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Cultural initiative in Italy is characterized by the plurality of bodies involved. The management of cultural affairs is accomplished through an interlaced system of administrative bodies, whose competences are dispersed among several sectors and administrative levels. The administrative model divides the country into twenty regions, 92 provinces, and some 8,000 municipalities distinguished not only by social and economic conditions but above all by their cultural backgrounds. Cultural events and projects of all kinds are often supervised by several bodies at different levels, including organizations under the control of the private sector.

For a long time, activities related to the protection and restoration of the nation's extremely rich cultural heritage have held the pride of place among the various cultural initiatives carried out and/or supported by the Italian state.

The favored position of restoration and protection of the nation's cultural heritage is quaranteed by the Italian Constitution, whose Article 9 declares that "the Republic shall promote the development of culture and scientific research; it shall care for the nation's historic and artistic heritage." Cultural matters are mentioned in the Constitution once again in Articles 117 and 118. The former article establishes the competence of the local and regional authorities over museums and libraries, while the latter provides for the possibility of establishing lower-level controls over other specific fields through the introduction of the appropriate legislation.

Broadening the constitutional standards, the statutes of the regions generally envisage a more direct intervention in the cultural field, based on a more dynamic concept of cultural life. A typical example of this broader and more liberal approach is the formulation found in the statute of Lombardy, where the Region "favors the development of culture in all its free manifestations." Such definitions imply greater local government influence in the cultural field, a tendency which is confirmed also by Decree 616 of 1977.

Attempts to redefine the traditional concept of the strategy of cultural development started in the late 1960s, when the first studies were made aimed at analyzing and redirecting the public spending in the cultural domain (carried out by ISPE -- Istituto di Studi per la Programmazione Economica) as part of the preparatory work for the National Economic Development Plan 1970-1975. The Seventies were marked by massive campaigns in favor of 'democratizing' cultural life, followed by a generous increase of funding. Since the second half of the Eighties, Italy's huge budget deficit on the one hand and active interest in sponsorship for heritage protection and promotion of culture on the other have resulted in a shift away from the traditional state-controlled cultural life and towards a system of more flexible projects with mixed public and private participation.

Support for the so-called "educational and cultural promotion activities" is emerging as a new tendency in the Italian cultural policy. The "promotion" connotes all the initiatives whose purpose is to encourage the creative expression of the people, their participation in and interaction with the manifestations of official culture, the organization of cultural events with massive participation, etc. To counterbalance the overwhelming preponderance of patrimony-oriented activities, recent funding for cultural promotion has in some regions even exceeded the amounts spent on the care for cultural heritage.

The administration's responsibilities concerning the cultural policy are divided both horizontally and vertically. On the central government level, the competences for actions related to the cultural field are distributed among several ministries. The actions of the central government are also constantly tempered by the lower-level authorities embedded within the Italian "regionalist" administrative system, which provides for an ever-present competition between centralist tendencies and local needs and ambitions.

In the absence of a ministry of culture as such, the responsibility for this field is distributed among the following Italian ministries and other bodies:

Italy's general constitutional framework (Constitution of 1948, Articles 5 and 114) provide for a distribution of power and authority in public administration on four organizational levels:

What results from the described model is a polarity between, on one side, the central administration, which lays general quidelines and at the same time holds the most significant share of the funds, and, on the other side, the lower-level bodies which are supposed to carry out specific actions to achieve the defined objectives; but they try to do this in a independent way. The present trend that favors the integration of the technological and scientific infrastructure, cultural communication and opening of possibilities for efficient global actions within the whole of the national culture, is obviously opposed to excessive atomization of the cultural space.

Interventions by several national coordinating bodies seek to neutralize the negative effects of administrative fragmentation, while keeping open the possibility of expression of local interests. Apart from the existing bodies for general purposes, such as the Union of Italian Provinces and the Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani, which partly intervene also in the cultural field, a separate body fully dedicated to cultural coordination, the Inter-regional Co-ordinating Committee for Culture, was established in 1971.

To cater for regional diversities, different organizational and legislative models are applied in different parts of the country, resulting in a proliferation of regional special laws, committees, councils, and institutions trying to meet the needs of specific areas. Actually, the regions are inclined to enforce of their authority by establishing new laws concerning such essential questions as the collaboration of the public and private sectors, or defining their own "cultural systems."

