CULTURAL POLICY IN

SERBIA AND POTENTIALS

FOR DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

CENTER FOR STUDY IN CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT REPUBLIC OF SERBIABOGDANA OPACIC

CAPACITIES Infrastructural base

Around 550 cultural institutions Distribution of municipalities diffusion of cultural institutions Most of cultural institutions are multifuncional Around 7.500 employees in cultural sector Over 2.000 cultural civil society organizations Over 850 cultural events and festivals 2.422 categorized cultural properties of immovable heritage –

200 of great importance, 5 under UNESCO protection

Great opportunities for cultural cooperation and exchange

common cultural space with countries in the Region, four countries with nearly the same language and history,

great number of national communities /minorities

CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN SERBIA ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL STATUS OF

INSTITUTIONS

4,7% 3,4%

91,9%

founded by the state / state funding

founded by the Province of Vojvod-ina / province funding

founded by cities and minicipali-ties / local (city) funding

• around 550 cultural institutions in 167 municipalities and cities in Serbia

CULTURAL INFRASTRUKTURE IN SERBIA ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES

31,7%

28,1%13,3%

3,6% 5,4% 2,4% 6,8% 8,6%

multifunctional cultural centers

libraries

museums

galeries

archives

institutes for cultural heritage preservation

theatres

other (folklore groups, foundations, legacies...)

IDENTIFIED DIFFICULTIES / CHALLENGES FOR CULTURAL POLICY

Funding Average share for culture in budgets of

cities/municipalities 6%

Budget for cul-ture

Novi Sad – 35,7 Niš - 20 Beograd – 19,5 Kragujevac – 17,5Pančevo – 16,81 euros

0%5%

10%15%20%25%30%35%

19.8%30.5%

18.3%13.7%

9.2% 6.9%1.5%

IDENTIFIED DIFFICULTIES / CHALLENGES FOR CULTURAL POLICY

Poor equipment, inadequate conditions in facilities, insufficient expertize and capacities of emploeeys

Lack of planning and investment priorities determination

Cultural institutions provide the smallest share for their activities – the largest share comes from the founder

Poor developed competition practice and mechanism – good practice example – the city of Pančevo

Lack of program funding Programs have the smallest share in

funding – the largest share spents for wages and sallaries

Undeveloped practice of evaluation of employees’ work

Deficiency of education and professional trainings for employees

Deficiency of personnel and experience exchange programs

Funding Employees

Long-term thinking

Lack of state cultural development strategy – 4 laws

Deficiency of local cultural development strategies (in cities and municipalities)

Lack of development strategies of cultural institutions

Deficiency of long-term thinking and acting in a field of culture

and cultural policy!

IDENTIFIED DIFFICULTIES / CHALLENGES FOR CULTURAL POLICY

Lack of knowledge for projects writing and application procedure

Lack of interest and motivation of employees in cultural institutions

Visitors and promotion Projects Lack of continuity in surveys

and researches of citizens’/visitors’ cultural habits and needs

Lack of openness towards visitors

Poor informing of visitors (through media, info points, tourist signalization)

IDENTIFIED DIFFICULTIES / CHALLENGES FOR CULTURAL POLICY

Inter-institutional)

Intersectoral (with education and tourism sector)

Intersectoral (with private and civil society actors)

International (particularly cross-border)

often limited to program exchange and technology and space outsourcing

good practice examples: project Šabac – City of knowledge (2010), Pančevo (2014); project Tesla Ways (2012), Justiniana Prima archeological site tourism development (2014)

Cluster of cultural routes; Museum of Nikola Tesla and hotel Square Nine; Pančevo

Council of Ministers of South East Europe (2004) – nominations of Medieval Tombstones – Stecak for the UNESCO World Heritage List, Regional development strategy for South East Europe SEE2020 (2014); Museum of Vojvodina and cultural institutions in Romania (2010); The cultural route of the Roman emperors; IPA projects – Poles of cultures, Rock and River;Dunav – Kriš – Moriš – Tisa; (mutual) visitations, coproduction

Cooperation

POTENTIALS FOR REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

GREATEST POTENTIAL – common cultural space, tradition, history, language, numbers of national minorities

(Poles of cultures)

POSSIBILITIES: Membership in international organizations – UNESCO Convention

for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005, Regional Cooperation Council for South East Europe – regional development strategy SEE2020, Council of Ministers of South East Europe

Development of creative industries – audiovisual field, publishing and translation industry (coproduction, exchange)

Protection and revitalization of cultural heritage– Council of Ministers of South East Europe – Belgrade declaration (2011.)

Development of cultural tourism – creation of new cultural routes; reactivation, promotion and improvement of the existing routes (The Cultural Route of the Roman Emperors, Tesla Ways, network of secession cities, cultural route of mining...)

Promotion of multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue - Wealth of Diversity project

RESULTS Education and professional training of the

employees in cultural institutions Finding new ways of funding of cultural

institutions and cultural programs, as well as models of employees’ rewarding and satisfaction

Cooperation in conceiving, applying for international funds support and implementing projects (Creative Europe, IPA funds)

Cultural exchange (of programs and ideas) Surveys about cultural habits and needs of the

population in the Region Creation and realization of joint programs Coproduction Creation of cultural identity of cities, regions and

the whole Region Making regional calendar of cultural events Long-term thinking and acting in a field of

culture – conceiving and implementing of strategic documents of cultural institutions, cities and regions

Culture Without Borders!

ULTIMATE GOALS – CITIZENS BENEFITS

Raising new generations of visitors and culture devotees, as well as culture creators

Promotion of non-violence and culture of piece Development of sense of belonging to local

community, as well as community of the Region Affirmation of tolerance in everyday life Depoliticization Equality Better quality of life Decrease of unemployment Economic development of the countries in the

Region Fair competition

THANK YOU!