SOURCES & LINKS

KEY DOCUMENTS ON CULTURAL POLICY

Institute of Culturology: Bulgarian Cultural Policy 1990-1995. Sofia, 1997. 

Markov, Emil; Kabakov, Ivan: Statutory Options of Financing Culture. Legal Report on the Culture Technological Park Project under the Policies for Culture Programme (in Bulgarian). 

Materials from a seminar on Decentralisation: Investing in the Culture of Regions, held in Bistritsa from January 18 to 20, 2001 under the Policies for Culture Programme (in Bulgarian). 

Ministry of Culture: Cultural Policy 1996-1999. Sofia, 2000 (in Bulgarian). 

National Statistical Institute: Statistical Yearbook 2000; Statistical Yearbook 2001; Statistical Yearbook 2002, Statistical Yearbook 2003, Statistical Yearbook 2004, Statistical Yearbook 2005. Sofia: National Statistical Institute, 2000 to 2006. 

Tomova, Bilyana: Financing of the Arts / Culture in Bulgaria: Between the State and the Market. Economic Report on the Culture Technological Park Project under the Policies for Culture Programme (in Bulgarian).

Arts, Politics and Change, ECF / Boekmanstichting - Amsterdam / Bulgarian. Sofia, 2005 

Creative Industries in the City of Plovdiv - an Economic perspective, British Council - Bulgaria (2006)

Ivan Tchalakov, Vladya Borisova, Donka Keskinova, Georgy Damyanov, Rossitza Arkova, Tsveta Andreeva, Jordan Kalchev, Todor Todorov: Economic Contribution of Copyright and related rights-based Industries to the Bulgarian Economy. With the methodological support of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Sofia, 2007.

HEREIN - European Heritage Network NATIONAL HERITAGE POLICY. BULGARIAN REPORT, UPDATED 2007, up-dates by Uliana Maleeva, Hristina Staneva. Sofia 2007.
http://www.herein-system.eu/.

Lidia Varbanova: Financing Cultural practices in South-East Europe. A cultural policy paper commissioned by Policies for Culture, 2003.
http://www.policiesforculture.org/dld/PfC_LVarbanova_FinancingSEE.pdf.

Feri, Xhevdet: Why do reforms stop? A controversial study on cultural policies in the fields of theatre and cinema in Albania. http://www.policiesforculture.org/administration/upload/Albania_FinalReport_Nov2003.pdf.

Council of Europe: Cultural Policy in Albania (Part I, Contribution from the Albanian authorities and Part II, review of the cultural policy in Albania). Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2000.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/culture-and-heritage/albania.

KEY ORGANISATIONS AND PORTALS

Cultural policy making bodies

Ministry of Culture
http://www.mc.government.bg/

National Council for Co-operation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues
http://wp.unil.ch/interethnicbulgaria/

State Institute for Culture (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
http://www.culture-mfa.bg/

Cultural Contact Point - Bulgaria
http://www.programculture.cz/en/

MEDIA Desk - Bulgaria
http://mediadesk.bg/

Bulgarian National Film Centre
http://www.nfc.bg/

Professional associations

Union of Bulgarian Artists
http://www.sbhart.com/

Union of Bulgarian Composers
http://www.ubc-bg.com/

Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers
http://ubmd.bg/en/

Union of the Architects in Bulgaria
http://www.stroitelstvo.bg/

Grant-giving bodies

National Culture Fund
http://www.ncf.bg/

Open Society Institute
http://www.osi.bg/

Goethe Institute - Sofia
http://www.goethe.de/ms/sof/

Human Resources Development Centre
http://www.hrdc.bg/

Art Production Fund
http://www.artproductionfund.org/

"Values" Foundation
http://www.values.bg/

Cultural research and statistics

Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
http://www.bgrf.org/

Centre for Advanced Study
http://www.cas.bg/

International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations
http://www.imir-bg.org/

National Statistics Institute
http://www.nsi.bg/

Observatory of Cultural Economics
http://www.culturaleconomics.bg/

Culture / arts portals

Kultura Magazine
http://www.online.bg/kultura/

National Civil Forum for Culture
http://slovo.bg/ngfk/