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The General Principles of Cultural Policy up to 2020 (see chapter 1.1) deals with digital policies in different chapters: Cultural heritage“The more valuable parts of cultural heritage will be digitalised by 2018, so that its long-term survival is ensured in compliance with international standards and quality requirements. The interoperability of culture-related information systems is ensured with harmonised descriptions and web services. Works digitalised by institutions funded and managed by the state are as a rule, if such rights are established, made freely available. The use of digitalised cultural heritage in e-learning and in the provision of e-services in the field... read more →

In the field of heritage conservation, the General Principles of Cultural Policy up to 2020 (see chapter 1.1) state that:  appreciation of cultural heritage as a whole is a national priority — tangible and intangible heritage are not separate from each other and protection of cultural monuments has expanded to the appreciation of the environment and context; other important aspects include specifying the strategy and measures for protecting cultural heritage (what, why, and how is it protected), an inventory and analysis of the list of monuments, and on the basis of the results of the analysis, an update of the lists... read more →

Literature Denmark's first Literature Act was adopted in the spring of 1996 (Law No 477 of 12 June 1996 om litteratur passed by the Parliament on 31 May 1996). The objective of the Act is to promote literature and access to literature in Denmark, while also promoting Danish literature abroad. The Act applies to Danish and translated literature, including prose, poetry, drama, children's and young adult literature as well as cultural literature and non-fiction. The most recent Law on Literature was related to the foundation of the Danish Arts Council (Law om Kunstrådet, nr. 230, 2 April 2003 passed by the... read more →

Danish cultural policy is both centralised and decentralised; one of the reasons is that the development of public cultural policy and institutions in Denmark is closely linked to the cultural and political movements that fostered Danish democracy and the welfare state. Different concepts of culture have been a central wheel in this process. Since Denmark adopted its first democratic constitution in 1849, social movements and a broad range of popular associations have flourished in Denmark. Liberal Movements for agricultural cooperatives, folk high schools and the later worker movement included culture as a social dimension and as a process in which... 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 →

Employer-employee relations in the cultural sector are regulated under the Labour Code – Act No. 262/2006 Coll. This new Labour Code came into force on 1 January 2007 to immediate criticism. Thus, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs prepared technical amendments to the Labour Code No. 362/2007, which eliminated any problematic issues or errors. On 1 January 2014 additional changes to the Labour Code came into effect, notably in relation to the adoption of the new Civil Code. In addition to technical changes in response to new terms used in the Civil Code some important practical changes were also... read more →

The Listed Buildings Law (N.240(I)/2002) Law 68 (1)/1992The Town and Country Planning Law (L. 90/1972) Urban planning and environment legislation In terms of urban planning there is The Town and Country Planning Law (1972). The Law was fully implemented in 1990 and it has since become the major tool for promoting an integrative and sustainable approach towards spatial development. Under the terms of this Law, there are special provisions, (Articles 38, 39) which relate to the island's cultural heritage. Under the Inspection of the Erection and Installation of Monuments in Open Spaces Law (L. 79(1)/2006), the Monuments Committee deals with... read more →

Following the necessity of transposition of the EU legal framework, in 2021 the new Law on Electronic Media was adopted by the Parliament. The main changes were related to the transparency in media ownership, more precisely regulating of publishers' obligations, and better protect competition and regulating issues specific to video-sharing, on demand platforms and electronic publications. It also regulates commercial television and radio broadcasting and its provisions regarding content also apply to the public service broadcaster, HRT (Croatian Radio-Television), which is regulated by the Law on Croatian Radio-Television adopted in 2010, amended in 2012 and 2017. The Agency for Electronic... read more →

Social inclusion is recognised as an important issue within the strategic plans of the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Ministry was appointed as an Intermediate Body Level 1 within the Croatian European Structural and Investment Funds Management and Control System for the 2014-2020 programming period for the Operational Programme Efficient Human Resources (OPEHR) 2014-2020. Within this Programme, the Ministry of Culture and Media was responsible for two specific objectives under two priority axes. Priority axis 2 deals with Social inclusion with its Investment priority 9.i - Active inclusion, with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active participation,... read more →

Table 7 displays expenditure by the Flemish government on culture in 2019 (EUR 510 238 000, or 1.1% of total expenditure by the Flemish government in 2019[1]). Here, ‘culture’ designates a specific range of activities and sectors, including arts (such as the disciplines falling under the Arts Decree and the funds for literature and film, see 7.2.1), cultural heritage (such as museums, archives, and intangible heritage), and socio-cultural work for adults (including circus and amateur arts).[2] This, however, excludes expenses on media (such as broadcasting services) and immovable heritage (such as monuments and protected sites), which each reside with separate... read more →