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The Ministry of Culture is responsible for regulating those matters in the sphere of culture which are in the public interest. These include: involvement in the coordinated cultural development of Slovenia; protection of the cultural heritage; ensuring the plurality of the media landscape; providing suitable conditions for the creation; communication and accessibility of cultural assets; guaranteeing the special cultural rights of minorities; international cooperation in the sphere of culture; and the promotion of culture at home and abroad.

Ministry of Culture, 2009

Background

The Ministry of Culture was founded in June 1991 on the basis of the Organisation and Competence of the Republic Administration Act. Under this Act, the existing Republic Secretariat for Culture continued its work as the Ministry of Culture and took over its functions and staff. The existing Republic Secretary for Culture became the Minister for Culture. After Slovenia's proclamation of independence, the Republic of Slovenia gained its first Minister for Culture on 28 June 1991, the day the Act entered into force.

Tasks

It is the task of the ministry to provide suitable opportunities for cultural creation and the protection of the cultural heritage. To this end, the Ministry works on the basis of the three main principles of cultural policy: quality, accessibility, and diversity. Undoubtedly the first task of the Ministry is to provide suitable opportunities for top-level creativity in cultural spheres. Equally important is the guaranteeing of the greatest possible accessibility of cultural assets, since the right to culture ranks among fundamental human rights. Closely connected to these two principles is the attention that the Ministry of Culture devotes to cultural diversity. Additionally, the Ministry protects the right to freedom of expression in the media and ensures the media pluralism.

On the state level, the Ministry of Culture is responsible for the distribution of the majority of public funds for culture (circa 90%). Total public cultural expenditure in 2015 (state and local funds) amounted to approximately 275 million EUR and corresponded to 0,7 % of the GDP.

The Resolution on the National Programme for Culture for the period 2020–2027, a key document that periodically updates the cultural policy and sets goals and priorities, is being drafted by the Ministry of Culture.

Funding

Where funding of public institutions is concerned, there are special calls for archive institutions and libraries, for movable cultural heritage institutions (mostly museums), for unmovable cultural heritage projects (investments in infrastructure) and for audio-visual programmes. All public state cultural institutions are required to present their following year's programmes to the Ministry of Culture, which then decides on their annual subsidy according to the annual budget.

For non-governmental organisations, the Ministry announces (usually in Autumn) a call for public cultural programmes and projects. From amongst applicants in various disciplines 27 cultural programme organisers and producers were selected to sign 4-year contracts for the period 2018–2021, most of them professional support organisations or the producers running a venue or festival platforms (8 performing arts, 8 music, 7 visual arts, 4 new media art). In addition there is a bid for the 4-year cultural projects and an annual bid for artistic projects in all art disciplines, which is open also to smaller organisations and individual artists.

Every year there is also a special call for cultural activities by the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities, the Romany community and other ethnic minority groups and immigrants in the Republic of Slovenia.

Funding related to literature and publishing has been performed by the Slovenian Book Agency, while the national cultural programme in the sphere of film is implemented by the Slovenian Film Centre.

The ministry supports a few specialised digital web platforms: next to Culture.si also Sigledal.org - Slovene theatre portal and Sigic.si - information on Slovene music, the National Aggregator for Europeana managed by the National and University Library which runs the DLib.si - Digital Library of Slovenia.

International cooperation

International projects and festivals are supported through the programme and project public calls for producers. A special calls are open for the organisers/curators of the Venice Biennale of Visual Arts and the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

There are further special public calls related to international co-operation administered by the European Affairs and International Cooperation Service. One is open on annual basis to creators to bid for short-term residency in apartments owned by the Ministry in New York City, Berlin, London and since 2011 also in Vienna. Multi-annual calls determine the operators of the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia and the international cooperation portal Culture.si.

In 2011 a new financial mechanism: a special cultural fund to support cultural projects or events co-organised by Slovene embassies and consulates round the world was launched by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

In 2011 the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs established the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Vienna. In June 2016 the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin was set up. Both are located at the Slovenian Embassies.

Membership in international organisations

The Ministry of Culture collaborates on a regular basis with the Council of Europe and other European bodies (Attaché for Culture and Audiovisual affairs at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union). Slovenia is a member of European Audiovisual Observatory.

The ministry has its representative in the Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO and contributes into the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). It has cooperated also with the European Cultural Foundation and the Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF).

