For the first time, a short cultural policy profile for Portugal has been released on the Compendium website. A special thanks goes out to our Portoguese expert Cristina Farinha for compiling the profile.
Below, you can see a few highlights of the cultural policy developments in Portugal:
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There are plans to increase the value attributed to culture in the State Budget by 50% in the next four years (from April 2024). The 2024 state allocation for culture increased by 8.7% from 2023, only representing .43% of the total consolidated central budget.
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A new 2024 programme supports artistic projects in urban peripheries in partnership with The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum.
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In 2024-2025 the joint initiative Portugal-Spain, 50 years of culture and democracy highlights culture in promoting human rights, freedom, citizenship, gender equality and the eliminating discrimination.
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€225 million has been approved for the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (2021-2026) benefiting museums, monuments and public palaces as well as national theatres, the National Library and the National House of Cinema – Museum of Cinema, etc
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