funding opportunities in the arts, screen and creative industries sectors established as a result of Creative Scotland partnerships Creative Scotland operational funding data In 2015/16 our strategic partnerships secured over £5.08m of leveraged funding. In 2014/15 our strategic partnerships secured over £5.03m of leveraged funding. 6.4 Increased satisfaction and resolution levels of enquiries % of satisfaction with enquiries service Creative Scotland omnibus data The number of respondents rating responsiveness to enquiries and requests as good, very good or excellent rose from 78% to 87%. For those who had used our dedicated Enquiries service, satisfaction rose from 82% to 88%.