The Ministry is a permanent guest of the EUNIC Slovenia network of the European Union National Institutes for Culture in Slovenia, and the member of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA).

Ministry of Culture supports participation of Slovene young talents in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO).

External links

Gallery

Ministry of Culture, 2009

The touring exhibition The History of Europe – told by its theatres was presented by theatre institutes/museums in Warsaw, Copenhagen, Vienna, Munich, and London. In Ljubljana it was set in the entrance hall of the Ministry of Culture in 2016.

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+The [[Ministry of Culture]] is responsible for regulating those matters in the sphere of culture which are in the public interest. These include: involvement in the coordinated cultural development of Slovenia; protection of the cultural heritage; ensuring the plurality of the media landscape; providing suitable conditions for the creation; communication and accessibility of cultural assets; guaranteeing the special cultural rights of minorities; international cooperation in the sphere of culture; and the promotion of culture at home and abroad.
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+==Background==
+The [[Ministry of Culture]] was founded in June [[Established::1991]] on the basis of the Organisation and Competence of the Republic Administration Act. Under this Act, the existing Republic Secretariat for Culture continued its work as the Ministry of Culture and took over its functions and staff. The existing Republic Secretary for Culture became the Minister for Culture. After Slovenia's proclamation of independence, the Republic of Slovenia gained its first Minister for Culture on 28 June 1991, the day the Act entered into force.
 ==Tasks==
-It is the task of the Ministry of Culture to provide suitable opportunities for cultural creation and protection of the cultural heritage. To this end, the Ministry works on the basis of the three main principles of cultural policy: quality, accessibility and diversity. Undoubtedly the first task of the Ministry is to provide suitable opportunities for top-level creativity in cultural spheres. Equally important is the guaranteeing of the greatest possible accessibility of cultural assets, since the right to culture ranks among fundamental human rights. Closely connected to these two principles is the attention that the Ministry of Culture devotes to cultural diversity. Additionally, the Ministry protects the right to freedom of expression in the media. It provides the possibility of presentation in the media to a broad spectrum of opinions, information and interests, which go beyond the borders of artistic and cultural creation. The most influential communicators of artistic, social and political values today are audio-visual media. For this reason the Ministry of Culture is also involved in the production, screening and distribution of films which narrate Slovene and European stories.
+It is the task of the ministry to provide suitable opportunities for cultural creation and the protection of the cultural heritage. To this end, the Ministry works on the basis of the three main principles of cultural policy: quality, accessibility, and diversity. Undoubtedly the first task of the Ministry is to provide suitable opportunities for top-level creativity in cultural spheres. Equally important is the guaranteeing of the greatest possible accessibility of cultural assets, since the right to culture ranks among fundamental human rights. Closely connected to these two principles is the attention that the Ministry of Culture devotes to cultural diversity. Additionally, the Ministry protects the right to freedom of expression in the media and ensures the media pluralism.
+On the state level, the Ministry of Culture is responsible for the distribution of the majority of public funds for culture (circa 90%). Total public cultural expenditure in 2015 (state and local funds) amounted to approximately 275 million EUR and corresponded to 0,7 % of the GDP.
-==Background==
+The Resolution on the National Programme for Culture for the period 2020&ndash;2027, a key document that periodically updates the cultural policy and sets goals and priorities, is being drafted by the Ministry of Culture.
-The [[Ministry of Culture]] was founded in June [[Established::1991]] on the basis of the Organisation and Competence of the Republic Administration Act. Under this Act, the existing Republic Secretariat for Culture continued its work as the Ministry of Culture and took over its functions and staff. The existing Republic Secretary for Culture became the Minister for Culture. After the proclamation of independence, the Republic of Slovenia gained its first Minister for Culture on 28 June 1991, the day the Act entered into force.
 ==Funding==
-Where funding of public institutions is concerned, there are special calls for archive institutions and libraries (and for the purchase of new books), for movable cultural heritage institutions (mostly museums), for unmovable cultural heritage projects (investments in infrastructure) and for audio-visual programmes. All public state cultural institutions are required to present their following year’s programmes to the Ministry of Culture, which will then decide on their annual subsidy according to the annual budget.
