Indicators for local policies of cultural welfare: content, dimensions, and quality criteria

Abstract Wellbeing measures are gaining consensus as complementary to the traditional GDP approach when it comes assessing development of countries and communities. Cultural Welfare is a new, integrated aimed at promoting wellbeing health individuals communities through practices rooted in arts cultural heritage. Recently, experimental tools have been devised applied, with reference either specific target groups beneficiaries or individual cultural/artistic disciplines, purpose which measure assess contribution societal wellbeing, well artistic participation practice general. Policies welfare need robust body evidence, indicators may contribute supporting them. While for assessment culture-and-wellbeing relationship proposed national level organizations programmes, local policies appears still largely unexplored. The article discusses few theoretical methodological issues proposes set quality criteria designing on scale.