Architecture policy guidelines. 2009-2015

Where
Latvia
Latvia
When
2012
2012
Who
Ministry of culture, latvian association of architects
Ministry of culture, latvian association of architects
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Description of the policy/measure
The national architecture council has been set up under the ministry of culture. it is an interdisciplinary body. in 2010 the design and architecture programme was established under the state culture capital foundation to financially support design and architecture projects. an intersectoral working group is in process of reviewing the priorities of the action directions of the guidelines. at present, latvia is preparing for the  international venice art biennale in 2012. in 2011, the ministry of culture allocated eur 10,791 to the latvian association of architects.challenges identified in the implementation of this measure:intersectoral cooperation has been considerably reinfoced. the work has been started and is still in process to draw up the law on the quality of architecture  which is one of the priority tasks in implementing the guidlines. the discussions are ongoing about the governance model of the architecture sector.Â
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Transversal Priority(ies)
Evaluation of the policy/measure
The impact has been partially investigated. due to the elaboration of the architecture policy guidlines, the awaraness has been raised in the society as regards the architecture, as well as the cooperation between the public sector and the civil society has been reinforced.Â