+Where funding of public institutions is concerned, there are special calls for archive institutions and libraries, for movable cultural heritage institutions (mostly museums), for unmovable cultural heritage projects (investments in infrastructure) and for audio-visual programmes. All public state cultural institutions are required to present their following year's programmes to the Ministry of Culture, which then decides on their annual subsidy according to the annual budget.
-For non-governmental organisations, the Ministry announces (usually in Autumn) a call for public cultural programmes and projects. The call for public cultural programmes between 2007 and 2009 was announced in November 2006. Subsequently 59 programmers/producers/festival organisers were selected from amongst applicants in various disciplines to sign three-year contracts. In addition to the cultural programmes competition, there is also an annual grant competition for cultural and artistic projects in all art disciplines.
+For non-governmental organisations, the Ministry announces (usually in Autumn) a call for public cultural programmes and projects. From amongst applicants in various disciplines 27 cultural programme organisers and producers were selected to sign 4-year contracts for the period 2018&ndash;2021, most of them professional support organisations or the producers running a venue or festival platforms (8 performing arts, 8 music, 7 visual arts, 4 new media art). In addition there is a bid for the 4-year cultural projects and an annual bid for artistic projects in all art disciplines, which is open also to smaller organisations and individual artists.
-There are also some additional special public calls, for creators to bid for residency of apartments owned by the Ministry in New York, Berlin and London, for the operator of the EU [[Cultural Contact Point Slovenia]] and [[mediadesk.si]], for bookstore cultural projects, for the ‘one original Slovene illustrated book for each new-born’ project, and for the organisers/curators of the Venice Biennale and Venice Architectural Biennial, for the multi-media regional centres and for vocational training organised by NGOs. Every year too there is a special call for cultural activities by the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities, the Romany community and other ethnic minority groups and immigrants in the Republic of Slovenia.
+Every year there is also a special call for cultural activities by the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities, the Romany community and other ethnic minority groups and immigrants in the Republic of Slovenia.
+Funding related to literature and publishing has been performed by the [[Slovenian Book Agency]], while the national cultural programme in the sphere of film is implemented by the [[Slovenian Film Centre]].
+The ministry supports a few specialised digital web platforms: next to [[Culture.si]] also [[Sigledal.org - Slovene theatre portal]] and [[Sigic.si - information on Slovene music]], the National Aggregator for Europeana managed by the [[National and University Library]] which runs the [[DLib.si - Digital Library of Slovenia]].
+== International cooperation ==
+International projects and festivals are supported through the programme and project public calls for producers. A special calls are open for the organisers/curators of the Venice Biennale of Visual Arts and the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
+There are further special public calls related to international co-operation administered by the [[European Affairs and International Cooperation Service, Ministry of Culture|European Affairs and International Cooperation Service]]. One is open on annual basis to creators to bid for short-term residency in apartments owned by the Ministry in [[Slovene Arts & Culture Residency, New York|New York City]], [[Slovene Arts & Culture Residency, Berlin|Berlin]], [[Slovene Arts & Culture Residency, London|London]] and since 2011 also in [[Slovene Arts & Culture Residency, Vienna|Vienna]]. Multi-annual calls determine the operators of the [[Creative Europe Desk Slovenia]] and the international cooperation portal [[Culture.si]].
+In 2011 a new financial mechanism: a special cultural fund to support cultural projects or events co-organised by [[:Category:Slovene embassies and consulates|Slovene embassies and consulates round the world]] was launched by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
+In 2011 the Ministry of Culture and the [[Department for Public Diplomacy and International Cooperation in Culture, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs|Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs]] established the [[Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna|Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Vienna]]. In June 2016 the [[Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin]] was set up. Both are located at the Slovenian Embassies.
+=== Membership in international organisations ===
+The Ministry of Culture collaborates on a regular basis with the Council of Europe and other European bodies (Attaché for Culture and Audiovisual affairs at the [[Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union]]). Slovenia is a member of European Audiovisual Observatory.
