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European module for the digital event series "noFuture? The art of departing" in the context of the German Federal Congress on Cultural Policy. This European module is organised by the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft (Association of Cultural Policy) in cooperation with the Compendium for Cultural Policies and Trends, the German Contact Point for Europe for Citizens and the German Creative Europe Desk CULTURE. The European module invites stakeholders from cultural institutions from different countries to share their specific experiences what challenges cultural institutions in Europe are facing and their ideas of dealing with. The module consists of two formats: 3 Speed dating...
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Our COVID-19 reports from Austria, the Czech Republic, Ireland and Spain have been recently updated. The reports present country specific information on COVID-19’s implications for the sector and the measures being taken. In Spain, the first estimates of cultural employment in 2020 were released, showing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis to the cultural sector. Additionally an short overview of the action of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport during 2020 and prospective actions for 2021 show the increase of budgetary funds in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. In Ireland, the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce published the...
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Thank to the enormous efforts of our Czech expert Pavla Petrová (Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague) an updated cultural policy profile reporting about major developments and new statistics of the Czech Republic is now online. Below you can see some of the current changes, new developments and data regarding cultural policy in the Czech Republic: In early 2020 work began on preparing a new state cultural policy (chapter 1.1)Fallout from the Covid-19 crisis highlighted a number of issues, such as the status of artists and the need for professional associations and new instruments of support for culture (chapter 1.2.5...
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Key developments and new statistics have been added to the cultural policy profile of Croatia, thanks to the great work of our Croatian expert Jaka Primorac (IRMO). For a first impression on the current cultural policy changes in Croatia, please see below some highlights: The government has committed to assist in the restoration and redevelopment of cultural objects and infrastructure following two earthquakes in 2020 (chapter 2.1 / chapter 3.1)Media was added to the role of the Ministry of Culture in 2020 following a national election, to reflect the increasing role of the media. A new strategy for media is...
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Since its independence, Croatia has been a member of the Council of Europe, and has participated in its numerous activities and projects. The country became a full member of the EU in July 2013. However, it had participated in EU programmes earlier, as in June 2007, the Memorandum of Understanding with European Communities was signed, which made Croatia a full member of the EU Culture 2007-2013 programme. The Cultural Contact Point (CCP) Department (now Creative Europe Service) has been established and hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Media. Also, in 2008, the Memorandum of Understanding with European Communities on...
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International cultural co-operation has been continuously listed among cultural and cultural development priorities. The Directorate for International Cultural Relations and European Affairs has two Sectors – the Sector for International Cultural Relations and European Affairs and the Sector for EU Programmes and Projects, which are composed of five Services – The Service for Preparation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of EU Programmes and Projects, The Service for Development and Coordination of EU Programmes and Projects, The Service for Creative Europe, The Service for UNESCO, and The Service for Bilateral and Multilateral Cultural Cooperation. The government established the Cultural Council for International...
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The cultural NGO sector has grown dynamically in the last more than twenty years. Such growth resulted in the establishment of an "independent cultural sector" and contributed to the separation of "institutional" (government subsidised) and "independent" culture (that at the start of the 2000’s was subsidised mostly by foreign sources) (see also chapter 7.3). The number of cultural associations has been increasing continually in the last two decades, although in the last couple of years this increase has been slowing down. For example, according to data from the Government Office for Associations in February 2001 there were a total of...
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Objectives: In more than two decades, the general objectives of Croatian cultural policy have included the pursuance of values such as: cultural pluralism (aesthetic and multi-ethnic), creative autonomy, the increase and diversification of sources for financing of culture, polycentric cultural development, and encouraging cultural participation and co-operation between the public and the private sector. These principles have been put into practice in the following way: Diversification by encouraging cultural creativity and innovation; tolerance and inclusion of cultural minority groups, and by financing activities of various cultural interests - from high culture, ethnic cultures, independent culture etc; Support for creativity through...
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Local government is enshrined in the Constitution (Art. 133-138) and municipalities and towns in their self-governmental remit have the task of addressing citizens’ needs, which includes culture. The legislative framework regulating the field of culture at the local level gives cities an important role in creating local cultural policies and autonomy in the management of the local cultural sector. This is especially relevant taking into account the public cultural institutions of which the local self-government units are the founders. City budgets are important sources of public funding for the local cultural sector although there are large regional and city differences,...
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We have published the updated version of the cultural policy profile of Ireland, which replaces the former profile from 2015. Many thanks to our new expert author Paraic Mc Quaid, who wrote us the following about the most important developments in Ireland: The new country profile for Ireland highlights a decade of stagnation of government investment in culture between 2009 and 2019. There has been a very recent return in 2019 to the 2009 levels of government investment in culture. The arts and cultural sector has survived this decade of austerity, but at a severely reduced capacity and at a...
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