Establishment of the 1st basic plan for the protection and promotion of cultural diversity


When
2022
Who
Ministry of culture, sports and tourism, korea culture & tourism institute
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Description of the policy/measure

The ministry of culture, sports and tourism has to establish a basic policy plan to strategically implement the 2005 convention in accordance with article 6 of the act on the protection and promotion of cultural diversity (enacted in 2014), and announce it after the approval and deliberation by the cultural diversity committee under article 7 of the act. although the cultural diversity committee was stipulated to be under the jurisdiction of the prime minister at the time of enactment in 2014, the act on the protection and promotion of cultural diversity was amended to organize the cultural diversity committee under the ministry of culture, sports and tourism in 2020. with the formation of the first cultural diversity committee under the ministry of culture, sports and tourism in february 2021, it became possible to establish a basic plan. accordingly, the ministry of culture, sports and tourism established the 1st basic plan for the protection and promotion of cultural diversity(2021-2024) in cooperation with 10 related ministries including the ministry of education, the ministry of gender equality and family, and the ministry of justice. it was officially announced in may 2021 after deliberation by the 1st cultural diversity committee. as a result, korea established a cross-ministerial cooperation policy plan for the implementation of the 2005 convention for the first time. the 1st basic plan for the protection and promotion of cultural diversity presented ‘a cultural nation of creativity and innovation through cultural diversity’ as a policy vision, reflecting the social and cultural environment of the post covid-19. there are four core values: correcting discrimination and raising awareness (respecting identity), cultural participation and accessibility (accessibility/inclusion), diversity of cultural expressions (creativity/antitrust), and mutual cultural exchange (openness/reciprocity). the plan presents three promotion strategies, seven core tasks, 18 promotion tasks, and 51 detailed tasks. this basic plan is particularly meaningful as it contains a wide range of policies to achieve the major objectives of the 2005 convention. the policies have diverse measures including improving access to cultural facilities and media for the underprivileged residents with migrant background or with disabilities, realizing linguistic diversity by preserving dialects and expanding support for special languages (braille and sign language), revitalizing the traditional cultural industry ecosystem and expand cultural urban regeneration, promoting international exchange of contents with cultural professionals and support for the cultural sectors in developing countries, expanding cultural content diversity through support for minor genres such as independent arts and independent publishing, and educating and raising awareness of cultural diversity.

Results achieved

In order to establish the 1st basic plan for cultural diversity, a private-sector advisory committee on major policy agendas was formed, and the direction of policy implementation tasks was set, reflecting the opinions of the advisors, to faithfully incorporate the opinions of private experts on the plan. in addition, in order to apply public-private governance, the basic plan was confirmed after deliberation by the cultural diversity committee, which consisted of 10 vice-ministerial level officials from 10 related ministries and 10 private experts in each field such as culture, tradition, art, and media. for the faithful implementation of the basic plan, related ministries and all metropolitan and local governments (17) establish 'cultural diversity protection and promotion implementation plan' annually. the ministry of culture, sports and tourism is striving to promote inter-ministerial cooperation, and cooperation between the central government and local governments by overseeing the establishment and implementation of implementation plans of related institutions.

Financial resources allocated to the policy

818,199 million won, 620 million dollars /as of 2021

Evaluation of the policy/measure

To promote the basic plan, relevant ministries and local governments examine the main progress of the implementation plan, which is established every year, and submit the annual report to the national assembly after deliberation by the cultural diversity committee. the first analysis of the progress of the implementation plan in 2021 showed that 11 central ministries and local governments promoted a total of 732 projects (57 central ministries, 675 local governments). the ‘protecting the cultural rights of diverse cultural subjects including the underprivileged’ project, the core task of the basic plan, had the highest proportion with 249 projects (13 central ministries, 236 local governments). (ministry of culture, sports and tourism, 2021 cultural diversity policy annual report)