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

– Make better use of artistic potential for providing cultural services and for
presenting art within the existing network of theatres, opera houses, museums,
galleries, libraries, movie theatres, cultural centres, recreational facilities for children
and young people, and other cultural organisations throughout the Czech Republic.
– Reinforce and enhance the current infrastructure, increase the capacity of nongovernmental
organisations and render them capable of flexibly, openly, and rapidly
responding to current trends and expressions in art in the Czech Reublic and abroad.
– Employ new extra-budgetary resources in support of the arts, such as lotteries or
the use of a portion of the income from copyright fees, particularly for use in highlighting
contemporary art by young artists.
– Strengthen the position of the arts and culture as an important sector of the economy,
taking into account its contribution to GDP, regional development, and employment.
– Support projects that generate knowledge, opportunities for self-improvement
and education, and quality ways in which to spend one’s leisure time.
– Cultivate ethical values in harmony with European cultural traditions. 20
– Involve individual projects more in structural and regional development.
– Increase productivity and competitiveness within the EU, with a view to the opportunities
for developing so-called cultural industry 21
– Use the development of the economy and especially of industry to the application and
spread of cultural values, for example, product design, architecture, marketing, etc.
– Recognise architecture as one of the basic components of the cultural environment,
acknowledge modern architecture as a part of our cultural heritage, strengthen the
public’s relationship to architecture.
– Place greater emphasis on the presentation of the art in public spaces or in unorthodox
places and spaces, with the aim of involving the public in a public dialogue
about not only the arts and artistic topics but also about the function and possible
uses of public space and certain buildings and the cultivation of urban spaces.
Threats
– Implement the financial mechanisms used in the European economic area and in
Norway, where cultural heritage is one of the country’s priorities for the 2005–2009
programme period.
– Determine and duly implement indirect financial and non-financial tools of support
for the arts that contribute to the sustainability of existing organisations and to the development
of new ones.
– Continued underestimation of the economic significance of the arts and culture
in general as a developmental factor, the under-appreciation of the importance of
investment in this sphere, and the under-appreciation of the significance of so-called
cultural industries and the need for their development. 22
– The erroneous perception of the arts and culture as unproductive sectors, and
not as a factor in the development of human potential 23 and economic development.
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– Inadequate attention paid to the accessibility of arts of various forms and content
and cultural services in general is harmful to the development of the arts, social
ties, and potential economic sectors – tourism, and cultural and creative industry.
– A limited ability to compete in the newly expanded international artistic market depreciates
the value of cultural heritage, investment commodities in the form of artistic
works, and the value of copyright.
– Artistic expression at a high international level can be rendered inaccessible
as a result of a lack of financial resources and the limited capacity of cultural institutions.
– The inadequate standing of the arts and culture in the political agenda results
in the marginalisation of the arts and culture and ultimately to the erosion of this
sphere.
– The Czech Republic can come to occupy a provincialised position in the EU
owing to limited international cooperation and the inability to participate in a sovereign
and autonomous manner in international art projects.
– Make better use of historical and industrial buildings for presenting the arts –
musical and theatrical productions, exhibition projects.
– Draw more funds from the EU community programmes (the Culture Programme, the
MEDIA Programme, and a new programme, MEDA, for local and regional cultural activities).
20 Ibid.
21 Ibid.
– Obtain financial resources from the EU Structural Funds for the 2007–2013 programme
period.
22 The Economic Growth Strategy (Resolution No. 984 of the Government of the Czech Republic dated 20 th
July 2005).
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid.
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