Cultural action grants

Where
Uruguay
Uruguay
When
2012
2012
Who
Ministry of education and culture, provincial government of maldonado
Ministry of education and culture, provincial government of maldonado
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Description of the policy/measure
1- fc. annual public calls for artists and cultural activists to submit proposals to the culture and arts projects, which are decided upon by external evaluators. there is a national and a regional funding programme. the country is divided into 7 regions (each region has its own funding programme), implying the diversification and strengthening of the creation of cultural projects in the whole country. 2- fi. subsidies of quality projects related to the arts and cultural traditions of the country. these grants draw on the contributions of companies, which receive tax benefits according to the kind of support they choose. projects have to be submitted to the national council for the evaluation and promotion of culture and arts projects (conaef), which decides on the integration of the projects in the project registry for the promotion of culture and the arts with the help of a team of specialists. 3- fdic. implementation through public calls for projects to finance the renovation, modernization and improvement of buildings as well as the equipment of the centres and the purchase of properties. 4- fefca. offers 12 grants as part of the e. v. haedo grant programme for artists of up to 35 years and 48 grants as part of the j. z. muniz grant programme for active artists. 6- fproc. implementation through public calls for the presentation of cultural projects.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Transversal Priority(ies)
Financial resources allocated to the policy
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Evaluation of the policy/measure
It has been specially mentioned that the reception of applications for all public calls was an expression of the impact of these policy measures, as they contribute familiarize applicants even further with the mechanisms of presentation, which will lead to an increasing number of applications and their increasingly professional presentation.Â