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{{Infobox
|name          = Ministry of Culture
|localname     = Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije (MK)
|logo          = Ministry of Culture (logo) eng.svg
|street        = Maistrova 10
|map = http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lon=14.51744&lat=46.05607&zoom=16&layer=mapnik
|town          = SI-1000 Ljubljana
|telephone     = 386 (0) 1 369 5900
|fax           = 386 (0) 1 369 5901
|email         = gp.mk@gov.si
|website       = https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrstva/ministrstvo-za-kulturo/
|contacts = {{contact
|name          = Vasko Simoniti
|role          = Minister
|telephone     = 386 (0) 1 300 5806
  }}
{{contact
|name          = Ignacija Fridl Jarc
|role          = State secretary
|telephone     = 386 (0) 1 369 5858
  }}

|official hours = 9am-12am Mon and Fri, 9am-12am and 2pm-4pm Wed
|accounts=
http://www.facebook.com/ministrstvozakulturo
http://twitter.com/mk_gov_si
}}


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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 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&ndash;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&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.

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 Affairs.

In 2011 the Ministry of Culture and the [[Department for Public Diplomacy and International Cooperation in Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs|Ministry of Foreign 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==
Directorates, departments and services
* [[Creativity Directorate, Ministry of Culture|Creativity Directorate]]
** [[Arts Division, Ministry of Culture|Sector for Arts]]
***[[Section for Intermedia Arts, Ministry of Culture|Section for Intermedia Arts]]
***[[Section for Music, Ministry of Culture|Section for Music]]
***[[Section for Performing Arts, Ministry of Culture|Section for Performing Arts]]
***[[Section for Visual Arts, Architecture and Design, Ministry of Culture|Section for Visual Arts, Architecture and Design]]
**[[Division for Status, Ministry of Culture|Division for Status]]
**[[Statistics and Analysis Division, Ministry of Culture|Statistics and Analysis Division]]
* [[Cultural Heritage Directorate, Ministry of Culture|Cultural Heritage Directorate]]
** [[Museums, Archives and Libraries Sector, Ministry of Culture|Museums, Archives and Libraries Sector]]
** [[Heritage Information and Documentation Centre, Ministry of Culture|Heritage Information and Documentation Centre (INDOK Centre)]]
* [[Media Directorate, Ministry of Culture|Media Directorate]]
* [[European Affairs and International Cooperation Service, Ministry of Culture|European Affairs and International Cooperation Service]]
* [[Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Service, Ministry of Culture|Cultural Diversity and Human Rights Service]]
* [[Slovenian Language Service, Ministry of Culture|Slovenian Language Service]]
* [[Office for Religious Communities, Ministry of Culture]]
   
Bodies under the Ministry
* [[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 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==
* [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]


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