The Luxembourg State "has put in place a whole range of measures and mechanisms to promote the knowledge society, the preservation of our memory, the support and mobility of artists and creators both nationally and internationally, local support for certain cultural projects and cultural training.”[1] The main support system chosen by the government is an agreement mechanism (“Conventions”). The ministry of Culture has signed agreements with more or less 80 cultural and creative structures, associations, federations etc. that receive a fixed amount of public funding in return for a specific project or, mostly, specific missions to be fulfilled by the... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchKEP has put in light several challenges linked to the regional, local and community-driven cultural efforts.[1] According to the municipality code, culture is not one of the obligatory missions of a municipality, resulting in a very unequal cultural and artistic offer across the country. The regional cultural centres and individual municipalities play an important role in the cultural landscape of the country, but the often top-down policies do not always reflect this enough. Moreover, the financing of the regional and local cultural efforts often does not sufficiently match the actual cultural impact these activities have even on a national scale,... read more →
Inclusive and open cultural participation is one of the priorities of the Government’s coalition programme 2018-2023, that also states clearly that culture must be able to be truly shared by all while ensuring to include people who are a priori more distant from culture.[1] Also KEP is very vocal about the cultural participation and consumption, detailing many objectives in that respect, as well as proposing recommendations 47 to 51. Many actions target, directly or indirectly, access to culture on many different levels, be it through specific actions for particular groups (children and young people, senior citizens, peoples with different cultural... read more →
While the KEP calls to “Consider, develop and further promote non-formal artistic and cultural education” (Recommendation No 43[1]), there are many initiatives that promote arts and cultural engagement and learning out-of-schools, be it by major cultural institutions (Casino’s Scol’Art, MUDAM’s school programme and Mudam Akademie, MNHA’s Luxembourg for Kids, MNHN’s Young Audiences), at the municipal level (e.g. Creativity School) or by associations (e.g. Up Foundation). In the online sphere, eduart.lu is the official web platform for art education in Luxembourg, which “offers the general public, the school public (pupils and teachers) and any other art lover a showcase of all... read more →
Due to the size of the country, programmes for higher arts education are rather limited in Luxembourg. Hence, a large part of academic training of Luxembourg-based art and culture professionals is taking place abroad (for instance, a recent survey among jazz artists has revealed that as much as 68% of them had studied abroad[1]), with specific documentation and brochures on culture and arts studies abroad available at the Centre for Documentation and Information on Higher Education (www.cedies.lu). Consequently, the KEP has called for “Reflection on the development of cultural training at the University of Luxembourg” in recommendation No 46. In... read more →
The analysis done for KEP has concluded that the place artistic and cultural education occupies in school programs as insufficient[1], though many of the measures put in place by the SCRIPT have in the meantime addressed this topic in national primary and secondary education. Music education is strongly supported, with around 18,000 students taught by 750 music teachers[2] learning at various local courses, in three conservatories, eight music schools, four regional music schools in agreement with UGDA and more than 25 music courses provided by UGDA.[3]. Nevertheless, both the governmental coalition programme and the KEP have called for significant improvements... read more →
The governmental programme makes it clear that culture must have a more important and transversal place within the education system.[1] This also concerns heritage-related education especially taking into account that a large part of the population is not at all or very little familiar with the history of Luxembourg and the richness of Luxembourg's cultural heritage, calling for strengthened (incl. digital) transmission from museums, cultural institutes or religious communities holding often unknown cultural treasures, in collaboration with education and research institutions.[2] Similarly, KEP has identified important challenges and given a lot of attention to cultural and arts education. It has,... read more →
Archaeology Grand-Ducal Regulation of 24 July 2011 establishing a national archaeological research centre at the National Museum of History and Art Law of 21 March 1966 concerning a. historical, prehistoric, palaeontological or otherwise scientific excavations; b. the safeguarding of movable cultural heritage Grand-Ducal Regulation of 22 December 1961 to determine the number and organisation of the special services, the powers and the operating conditions of the State Museums Law of 26 March 1937, concerning excavations and the protection of objects of historical, prehistoric and paleontological interest. Archives Act of 28 August 2020 on the construction and equipping of a... read more →
Cultural policy framework The Grand Ducal Decree of 5 December 2018 on the constitution of the Ministries defines the attributions falling within the competence of the Ministry of Culture. "The cultural policy as well as its implementation are based on the 62 recommendations of the cultural development plan 2018-2028 on the one hand, and the coalition agreement 2018-2023 on the other." Funding and sponsorship Draft law on the State revenue and expenditure budget for the year 2022 Draft law on multi-annual financial programming for the period 2021-2025 Grand-Ducal Regulation of 2 September 2015 amending the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 4... read more →
The coalition plan 2018-2023 recognises the role of creative industries as an important sector of the Luxembourgish economy, although there is no unified, cross-sectorial definition of CCIs. According to Luxembourg Trade and Invest[1], creative industries are “[c]omprised of businesses in the fields of architecture, visual arts, design, gaming, marketing, publishing and the performing arts (just to name a few)” and amount to 6.1% of the total number of Luxembourg companies. Within the national cultural statistics framework, they are defined as “l’ensemble des activités culturelles qui éditent, produisent et diffusent des biens et des contenus reproductibles relevant de la propriété intellectuelle... read more →