concept for more efficient support of the arts in 2007–2013 - Divadlo.cz

26. Strengthen and optimise grants for projects accepted from abroad, projects supported
by EU programmes, aimed at improving and promoting the presentation of Czech
arts abroad.
Responsible body: MC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Czech Centres, EU community programmes,
Ministry of Agriculture (Leader+ programme), Ministry of Regional Development
Term: ongoing
Recommended: for the regional authorities to support projects involving cooperation with entities
outside the Czech Republic
Effect on the state budget: within the budget of the MC
27. Create a support programme aimed at launching and establishing new forms of international
cooperation, and at preparing specific projects and international co-productions
for their implementation by operators working in the arts.
Responsible body: MC
Term: 2007
Recommended: for the regions
Effect on the state budget: within the budget of the MC
28. Support the participation of the national branches in the work and activities of
international non-governmental organisations in the arts. Strengthen the integration
of Czech entities in EU networks by partially covering the costs connected with
their participation in working meetings, and help increase their participation in international
projects. Formulate a methodology for evaluating the integration of
Czech entities in international associations and networks and survey the situation
on an ongoing basis as part of the Report on the International Cooperation in the
Arts.
Responsible body: MC in cooperation with other entities
Term: 2007 (to develop the methodology and draw up the first Report)
Effect on the state budget: within the budget of the MC
29. Expand the knowledge, information and awareness about Czech arts through Czech
artists, theoreticians, managers, pedagogues, visiting scholars, journalists, Czech language
teachers, translators, etc., working abroad in the short term, the long term, and
indefinite periods.
V. Financial Requirements from the State Budget
The basic instrument for the fulfilment of the Concept are the state governmental organisations
and the programmes of support for artistic activities run by public and private entities
providing public cultural services and focusing primarily on:
1. the preservation and enhancement of artistic diversity
2. ensuring equal access to the arts for all citizens
3. strengthening and enhancing the role of the arts in society
4. promoting the presentation of Czech arts abroad
For the coming period it is essential to ensure that the work of governmental organisations
and the activities of existing support programmes maintain their continuity, that programme
funding is augmented, and that the methodology and tools and the terms and volume of funding
are established and specified so that that goals set out in this Concept can be achieved.
Support for the work of state governmental organisations will be tied to the introduction of new
methods of managing and evaluating work and activities. Programme support will be tied to the
application of the methods and instruments that are announced and the establishment of requisite
conditions.
The financial requirements for implementing the Concept have been determined on the
basis of previous expenditures and are projected for the period up to 2013. In the case of those
programmes in which grant recipients are required to co-finance projects out of their budgets
expenditure forecasts have been worked out on the basis of a predicted contribution from the
recipient’s budget in the amount of 30% or more.
An important source of support in the process of implementing the Concept are the various
sources and programmes of the European Union that entities providing cultural services are
also entitled to draw on, in particular the community programmes of Culture 2007, Media, and
the Structural Funds. The MC will provide systematic support for the preparation of such projects.
The financial demands on the state budget are specified in optimal levels. Read costs will
depend on the capacity of the state budget and the budget chapter for the Ministry of Culture,
and the execution of the tasks outlined in the Concept will be implemented correspondingly
and updated and modified on an ongoing basis. The costs (in millions of Czk) are broken down
in the tables below (figures only for the MC).
Responsible body: MC, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Term: ongoing
Effect on the state budget: within the budgets of the MC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
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