Klara Koštal is an expert on European and international cultural policies. She studied comparative literature, cultural management, and political and communication sciences at the University of Vienna and King’s College London. She has held various positions in the arts and culture sector (PHACE Ensemble for New Music, Kulturforum New York, art:phalanx, Werk X). Currently Klara Koštal works as a policy officer for the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at the Austrian Commission for UNESCO. She is the editor and co-author of several publications, such as “Kritische Diversität im Kultursektor - Reflektionen aus dem Forum Fair Culture 2020... read more →
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A short cultural policy profile for Estonia is now available on the Compendium website. A special thanks goes out to our Estonian expert Marko Lõhmus. Below you can see a few highlights of the cultural policy developments in Estonia: Since 2022, "Cultural Backpacks" is a new support measure for visits to cultural institutions by elementary school students. Attempts by creative economy development organizations to pressure the government to continue direct subsidies post-Covid 19 pandemic have not been successful In 2023, the minimum wage of a cultural worker with higher education receiving a salary from the budget of the Ministry of... read more →
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After more than one year of very fruitful and friendly cooperation we unfortunately had to say goodbye to our project assistant Inga Hörter. It was great that you enriched our Compendium and its community. We wish Inga all the best for her future work and career and hope to keep in contact with her! Now we can directly welcome our new project assistant Leonard Mertens, geography student in Bonn with a Bachelor of Science. We look forward for a great and enthusiastic teamwork for the sake of the Compendium.
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An recently updated version of the cultural policy profile for the Czech Republic is available due to the great efforts of our expert Pavla Petrovà. Below you can find some highlights of recent cultural policy developments in the Czech Republic: The status of the artist is an important issue being raised in Czech cultural policy and plans post pandemic. In the Strategic Framework of Sustainable Development in the CR to 2030 culture is viewed as essential to the socio-economic development of the Czech Republic. Czech publishers are seeking a zero rate of VAT on books (currently 10%) due to rising... read more →
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Statement regarding the release of an Interim Cultural Policy Profile of the Russian Federation The Compendium strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s armed attack on Ukraine that resulted in a war on European territory. This act not only violates international law and human rights, it also tramples on democratic values such as peace, freedom, and equality. We believe that in times like these, European values need to be reaffirmed and strengthened. The Compendium stands for the strengthening and integration of cultural policies and related research of different European states. Therefore, we confirm that values such as peace, freedom, equality, justice, as... read more →
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An recently updated version of the cultural policy profile for Armenia is available due to the great efforts of our colleagues and experts Yulia Antonyan and Haykuhi Muradyan. Below you can find some highlights of recent cultural policy developments in Armenia: The national education development programme for 2022-2030 was accepted in October 2022, with a number of institutional, ideological, programmatic and methodological changes planned. Although the new cultural policy is not officially developed yet, some new approaches pay special attention to students’ cultural rights and opportunities, as well as accessibility of cultural events and institutions. The pandemic and the Second... read more →
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Safeguarding Artistic Freedom The 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture will bring together leading policy makers, researchers, managers and practitioners from the arts, culture and related sectors from around the world to explore artistic freedom as a fundamental pillar of cultural policy and examine how we can – and why we should – safeguard artistic freedom. Artistic freedom ensures that these expressions represent the full diversity and dynamism of our cultural ecosystems and societies, through both creation and participation. Such possibility demands that we safeguard the existence of artistic freedom. However, we can only do this if we first... read more →
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We are enormously happy to publish the first cultural policy profile for Luxembourg due to the great efforts of our colleagues and experts Lidia Gryszkiewicz and Giny Laroche. Below you can find some highlights of recent cultural policy developments in Luxembourg: Free admission to the first years of music education has been introduced in 2022 in consultation with music schools and conservatories and municipalities throughout the country. A new Deontology charter for cultural structures was outlined in 2022, with the aim to defend the values of ethics and professionalism that underlie the relationship of trust between cultural structures, artists and... read more →
There is a large network of federations, national networksm professional and sectorial associations, some of which received specific missions from the ministry of Culture on the basis of agreements (see 7.2.1.).
An overview of prizes and awards is available and regularly updated on the following website: https://kep.public.lu/fr/documentation/kulturentwecklungsplang-2018-2028-1-0-derniere-version/kep-4-1-4.html .