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Support of diversity in the performing arts and music
Where
Spain
Spain
When
2016
2016
Who
Inaem (national institut for performing arts and music)
Inaem (national institut for performing arts and music)
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Description of the policy/measure
The agency in charge of introducing policies is the national institute for performing arts and music (inaem), an autonomous agency under the ministry of education, culture and sports, acting through three channels:-direct project management, that includes, on聽the one hand, direct creation and promotion of programmes related to the promotion, protection and dissemination of music, dance, theatre and the circus from its central services;聽on聽the other hand, the management聽of certain units (among which is the national auditorium of music and national music dissemination centre, the national centre for dramatic arts, the national classical theatre centre, the spanish national ballet, the national dance company, the national orchestra and choir, the centre for performing arts technologies, and several theatres).-collaboration with other public and private institutions: co-operation with public and private entities both in specific projects and through its permanent activities.-subsidies: granting of subsidies for production projects, exhibitions and tours both in the public and private sector.in 2014 a program called platea was begun, fruit of the collaboration with the spanish federation of municipalities and provinces, and is managed annually. it objective is that of mobility of performing arts events throughout the national territory.an experts' commitee prepares an annual catalogue of events, and the municipalities may request these events under certain conditions.the inaem also issues calls for annual aid for dance, opera and music, and for theatre and circus, and the beneficiaries are selected through a public competitive process. both calls make express mention of the unesco 2005 convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions as one of the principles for their existence. its express objectives, in addition to those related to the creation, production, and dissemination of performing arts at both the national and international level, are extended to facilitate citizen access and the creation of new audiences.聽
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
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Cultural Domain(s)
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
The results expected,聽in addition to those related to the creation, production, and dissemination of performing arts at both the national and international level, are extended to facilitate citizen access and the creation of new audiences.聽in the sphere of spectator education and awareness, special emphasis is placed on young people, in an aim not only to create future audiences, but also creators and professionals.聽
Financial resources allocated to the policy
86 000 000 鈧
Evaluation of the policy/measure
Platea is evaluated every year. 聽in 2014, its first year, 1,290 events were held, attended by 190聽090 spectators. the initial experience was assessed聽as highly favorable, and it was highlighted that the program has contributed to 鈥渢he gradual professionalization of public area management, has managed to maintain certain standards of programming quality throughout the territory, which was not homogeneous until now, and has managed to take stable, quality programming to areas throughout the national territory 鈥. in 2015 there were 155 municipalities adhered to the program, which included over 600 different events.聽the qualitative evaluation appreciates聽that platea聽creates networks, and with rational organization establishes a catalogue of events, controls their movements, and facilitates to the town councils 鈥搘hose budgets are highly reduced- a supply of quality performing arts and music events, and lastly and most importantly, makes it possible to maintain all the stages of artistic manifestations, from creation to exhibition, as well as offer these to the public.