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The cultural agencies and institutes have elaborated a long-lasting and fruitful collaboration with both the public and private sector in culture. The cooperation projects vary from traditional forms of artistic exchange (e.g. exhibitions, workshops, performances, touring etc.) to research and cultural policy development. In Bulgaria, the most important cultural agencies that cooperate internationally are: Institut culturel Français et de cooperation, Goethe Institut, British Council, Instituto Cervantes (opened in 2005), Polish Institute in Sofia, Czech Centre. They are active in the field of language education, promoting artists from the representing country, supporting the public and non-governmental sectors in the field of... read more →

Along with the administrative breakdown of cultural competence, there are interdepartmental commissions that co-ordinate the central government’s activities. Culture is just part of the general competence of these commissions, which have been set up for other fields such as education, foreign policy, youth, tourism, and ecology. There are standing and interim interdepartmental commissions that have consultative capacities and the right to initiate legislation. There is a consultative Council on Cultural Affairs which reports to the President of the Republic. Since 1997, the National Council for Ethnic and Demographic Issues (NCEDI, now the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic... read more →

The main unit of territorial administration is the municipality (of which there are 262), which is legally autonomous, and has property rights and freedom of association. At the municipal level, cultural competence is exercised in the form of local self-government, including financial control which is distributed among the respective municipal Councils of Culture. Each municipality has a Deputy Mayor of Culture. Municipalities formulate and implement their policies for the protection and development of culture, combining the principles of national cultural policy with local conditions and traditions. The Municipal Council is the body that makes key decisions in the municipality, including... read more →

The lower levels of cultural competencies correspond to the constitutional division of territorial administrative units: districts (oblast) and municipalities (obshtina). According to the Law on Protection and Development of Culture, regional cultural institutes could be founded, transformed or closed by the Council of Ministers on a proposal by the Minister of Culture, in agreement with the regional governor, after a decision by the municipal council on whose territory their headquarters are located. Regional cultural institutes are funded by: The municipalities on whose territory their headquarters are located, there are additional funds provided from the state budget for their subsistence;From contributions... read more →

At the national level, responsibility for the formulation and implementation of cultural policies is shared between the legislature (the National Assembly) and the executive (the Council of Ministers). The supreme central executive body with the right to initiate legislation in the sphere of culture and formulate the main principles of national cultural policy is the Ministry of Culture. The Ministry of Culture is headed by a Minister who is advised mainly by a Collegium and several expert councils representing various arts fields. The Minister is entitled to appoint his/her own political cabinet, which supports him/her in reaching and promoting concrete... read more →

The Ministry of Culture is charged with the task of conducting cultural policies, preserving culture and cultural heritage, and developing partnerships in the cultural field. According to the Law on the Protection and Development of Culture, the Council of Ministers, on a proposal from the Minister of Culture, adopts a National Strategy for the Development of Culture for a period of ten years. In March 2019, a Draft Strategy for the Development of the Bulgarian Culture by 2029 was published, whose strategic goals are the preservation of cultural memory and historical heritage, the search for an effective mechanism for financing... read more →

Sections 1.2.3 and 1.2.4 mention official advisory bodies that consist of independent professionals and that provide advice on cultural policy matters of the Flemish Community: the Strategic Advisory Council for Culture, Youth, Sport and Media (SARC), the commissions for peer-review of funding applications, and the advisory councils and panels of the Flemish Community Commission (VGC). These show how consultation of non-governmental actors is structurally embedded in the workings of the Flemish cultural policy system. Beside the functioning of these advisory bodies, there are advocacy organisations and labour unions that aim to represent the voice and interest of the different players... read more →

Flanders has a strong tradition of socio-cultural work, which has its historical origins in cultural and social emancipation movements of different ideological backgrounds. A part of the field is supported by the Flemish government through the Decree on Socio-Cultural Work for Adults (which falls within the policy field of Culture). These organisations can be divided in four types[1]: Associations (‘verenigingen') are networks of local societies that organise activities for their members and other people. Some of these societies focus on specific audiences (such as families or seniors) or specific subjects (such as cultural activities, human rights, or ecological awareness). There... read more →

There are 165 schools and academies in Flanders and Brussels providing part-time education in the arts. Together, these offer over 1 450 locations where children (from the age of six), youngsters, and adults can follow courses in performing arts, wordcraft, music and/or (audio)visual arts as leisure-time activity. The majority of municipalities in Flanders and Brussels has a (Dutch-speaking) academy for part-time education in the arts. In the school year of 2017-2018, there were over 196 000 people enrolled in these academies.[1] Courses are bound to a framework of targets (‘einddoelen’), which nonetheless offer academies and teachers a great deal of... read more →