There are also other organizational models, institutions and initiatives dealing with the cultural field, such as the traditionally renowned Academies, private universities, research and coordination Centers, for instance, CIDIM (Italian Center for Musical Initiative), the CINI Foundation dedicated to the organization of exhibitions, congresses and advanced training, etc. Several of these institutions are in private hands.

The intricacies of cultural development in Italy have given rise to the specific phenomenon of "cultural observatories." These institutions, acting as mediators between various state bodies and other groups dealing with cultural planning and the general public usually perform dual functions:

research/study and documentation Centers. Apart from the A. Gemelli Institute in Milan, most of the observatories are locally based and supported by the regions, provinces and municipalities. The high expenses that these observatories entail explain the collapse of many of them at the time of financial constraints for the local powers. The most effective and active of these structures is the Osservatorio Culturale Regionale Lombardo. The most recently established one is the Osservatorio Culturale della Regione Piemonte, created in 1992.
The mission of the cultural observatories in acquiring and interpreting information could be specified as follows:

tracking public sector spending and establishing methodological prerequisites for its analysis (which includes the development of a set of credible indicators);

following and analyzing the effectiveness of administrative decisions on different levels;

generating and publishing synthetic reports and critical evaluations of the effects of cultural policies for their respective areas;

identifying the current state and evolution of tendencies in cultural supply and demand;

establishing data banks on cultural development and combining collected data and know-how into knowledge bases; offering the services of information systems to both legislators and the general public;

organizing training programs for operators in the cultural field.

The process of reshaping the distribution of funds for culture, currently under way in Italy, is proceeding in two main directions:

1. the restructuring of funding, meaning that a significant effort is being made to balance the development of all sectors and reduce the priority of patrimony-oriented activities;

2. the broadening of possibilities for mixed funding and participation of non-governmental sources in financing cultural initiatives, namely, by encouraging their sponsorship and establishing direct links between independent private investors and cultural production.

One would expect that the characteristic "regional" administrative organization in Italy should produce a diversity of trends within the national cultural policy. However, on the pragmatic level of the distribution of funds, one notes at once that the system has some distinctly centralistic traits, since between 50 and 60 per cent of the public money assigned to culture during the last ten years has come from the central administration. Following, in a decreasing order, are the funds provided by the communal (municipal, 25-30 per cent) and regional administrations (about 12 per cent), while the share of the provincial administrations in culture funding remains marginal (around 2.5 per cent).

Recent surveys of the distribution of public spending on culture among the administrative levels indicate a slight drop in the share pertaining to the state and some growth of local participation. But to accomplish a real decentralization of the structure of expenditure among the administrative levels, a radical revision of the tax system would be required. Instead of the present method of central (national) taxatation, some thought should be given to the possibility that local communities may control their income by imposing and collecting taxes in order to obtain the necessary funds to be used in the public sector according to specific needs as seen on the local level.

It should be kept in mind that "public spending for culture" represents only a tenth part of the total expenditure on culture in Italy, while most of the money invested in cultural programs comes from private sources (cultural consumption, advertising, sponsorship). Therefore, although the central authorities may prefer to maintain control over their share of budget, important amounts of money coming from the market enter the cultural field on the regional and, no less significantly, communal (municipal) levels.

The public financing of culture in Italy continued to grow over the last two decades from the beginning of the seventies until the late eighties, with rates increasing progressively until the mid-eighties. A calculation which takes into account the inflation rates shows that during the 1970-1976-1983 period total expenditure increased by the factor of 1-1.33-3.07.

Starting in 1988, the effect of the current cultural policy in Italy, as in other developed countries, has been to reduce state subsidies. Repeated attempts have been made to neutralize the elements of crisis by reorganizing and rationalizating the administrative bodies and their activities. While the implementation of special new laws on heritage protection had acted as a boost to the financing of culture in the preceding period, the fact that those laws were not refinanced caused most of the downturn which occurred after 1988. The decline in funding affected the performing arts sector as well as other sectors and was a reflection of the expenditure reduction policy practiced by the government after the 1989 budgetary crisis. The reduction of the total expenditure on culture was as high as 27 per cent in 1988, then 24 per cent in the following year, dropping to 9 per cent in 1990.

The fall of public funding for culture, which affects the system on both the central and the local level, implies that for purely economic reasons a considerable portion of cultural production is already forced to turn towards the market, either trying to make its offer appealing to as large an audience as possible, or tapping funds coming from alternative sources, through direct sponsorship or even investments by private corporations.

