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Culture concept of the republic of azerbaijan
Description of the policy/measure
The culture concept of the republic of azerbaijan made an attempt to present a holistic and encompassing approach to culture and cultural policies, based on current priorities and past experiences in implementing culture, heritage and creativity-related policies. it formulated a number of key cultural policy principles in azerbaijan, such as equality, democracy, humanism, integration, balance, quality, efficiency, as well as talent factor.it dedicates a whole chapter (4) to the so-called 鈥渄evelopment of the professional art鈥, which includes the development of professional theatre art, music art, as well as fine and decorative-applied arts.chapter 5 presents the vision of the development of cultural industries. it states that cultural industries, as an area of 鈥嬧媋ctivity that allows for production and realization of cultural products and services, is one of the key fields of cultural policies in azerbaijan. one of the aims of cultural policies is to ensure the balance between culture industries and market of cultural products and services. the chapter therefore states that the development of future oriented cultural industries, such areas as cinematography and publishing, drawing and based on historical traditions, is and will continue to be one of the promising directions of the state cultural policy.the concept is implemented through state programs on cultural activities, which are presented for the endorsement by the president of the republic of azerbaijan. the implementation of the concept implies the involvement of local authorities, cultural institutions and civil society organizations in this process along with the activities of state bodies in this area, as well as foreign and local investors. the concept is implemented through state budget allocations, as well as via alternative financing mechanisms. the concept is coordinated by the ministry of culture and tourism of the republic of azerbaijan.the full text of the culture concept is available in azerbaijani at the following address: http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/27056
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
The culture concept was conceived to establish a wide and encompassing cultural policy framework, through which all the legal, institutional and financial efforts in the field of culture could be further channeled at local and national levels. since its adoption in 2014, the concept resulted in greater awareness of different stakeholders working in the field of culture of the integrity and multidimensional nature of culture, creativity and cultural industries, as well as enabled to bring the provisions of the 2005 convention to the context of the republic of azerbaijan. it further put upfront the particular attention of the government to a number of areas of cultural industries where further support was needed to enable their contribution to creative economy, such as film making and distribution as well as publishing.it also reiterated again the difficulties the culture sector in azerbaijan has been facing in the context of the occupation by armenia of nagorno-karabakh and seven adjacent regions of azerbaijan, as a result of which creators, artists, cultural workers and communities still do not have access to cultural institutions, including 927 libraries, 807 cultural palaces, club and culture houses, 85 music and painting schools, 22 museums and museums鈥 branch offices, 4 art galleries, 13 monuments of international significance, 242 monuments of national significance, as well as 434 historical and cultural monuments of local significance. a large number of artists coming from refugee communities who had to leave their homes because of the armenian occupation now continue to associate and reflect in their creative works their homeland. the culture concept in that sense provided political recognition of the specific needs of the artists and creators coming from among refugees, while ensuring policy priority to this specific group of creators.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
36 000 usd per year