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Annual growth of the state culture capital foundation (sccf)
Where
Latvia
Latvia
When
2016
2016
Who
Ministry of culture, state culture capital foundation
Ministry of culture, state culture capital foundation
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Description of the policy/measure
Sccf provides financial support and promotes balanced development of creative work in all sectors of culture and art and encourages the preservation of cultural heritage according to the cultural policy guidelines 鈥渃reative latvia 2014-2020鈥. it also facilitates the development of international relations and promotes latvian art and culture worldwide. the sccf announces and administers culture projects鈥 competitions several times a year, allots lifelong grants for culture and arts workers and gives financial support to short term educational, creative or scientific travels abroad. there are also programmes within the sccf dedicated to children and youth, as well as regional programmes and support programmes for professional culture ngos. the sccf is managed by the council of the foundation, its activities are ensured by its director and the culture projects are evaluated by experts of 8 branches: literature, music and dance, theatrical arts, film arts, visual arts, cultural heritage, traditional culture, design and architecture, interdiscliplinary.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
To provide a stable, independent and predictable financing model for the sccf in order to be able to promote a balanced development of creative work in all sectors of culture.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
Ministry of culture, state culture capital foundation. since the economic downturn in 2008-2009 which hit hard on culture budget, the financing for sccf has been gradually raised, for example, in 2014 the sccf budget was eur 6.6 m, in 2015 鈥 eur 8 m, in 2016 eur 9.5 m.
Evaluation of the policy/measure
In 2015 the evaluation of the sccf funding distribution was carried out. the aim of the evaluation was to monitor the division of sccf funding, looking at it from a larger perspective of available funding for culture, as well as to evaluate the funding distribution according to the targets set in sccf law. the biggest part of the financing for culture is distributed by the ministry of culture. analyzing the compliance of the national cultural policy with the operation of the sccf, in general, it was concluded that the national cultural policy to a greater extent than the sccf focuses on the consumer of cultural product and audience participation. in turn, the sccf activities both at strategic level and in practice (prioritizing the supported activities) are more focused on the creativity of artists, products and services created, less - on activities that encourage people to participate in and contribute to the accessibility of culture.