In this respect, Italy has become a model country in Europe, with considerable amounts of money flowing from private investors towards cultural projects. In the absence of pertinent statistics, one can only refer to figures quoted as estimates, according to which between 300 and 400 million US dollars is spent on culture each year by Italian corporations. The maximum corporate tax relief for donations is L 2 billion (1.3 million ECUs).

Besides its significant volume, corporate support for arts and culture in Italy is characterized by spontaneity. Sponsorship and other forms of support grew strongly in the wake of the economic boom in the eighties, when the Italian business and financial bodies became aware of the potential economic benefits that could derive from their involvement in preserving and developing various forms of national culture. The two main legal instruments designed to stimulate private initiatives are the following:

the 1982 law making tax-deductible the amounts of money spent on restoring monuments and works of art and organizing exhibitions (with no limitations on the amounts involved);

the 1985 law providing for tax deduction of donations for theatre, music, film productions, etc., originally limited to 2 per cent of the revenue, later raised to 20%.

The ambiguity of the mentioned regulations and bureaucratic inefficiency have created a situation in which the corporations wishing to gain as much effect as possible from their contributions (measured mostly through marketing and image improvement gains) decide to present their sponsorship expenses as expenses for advertising and promotion, which are fully deductible. The vagueness of the public system in the field of cultural sponsorship limits individual contributors most, and their donations are still relatively marginal.

The issue that still awaits a more precise definition is that of overall coordination of interaction between the public and the private sector. It is obvious that a more clearly defined policy in relation to sponsorship would help to avoid disproportions in financing, which now tends towards locally concentrated sponsorship in more prestigious areas (coinciding with the headquarters of large companies) or towards grouping the initiatives around more prominent and "visible" sectors.

The decentralized model of state organization in Italy is reflected in cultural legislation and the existence of parallel national and regional regulations. A coexistence of national and local legislative powers is the essence of decentralized administration.

Currently, the activities related to cultural patrimony, including both historical and contemporary production, benefit from copious legislative provisions, and there is abundant regional legislation covering museums and libraries. The fact that the field of monument protection itself continues to be governed by an outdated national pre-war law is a serious setback. The legislation focused solely on "repairing" and "restoring" historic monuments is highly inappropriate in the present conditions, when both the state and the general public are looking for solutions that would also involve the expression of cultural creativity and promotion in the protection of cultural patrimony.

The subject of copyright for fine arts, literary works and cultural information in general is covered in a comprehensive law passed in 1943.

The legislation governing the performing arts consists of two national laws dealing with music and the cinema passed in the Sixties and several regional laws. The most recent law (1985) concerns the creation of the Unified Fund for the Performing Arts.

Cultural heritage, or "beni culturali" as conceived by the Italian administration, includes architectural monuments, museums, libraries and archives (the relatively young Ministry for Cultural Heritage and the Environment has been created by combining the former General Direction of Antiquities and Fine Arts with the State Archives). The funding of this sector still represents by far the most significant single item within the total sum of money allocated for cultural initiatives. In 1987, for instance, 60.7 per cent of the state's spending on culture was assigned to heritage-related activities, compared to 12.1 per cent spent on music, 3.5 per cent on theatres, and just 2.8 per cent on libraries.

The Ministry for Cultural Heritage and the Environment channels its activities through the Central Office for Environmental Architectural, Archaeological, Artistic and Historical Assets, which is in charge of:

the conservation of heritage,

management of national museums and monuments, and supervision over local and private museums.

In its work, the Office depends on the following bodies which are attached to it:

The Central Institute for Restoration,

The Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation,

The National Institute for Graphics.

The Central Office for Archives is in charge of the management of state archives and the supervision of private archives, with its attached Center for Photoreproduction and Restoring.

The Central Office for Libraries and Cultural Institutions is responsible for:

eight national libraries including two which function as depository libraries (the Central Library of Rome and the Central Library of Florence),

some specialized libraries,

supervision over Academies and Cultural Institutes.

Other bodies attached to the Office include the following:

The Central Institute for Unified Cataloguing,

The Central Institute for Book Pathology,

The State Sound Archives.

Apart from these specialized bodies, the Ministry also relies on the services of its advisory body, the National Council for Cultural and Environmental Assets, composed of appointed members, both representatives of the regions and individual specialists, who participate in cultural development planning.

