In Lithuania, digital cultural policy is mainly implemented in the fields of libraries, museums, and heritage. The beginning of the digitisation process was a project of the Lithuanian Libraries Integral Information System (LIBIS), which started in 1995. The project was implemented by the Martynas Ma˛vydas National Library of Lithuania. The objectives of the project were to develop a library system that would enable automation of all library and reader service processes; create a union catalogue based on shared cataloguing; adapt integrated library information resources to customer service; extend the infrastructure created by LIBIS and develop the existing software tools. LIBIS... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchMedia regulations The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania prohibits censorship and monopolisation of the mass media (Article 44), guarantees freedom of expression, and lays down the limits of exercising freedom of expression (Article 25). The principal law governing the activity of public information is the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public (see chapter 4.2.1). The Ministry of Culture is one of the institutions responsible for media policy and the implementation of the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information. In implementing and coordinating national media policy, the Ministry of Culture... read more →
In Lithuania, the issue of social inclusion and cohesion is mainly related in cultural policy to the equal opportunities of different social groups and inhabitants of different regions to participate in cultural life, i.e. cultural participation is considered to be an important factor of social inclusion and cohesion. The Lithuanian Cultural Policy Strategy 2030 argues that there is a positive correlation between active participation in cultural life and higher quality of personal and social life: people engaged in cultural and creative activities have more trust in other people, they participate more actively in elections, have stronger and more conscious civic... read more →
In recent years, the key developments of the Lithuanian cultural policy are related to the establishment of two cultural policy implementation institutions (Lithuanian Council for Culture and Film Centre) due to the cultural policy system reform in 2012–2013. Although these institutions distribute only a small part of public funds (about 7 and 2 per cent of overall central state funding respectively), they have brought into the cultural policy a new ethos of communication and management based on dialogue, openness and accountability to the public. Both institutions prepare activity reports for the public, publish lists of projects that got and did... read more →
Lithuania joined UNESCO in 1991. In 1992, the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO was established and the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO in 1993. The Secretariat of the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO serves the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO and supports implementation of its decisions. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania coordinates the implementation of the UNESCO conventions and decisions (see the list of UNESCO conventions ratified by Lithuania in chapter 4.2.1). Lithuania became a member of the Council of Europe on 14 March 1993. In 2022, Lithuania participated in the following... read more →
In Lithuania, State power is executed by the Parliament (Lith. Seimas), the President of the Republic, the Government, and the Judiciary. The Seimas is the national legislative body composed of 141 members elected for a four-year term on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot. The Seimas Committee on Culture deals with various cultural development issues, discusses questions of current interest and adopts decisions, and analyses culture-related legislation. Advisory and expert bodies of Seimas are the National Commission for Cultural Heritage, the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania, the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, and... read more →
Cultural policy objectives In 2012, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted the long-term national strategy Lithuania 2030. The strategy presents a national vision and priorities for the development of Lithuania as well as guidelines for their implementation by 2030. According to the strategy, Lithuania aims “at a creative empowerment of each and every member of society, focusing on ideas that would help Lithuania to become a modern, energetic country, embracing differences, and with a strong sense of national identity”. To implement this strategy, the Government of Lithuania adopts long term development plans. The National Development Plan of Lithuania for 2021-2030 sets ten... read more →
The Liechtenstein Music School hosts the International Master Classes Vaduz for the 48th time in the summer of 2022. This is a high-level training and concert platform for musicians from all over the world. Several thousand young professional musicians and music students from over 50 nations have already been able to advance their personal musical development in Vaduz. The Master Courses are known throughout the world, for example, for their renowned lecturers. Since 2019, the Principality of Liechtenstein has been participating in the “Youth and Music” (Y+M) programme (see 1.4.1) of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) to boost... read more →
“Intercultural education” is not an official component of general school education in Liechtenstein. But it does play a role in the classroom, such as in religious instruction. Since 2003, Liechtenstein’s secondary schools have offered the subject “Ethics and Religion” as an alternative to denominational religious instruction. Since the school year 2019/20, this also applies to primary schools as part of the subject “Nature, People, Society”. This elective is non-denominational. As a result of the culture and history of the Western world, Christianity assumes a key role. However, other major religions, their histories, their ethics and their cultural impact are also... read more →
Fundamental rights, including cultural rights, in the Republic of Azerbaijan, are defined within the legislative system, consisting of the following normative-legal acts: the Constitution; acts adopted by referendum; laws; decrees; decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers; and normative acts of central executive bodies. In addition, international agreements, to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party, are an integral part of the legislative system of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Individual professional or creative groups can also accept their internal ethical rules following their internal statutes. The Constitution defines the fundamental rights and freedoms that underlie cultural rights and the very... read more →