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The aim of the establishing of the arts promotion centre finland (taike) was to increase the transparency of decision making and the flexibility of the art form councils in responding to the new art forms and to separate the peer review body from the administrative function to better safeguard the autonomy of the arts.according to the strategy of the arts promotion centre (taike) for 2015-2020, taike promotes:• the livelihood and working conditions of artists and therefore the availability and accessibility of the arts• the internationalisation of the arts• the diversity of the arts and intercultural dialogue• the status and visibility of the arts in society and the rights of citizens to art and culture.in the strategy taike states as its core values expertise, openness and respect in relation to its customers and art community, the agency itself and its empolyees and the larger society of citizens and public administration.as operational objectives the centre states that by 2020:• taike has established its position as an expert in art and artist policies• taike has created an electronic service package based on the needs of its customers and peer reviewers that is of the highest quality in terms of usability.• taike has reorganised its structure and operating methods to correspond better with the tasks assigned to it. taike has clarified its division of duties with other public administration bodies. as its arts promotion objectives taike states high quality art and established cross-sector activities among artists and cooperation that promotes livelihoods. according to objectives by 2020:taike has developed its direct artist grants to respond to the needs of professional artists and communities of free artists.taike evaluates the implementation of its strategic targets annually in connection with its annual report and if necessary reviews its targets on the basis of this evaluation.

The centre's administrative costs, which amount to approximately five million euros per year, are covered by funds allocated by the ministry of education and culture. for more information on the resources allocated to arts promotion through taike, please see measure support for artistic creativity in this report.  

It is still early to comprehensively evaluate what role the centre will take in the field of arts and culture. an evaluation of the legislative changes is under way (to be completed in autumn 2016) and will provide a starting point.