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

Effect on the State Budget
In 2007–2013 the estimated impact on the state budget in the area of programme financing
for supporting development in the sphere of the arts and ensuring access to the arts for all
citizens of the Czech Republic is a total sum of 1.729,05 mil. Czk.
Coverage of the Concept’s funding requirements will be incorporated into the State Budget
Proposal and into the Ministry of Culture’s budget chapter 334 for 2007, including mid-term
outlooks for the expenditure limits of the state budget and for the field of culture.
On 14 th March 2006 the document was submitted for inter-departmental comment procedure
to all members of the Government, regional chief executive officers, the Lord Mayor of the
City of Prague, the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic, and selected professional
associations; their views and the settlements are contained in Part IV of the document.
Settlements to the comments were reached and the document is submitted in contradiction of
only one comment, that of the Ministry of Finance requesting the omission from the proposed
resolution Point II e) on cooperation between the 1 st Deputy Prime Minister of the Government
and the Minister of Finance in securing the requisite financial resources for implementing the
Concept, given that the Concept must be implemented within the framework of approved budgets
and the mid-term outlooks for the relevant years.
The percentage of expenditures relegated for cultural activities out of total expenditures
in the Ministry’s approved budget for 2006 is 5.74%, and that is the highest amount out of all the
programmes and programme areas. Nevertheless, it is not enough to provide for the tasks arising
out of the submitted Concept for More Efficient Support of the Arts in 2007–2013. The second
largest percentage is for the Programme for the Conservation of Architectural Heritage
(5.21%). The percentages for the other programmes out of the Ministry’s total expenditures are
substantially lower (Programme for the Regeneration of Urban Conservation Areas and Urban
Conservation Zones 2.54%, Integrated System for the Conservation of Movable Cultural Heritage
1.78%, the others receive less than one percent).
The Ministry of Culture disagrees, as each year it submits its requirements within the framework
of the standard budget procedure for increasing expenditures in the budget chapter of
the Ministry of Culture, especially targeted expenditures on programmes and programme areas.
Nevertheless it has not been possible to achieve an increase from the previous year in the target
figure for chapter expenditures. Owing to the relative reduction of the target figure and given
the necessity of first covering mandatory expenditures, the expenditures on programmes and
programme areas are decreasing.
When drawing up the budget for the next budget year the MC must first secure resources
for so-called mandatory expenditures:
• The personnel costs of the governmental organisations under the Ministry of Culture,
authorities, churches, and religious organisations
• Expenditures on research and development
• Material expenses of the governmental organisations under the Ministry of Culture, authorities,
churches, and religious organisations, and the maintenance of the property of
churches and religious organisations
• Expenditures on asset renewal – ISPROFIN programme financing
These expenditures represent a substantial portion of the Ministry’s budget. The percentage
these expenditures constitute in relation to total expenditures is growing; for example, in
the approved budget for 2003 they comprised 65.67% of the total budget, and in the approved
budget for 2006 the figure is 80.40%. This means that expenditures on programme areas represent
a decreasing percentage of the Ministry’s total expenditures; for example, these expenditures
accounted for 34.33% of the total budget and in the approved budget for 2006 the figure is
19.60%. Owing to the continuous decrease in the target figure, other documents approved by
the Government are unfortunately not being successfully fulfilled, such as the Concept of the
Development of Libraries in the Czech Republic for 2004–2010, the Concept for More Effective
Conservation of Traditional Folk Culture, or the Programmes of State Support for Professional
Theatres and Professional Symphony Orchestras and Choirs, and Support for the Acquisition
Work of Museums and Galleries, set up by the Ministry of Culture for the years 2004–2008.
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