The management of national libraries is also the Ministry's responsibility, while local and private libraries depend on their regional departments for culture (see above).

There are also professional organizations active in the field, like the National Union of Writers, Union of Book Publishers, Union of Booksellers and Union of Libraries.

The promotion of contemporary art and the purchase of works of living artists is within the mandate of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, and is effected through the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art and national and international events, such as the Biennale di Venezia or the Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte.

Professionals are grouped in organizations such as the Union of Visual Artists and the Union of Modern Art Dealers.

The cultural activities of the Ministry of the Performing Arts and Tourism include the promotion of the theatre, music and cinema. The Ministry provides subsidies for cultural programs and projects, but it does not directly run any particular institutions. The Ministry supervises and finances some 250 institutions and performing groups, including major opera houses and symphony orchestras, several prominent chamber orchestras, permanent public theatres as well as non-profit cooperative theatres, touring companies, commercial theatres, and smaller orchestras, dance companies, etc.

In pursuing its task of establishing greater coordination in the field, the Ministry was engaged in drafting the new general law dealing with the performing arts which was adopted in 1985. This law views the theatre, cinema, music and dance as one interdependent whole, and four sectorial laws that followed it clearly reflected this view. As a result of this law, a Unified Fund for the Performing Arts has been set up, providing for the growing needs of this sector, which, unlike the protection of heritage, is becoming more and more dependent on public funding.

Some public agencies and festivals involved in performing arts programs also depend on the Ministry:

Ente Teatrale Italiano, national agency for the propagation of drama, in charge of 124 theatres nationwide;

Institute for Italian Drama, National Institute for Ancient Drama, promotion of drama repertory, Italian and ancient classical;

Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto).

The participation of the mass media, ensuring an adequate and extensive coverage of cultural events, is evident in most segments of Italy's cultural life. Some recent research shows that the extent of reporting on cultural events on Italian radio, TV, and especially in the newspapers is relatively high compared with some other European countries, including those with cultural policy models similar to the French model. Not only do newspapers and other media follow cultural events in their regular sections, but they also help to organize and sponsor specific cultural events of national and international significance and become directly involved in their promotion and marketing.

However, not all the sectors of culture have benefited from media involvement in the cultural field. The steadily rising influence of omnipresent television chains in Italy is a factor that is likely to change the behavior of potential consumers of traditional cultural forms. The cinema, for instance, is certainly a subsegment of the performing arts which has suffered most from the widening of TV audiences. During the Seventies, more than one quarter of the cinema-goers abandoned the practice, only to be followed by an even more dramatic drop of almost 60 per cent during the eighties. The phenomenon is to be ascribed to the liberalization of private channels in the late Seventies and the fact that there is no legal restriction concerning the amount of films shown on TV in Italy.

One part of the activities related to literary production (high-level book publishing, as defined by special laws on publishing dating from 1981 and 1987) is covered by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. A 50 per cent bonus on loans is given by credit institutions to publishers who want to issue quality editions. Consequently, periodical publications whose contents are mostly cultural are eligible for tax reliefs and subsidies. The Ministry also helps to cover the costs of acquisition or translation of selected titles through Italian cultural institutes abroad and supports the appearance of Italian publishers at national and international book festivals and Italian book exports. The acquisition of books for national libraries and those belonging to Academies and Cultural Institutes is also supported.

Additional incentives, i.e., awards and subventions for writers, publishers, libraries, and associations, are provided by the General Directorate for Information, Publishing and Literary, Artistic and Scientific Property of the Office of the Prime Minister.

While books and newspapers were initially exempted from VAT, a reduced rate of 4% was introduced in 1990, thus diminishing the strongest public incentive to publishing.

Threatened by the extremely strong presence of TV networks, the print media benefit from numerous forms of state support. The state participates in sharing the costs of newsprint for newspapers and magazines, depending on their contents. Thus, several hundred newspapers and periodical publications receive this support. Support is also available for the publication of newspapers and periodicals abroad, the work of the press agencies, modernization and financial restructuring of enterprises, operation of broadcasting enterprises, press and information services, and the production of documentation for foreign audiences.

The written media benefit from reduced postal rates. Public sector businesses are obliged to spend at least 50 per cent of their publicity budgets on press advertising.