+The ministry has its representative in the [[Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO]] and contributes into the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). It has cooperated also with the European Cultural Foundation and the [[Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF)]].
+The Ministry is a permanent guest of the [[EUNIC Slovenia]] network of the European Union National Institutes for Culture in Slovenia, and the member of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA).
+Ministry of Culture supports participation of Slovene young talents in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO).
 ==See also==
-* National Councils
+Directorates, departments and services
-** [[National Council for Culture]]
+* [[Creativity Directorate, Ministry of Culture|Creativity Directorate]]
-** [[National Council for Library Services]]
+** [[Arts Division, Ministry of Culture|Sector for Arts]]
-* Directorates and sectors
+***[[Section for Intermedia Arts, Ministry of Culture|Section for Intermedia Arts]]
-** [[Directorate for Arts, Ministry of Culture|Directorate for Arts]]
+***[[Section for Music, Ministry of Culture|Section for Music]]
-*** [[Sector for the Book and Libraries, Ministry of Culture|Sector for the Book and Libraries]]
+***[[Section for Performing Arts, Ministry of Culture|Section for Performing Arts]]
-** [[Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture|Directorate for Cultural Heritage]]
+***[[Section for Visual Arts, Architecture and Design, Ministry of Culture|Section for Visual Arts, Architecture and Design]]
-*** [[INDOK Cultural Heritage Centre, Ministry of Culture|INDOK Centre]]
+**[[Division for Status, Ministry of Culture|Division for Status]]
-** [[Directorate for Media, Ministry of Culture|Directorate for Media]]
+**[[Statistics and Analysis Division, Ministry of Culture|Statistics and Analysis Division]]
-** [[Directorate for Cultural Development and International Affairs, Ministry of Culture|Directorate for Cultural Development and International Affairs]]
+* [[Cultural Heritage Directorate, Ministry of Culture|Cultural Heritage Directorate]]
-*** [[Sector for Analyses, Strategies and Cultural System, Ministry of Culture|Sector for Analyses, Strategies and Cultural System]]
+** [[Museums, Archives and Libraries Sector, Ministry of Culture|Museums, Archives and Libraries Sector]]
-*** [[Sector for the Slovene Language, Ministry of Culture|Sector for the Slovene Language]]
+** [[Heritage Information and Documentation Centre, Ministry of Culture|Heritage Information and Documentation Centre (INDOK Centre)]]
-*** [[Sector for Minority Cultural Rights, Ministry of Culture|Sector for Minority Cultural Rights]]
+* [[Media Directorate, Ministry of Culture|Media Directorate]]
-*** [[Sector for European Affairs and International Co-operation, Ministry of Culture|Sector for European Affairs and International Co-operation]]
+* [[European Affairs and International Cooperation Service, Ministry of Culture|European Affairs and International Cooperation Service]]
-* Bodies under the Ministry
+* [[Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Service, Ministry of Culture|Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Service]]
-** [[Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (ARS)]]
+* [[Slovenian Language Service, Ministry of Culture|Slovenian Language Service]]
-** [[Culture and Media Inspectorate, Ministry of Culture|Culture and Media Inspectorate]]
+* [[Office for Religious Communities, Ministry of Culture]]
-* Funds
-** [[Prešeren Foundation]]
+Bodies under the Ministry
-* [[Government - national cultural institutions]]
+* [[Archives of the Republic of Slovenia]]
+* [[Culture and Media Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia]]
+Funds
+* [[Prešeren Foundation]]
+National Councils
+* [[National Council for Culture]]
+* [[National Council for Library Services]]
+Other ministries
+* [[Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs]]
+* [[Ministry of Education, Science and Sport]]
+Projects
+* [[:Category:European Capital of Culture 2025 in Slovenia]]
+*[[Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.mk.gov.si/en/ Ministry of Culture website]
+* [https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-culture/about-us/ Ministry of Culture presentation on the Gov.si portal]
+* [https://www.gov.si/en/policies/culture/ Culture policies on the Gov.si portal]
+*[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Zakonodaja/2013/Smernice_za_zajem_dolgotrajno_ohranjanje_in_dostop_do_kulturne_dediscine_v_digitalni_obliki.pdf Guidelines for long-term preservation and access to cultural heritage in digital form, 013] (pdf, in Slovenian)
+*[http://www.uil-sipo.si/fileadmin/upload_folder/prispevki-mnenja/Studija_ASP-BDP-SI_WIPO.pdf ''Survey the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries in Slovenia'', 2010] (pdf, in Slovenian)
+* [https://ifacca.org/en/places/europe/slovenia IFACCA website, MoC as a member]
+{{Gallery}}
+[[Category:Ministries]]
 [[Category:Funding]]
 [[Category:National funding]]
-[[Category:Support services]]
+[[Category:European Capital of Culture 2025 in Slovenia]]
+[[Category:Funding,_professional_and_support_services]]

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