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Since the beginning of the 1990s, the sphere of culture has undergone two fundamental changes: decentralisation and the re-allocation of public responsibilities. The first period was about the privatisation of cultural industries that had been subordinated to the state until 1990 (film production, film studios, book production, and the music industries, etc). State circuses and variety shows were privatised as were other cultural institutions. The second period was linked to the territorial reform of public administration in the CR. The MC established 82 state-funded organisations in 1998. By 2001 this number had decreased to 39 and there were only 29... read more →

The Culture Account of the CR (see also chapter 3.5.1., 6.3. and 7.1.1.) breaks down private expenditures on culture into household expenditures on culture and other private sources of funding for culture (from for-profit organisations, i.e. businesses, and non-profit organisations). Expenditures of households on culture are presented in chapter 6.3. In the framework of other private sources of funding for culture (which amount to almost two-thirds of all resources), the most important sources are financial and non-financial businesses (157.6 billion CZK) and non-governmental organisations (3.0 billion CZK). As regards the distribution of resources to individual sectors, other private sources of... read more →

Table 9.1: Direct state cultural expenditure: by sector, 2020, in 1000 of national currency Field/Domain/Sub-domain TOTAL In 1000 In % I. Cultural Heritage 6 661 812 46.94 II. Visual Arts 72 127 0.51 Fine Arts 72 127 - Architecture 0 - III. Performing Arts 2 570 144 18.27 IV. Books and Press 51 049 0.36 V. Audiovisual and Multimedia 1 724 507 12.23 VI. Arts Education 30 750 0.22 VII. Administration in Culture 2 675 411 18.91 VIII. Not covered by domain 436 026 3.07 TOTAL 14 221 826 100.00 Source(s): NIPOS based on data from the Ministry of Finance of... read more →

Table 8. Public cultural expenditure by level of government, 2020 Level of government Total expenditure in national currency Total expenditure in EUR* % share of total State (central, federal) 14 221 825 763 536 672 670 30.48 Regional (provincial, Länder, etc.) 16 710 973 220 630 602 763 35.72 Local (municipal, incl. counties) 15 812 735 017 596 706 982 33.80 TOTAL 46 745 534 000 1 763 982 415 100.00 Source (NIPOS based on data from the Ministry of Finance of the CR, Prague 2022).

One of the tasks for implementing the State Cultural Policy of the CR 2009–2014 was to create the Culture Account of the CR. This task was assigned to NIPOS, a state contributory organisation of the MC. The objective of creating the Culture Account is to map all the financial flows into culture from various sources and just as effectively map the financial flows out of culture. The account should also show the level and effectiveness of management in individual areas, the extent of labour and investment resources used, the level of wages, and finally, with the aid of financial indicators,... read more →

Act No. 517/1992 Coll. on the Czech Press Agency regulates the functioning of the Agency. Act No. 273/1993 Coll. on Some Conditions of the Production, Dissemination and Archiving of Audio-Visual Works, which, among other things, lays out the obligations of producers and distributors of audio-visual works and defines the activity of state budgetary organisations – the National Film Archive. In conformity with this law the MC maintains a register of subjects operating a business in the audio-visual field and a register of Czech and non-Czech audio-visual works. Act No. 36/1993 Coll., on Certain Arrangements in the Field of Radio and... read more →

There is no legal standard that regulates just the field of culture. An appropriate way of legislatively establishing support for the creation of works of art in the public space is currently under discussion, in particular the idea of setting aside 1% of a commission in public architectural competitions for the creation of a work of art in public spaces.

Act on Non-periodical Publications No. 37/1995 Coll. regulates the publishing of books and other non-periodical publications.  The price of a book is not fixed in the CR. Act on the Periodical Press (Press Act) No. 46/2000 Coll. regulates the publishing of the periodical press. Act No. 257/2001 Coll. regulates the system of libraries and conditions for running public library and information services (Library Act). It does not apply to libraries established according to the Trades Licensing Act.

Act No. 20/1987 Coll. on State Monument Preservation (amended) defines the protection of collections in museums and galleries, conditions and the means of registration of museum collections and rights and duties of museum collection owners. Standardised public services provided by museums and galleries are regulated. Act No. 71/1994 Coll. covers the sale and export of goods of cultural value. Act No. 122/2000 Coll. covers protection of museum collections. Act No. 101/2001 Coll. covers repatriation of illegally exported cultural goods. Act No. 214/2002 Coll. covers the export of certain cultural goods from the tariff territory of the European Communities.

There is no specific legal standard to regulate this field. One of the state funded organisations – the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra – is founded by a Presidential Decree.