The national movie production (all titles that comply with a set of norms and are accepted for obligatory screening) automatically receives a partial reimbursement of the exploitation costs. About 150 movies of all duration categories are awarded different national prizes. The Ministry of Tourism and the Performing Arts, through the autonomous section for cinematographic ratings of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, offers several types of "regular" and "exceptional" merit ratings for films (the latter applicable to movies with artistic and cultural merits), as well as bonuses on loan interest. A special fund is available for the expansion and development of film production. There are also subsidies for economic restructuring (for companies engaged in movie production and distribution), for film publicity, and for the production of documentaries destined for foreign audiences.

A 50 per cent VAT reduction applies to cinema tickets, while various tax reductions apply to children's and quality movies.

Recordings of quality titles of classical music and valuable collections are supported by FONIT-CENTRA, a firm linked with the national broadcasting network. The VAT for releases is reduced by 50 per cent.

Participation in cultural life

Indicators of attendance for theatre, opera and classical music performances between 1985 and 1990 show some small policy-influenced improvements (or at least non-deterioration) in audience participation, following the establishment of the Unified Performing Arts Fund ( Fondo unico per lo spettacolo). The Fund made possible the doubling of state subsidies, thus helping to slow down ticket price increases and keeping the audiences. On the other hand, the prices of tickets for popular music kept rising, thus causing a substantial crisis in this sector in the same period. In general, audience figures in the late Eighties did not match the expansion of audience participation in the 1970, when a steady rise of subsidies, combined with the general "democratization" trend, caused an unparalleled interest of the public. Rather than boosting box-office receipts, the presence of the United Performing Arts Fund actually led to an excess of supply through new productions.

The initiatives for the "democratization" of cultural life that characterized the late Seventies and early Eighties found their most successful form in large-scale cultural events organized mainly in summer time, involving combined performances of different forms of art. It was the period of prosperity for massive cultural festivals lasting several weeks and representing selected (national and international) programs. Such events, with their diversified offer tailored to satisfy a broad range of tastes, managed to attract huge audiences. By obtaining a massive response of the public, they fulfilled their task of "democratization"; at the same time, they went counter to the concept of "decentralization," since they attracted large numbers of spectators from different areas to historic city centers.

In the light of everything said here, it can be concluded that Italian society is simultaneously strengthening the position of local bodies responsible for culture and reaffirming the importance of the central rule. The former is confirmed by significant legislative innovations (regional legislation in favor of local communities that further elaborates the long-term objectives of the national cultural policy), while the latter is evident in the continued efforts to enhance national values (patrimony, central all-Italian events, etc.).

The main governmental body involved in international cultural affairs in Italy is the General Directorate for Cultural Relations attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is responsible for the coordination of Italy's cultural activities abroad and contacts with international organizations (UNESCO, ICCROM, Council of Europe).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also maintains a worldwide network of Italian Cultural Institutes, whose purpose is:

to promote Italian culture and science in various aspects by maintaining libraries, organizing exhibitions, theatre shows, concerts, promoting of cinematographic production, and lectures;

to participate in the cultural life of foreign countries by co-sponsoring international cultural events.

Both of the main ministries concerned with culture (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Environment and Ministry of Tourism and the Performing Arts) are also engaged in the exchange of various cultural programs with foreign countries.

Italy has signed bilateral agreements with 53 European and non-European countries, covering various aspects such as cultural events, establishment of cultural centers, cooperation between cultural institutions and universities, exchange of specialists, bilateral promotion of the respective languages, fellowships, exchange of publications, and co-operation in archaeological research. There are also institutions attached to the European Community based in Italy dedicated to cultural cooperation, such as the European University Institute in Florence and the Center for Advanced European Studies at Urbino.

Ministries, authorities and academies

Accademia di Belle Arti
Via di Ripetta 222, 00186 Roma

Accademia di Brera
Via Brera 28, 20121 Milano

Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica
Via V. Bellini 16, 00198 Roma

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Via della Lungara 10, 00153 Roma

Accademia Nazionale di Danza
Largo Arrigo VII 5, 00153 Roma

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Via Vittoria 6, 00187 Roma

Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani (ANCI)
Via dei Prefetti 46, 00186 Roma

Commissione Interregionale di Coordinamento per la Cultura
c/o Assessorato Cultura Regione Toscana
Via Farini 10, 50100 Firenze

