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Access to art and culture for children and young people
Description of the policy/measure
The process has been started by sending a questionnaire to all lower and higher level comprehensive schools where the students are supposed to answer to the questionnaire asking what arts and cultural activities they would like to participate in their leasure time/after school hours. close to 120,000 children participated in the survey. on the basis of this, local artists and arts institutions or children cultural centres will then be provided with funding so that activities will be organised in the regions. new recreational classes will be established, based on the pupils’ wishes.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
See objectives above.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
The ministry of education and culture and arts promotion centre finland finance children’s culture with some 2 million euro annually. for the government key project on access to art and culture, there is some 8 million euros reserved for the years 2016-2018.