Commissione Nazionale Italiana per l'UNESCO
Piazza Firenze 27, 00186 Roma

Commissione Nazionale per le Attrezzature Culturali
Piazza dei Servili 2, 00153 Roma

Ministero per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali
Via del Collegio Romano 27, 00186 Roma

Ufficio Centrale Beni Ambientali, Architettonici, Archeologici, Artistici e Storici
Via S.Michele 20, 00153 Roma

Ufficio Centrale Beni Archivistici
Via Gaeta 8/a, 00185 Roma

Ufficio Centrale Beni Librari e Istituti Culturali
Via di Villa Sacchetti 3, 00197 Roma

Ministero del Turismo dello Spettacolo
Direzione Generale degli Affari Generali, il Turismo e lo Sport
Direzione Generale dello Spettacolo
Via della Ferratella 51, 00184 Roma

Ispettorato Istruzione Artistica
Via Carcani 61, 00153 Roma

Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione
Direzione Generale degli Scambi Culturali
Via Ippolito Nievo 35, 00153 Roma

Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Direzione Generale delle Relazioni Culturali
Piazzale della Farnesina, 00194 Roma

Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
Direzione Generale delle Informazion, l'Editoria e la Propriet letteraria
Via Po 16/a, 00198 Roma

Ministero delle Poste e Telecomunicazioni
Direzione Centrale Servizi Radio Elettrici
Viale Europa 160, 00144 Roma

Ministero delle Partecipazione Statali
Via Sallustiana 53, Roma

Ministero dei Lavori Pubblici
Piazzale Porta Pia, 00198 Roma

Central cultural institutions

Biennale di Venezia
Ca' Giustinian, 30100 Venezia

CENSIS (Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali)
Piazza di Novella 2, 00199 Roma

Center International pour l'Education Artistique
Isole di San Giorgio Maggiore, 30124 Venezia

Centro Internazionale di Cultura per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli
Piazza della Vittoria 11/A/5, I-16121 Genova

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Via Tuscolana 1520, 00173 Roma

CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche)
Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, 00185 Roma

CIDIM (Centro Italiano Iniziativa Musicale)
Via V. Colonna 18, 00193 Roma

Ente Autonomo Gestione Cinema
Via Tuscolana 1055, 00173 Roma

Ente Teatrale Italiano
Via in Arcione 98, 00187 Roma

Festival dei due mondi
Piazza Duomo, Spoleto

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Via dell Arte 13, 00144 Roma

Global Media Italia SRL
Via di Ripetta 141, 00186 Roma

ISPE (Istituto di Studi per la Programmazione Economica)
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 284, 00186 Roma

Istituto Agostino Gemelli
Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20100 Milano

Istituto Nazionale Architettura (INARCH)
Via Catalona 5, 00186 Roma

Istituto Nazionale Urbanistica (INU)
Via S.Caterina di Siena 46, 00186 Roma

Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali, naturali della Regione Emilia Romagna
Via Fiorini 28, 40121 Bologna

Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte
Via Nazionale, 00184 Roma

Rai TV
Viale Mazzini 14, 00195 Roma

Associations

ANCSA (Associazione Nazionale per i Centri Storico-Artistici)
Piazza Oderisi 3
Gubbio - 06024 Perugia

Associazione Nazionale Cooperazione Culturale
Via Dalmazia 29, 00198 Roma

Fondazione Europea per la Cultura
Via di Monserrato, 152, 00186 Roma

Fondazione CINI
Isola di San Giorgio, 30100 Venezia

Società Dante Alighieri
Piazza Firenze 27, 00186 Roma

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Webster's World of Cultural Democracy
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Cultural initiative in Italy is characterized by the plurality of bodies involved. The management of cultural affairs is accomplished through an interlaced system of administrative bodies, whose competences are dispersed among several sectors and administrative levels.

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Irish Cultural Policy (draft) Culture 2025

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Irish Cultural Policy (draft) Culture 2025

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The Department of Premier and Cabinet will lead this important work and support agencies to develop and implement the multicultural access and equity framework. This will ensure a continued focus on culturally responsive service delivery and on implementation of the multicultural principles.

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Policy of Cultural Affairs in Japan - 2017

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Policy of Cultural Affairs in Japan - 2017

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2015 to 2020 government policy: museums and galleries (the UK)

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2015 to 2020 government policy: museums and galleries (the UK)

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 City of Openness, Imagination and OriginatorsA Strategy for Bristol Culture

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 City of Openness, Imagination and OriginatorsA Strategy for Bristol Culture

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Cultural Policy in New Zealand | Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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The following guide to New Zealand's cultural policies and agencies has been prepared by the Ministry as a contribution to a database for the Asia/Pacific region. This project was part of Culturelink, a "network of networks" sponsored by UNESCO and the Council of Europe to exchange information and promote joint research in cultural policy.

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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Cultural Policy

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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Cultural Policy

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Creating Value - An Arts and Culture Sector Policy Framework (Western Australia)

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Creating Value - An Arts and Culture Sector Policy Framework (Western Australia)

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Renaissance city plan

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Arts and Culture Policy of Southern Downs Regional Council

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Arts and Culture Policy of Southern Downs Regional Council

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Public Arts Policy / Auckland Council / New Zealand

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Public Arts Policy / Auckland Council / New Zealand

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Auckland Council is a Unitary Authority in NZ and it also performs functions of Regional Council.

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Moonee Valley Council "Arts and Culture Plan 2014-18" (Local Government)

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Collections and Content Strategy 2020
The stories and voices of all Victorians

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From Haitao Li (Danny)

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Strategy for Cultural Policy 2025–Ministry of Education and Culture

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Cultural Policy authored by Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Netherland

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Ireland's Cultural Policy - 'Culture 2025

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Ireland's Cultural Policy - 'Culture 2025

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Ireland's first Cultural Policy

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What we're doing to make sure people can create and enjoy innovative and challenging arts and culture.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This policy paper shows the policy of the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government.

Find out about the current government's policies.

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2010 to 2015 government policy: arts and culture

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What we're doing to make sure people can create and enjoy innovative and challenging arts and culture. This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government This policy paper shows the policy of the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government.

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Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China -The Belt and Road cultural development action plan

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Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China -The Belt and Road cultural development action plan

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Pride of Saskatchewan:A POLICY WHERE CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND COMMERCE MEET

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Pride of Saskatchewan:A POLICY WHERE CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND COMMERCE MEET

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Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science - 2016

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Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science - 2016

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Culture at first glance -

an overview of cultural policy in the Netherlands and of major trends in the cultural and creative sector.

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Ministry of the State for National Heritage. The Government of the Republic of Kenya. 2009. National Policy of Culture and Heritage.

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Ministry of the State for National Heritage. The Government of the Republic of Kenya. 2009. National Policy of Culture and Heritage.

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The Outline of Culture Development and Revolution 

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The Outline of Culture Development and Revolution 

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《国家"十三五"时期文化发展改革规划纲要》

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（四）规范传播秩序。规范地方媒体、行业媒体管理。规范推进电台电视台实质性合并，健全节目退出机制。建设视听新媒体集成播控平台。开展视听类智能终端设备入网认证工作。制定互联网分类管理办法。完善互联网法律法规，将现行新闻出版法律法规延伸覆盖到网络媒体管理。完善网站新闻来源许可机制，加强新闻信息采编转载资质管理，规范商业网站转载行为和网络转载版权秩序。建立完善网络版权使用机制。实行新闻采编专业人员职...

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Connecting People, Place and Environment - A Public Art Strategy for the City of Greater Geelong 

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Connecting People, Place and Environment - A Public Art Strategy for the City of Greater Geelong 

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(https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/artstrategy/documents/item/8cf646ba0e0b1a6.aspx)

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THE REPORT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURESTRATEGIC REVIEW, SINGAPORE (2012)  

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THE REPORT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURESTRATEGIC REVIEW, SINGAPORE (2012)  

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A follow-up from Singapore's 2008 Renaissance City plan
https://www.nac.gov.sg/dam/jcr:1b1765f3-ff95-48f0-bbf9-f98288eb7082

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https://creative.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/110948/creativestate-4.pdf

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Mornington Peninsula Arts and Cultural Strategy

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Mornington Peninsula Arts and Cultural Strategy

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 Creating Value An Arts and Culture Sector Policy Framework 2010-2014

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 Creating Value An Arts and Culture Sector Policy Framework 2010-2014

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Government of Western Australia, Department of Culture and the Arts.

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City of Melbourne. Music Strategy 2014-17

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City of Melbourne. Music Strategy 2014-17

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Creative Brisbane Creative Economy 2013-22 strategy

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Creative Brisbane Creative Economy 2013-22 strategy