Integration of culture in sustainable developement policies
The Operational Programme Information Society defines conditions for management of implementation, monitoring, evaluation, information, publicity and auditing in relation to projects under the Operational Programme Information Society. The Slovak Republic has the opportunity to draw on funds of the European Union for this purpose. The strategic document permitting use of these funds was prepared in accordance with the rules laid down by the European Union for the structural funds and the Cohesion Fund and was approved by the government of the Slovak Republic and the European Commission. Funds provided under the European Union’s cohesion policy must support three main objectives: Convergence, Regional competitiveness and employment, and European territorial cooperation.
The main objective is
- to increase the accessibility and quality of civil infrastructure and amenities in the regions. Through its orientation, it helps to stimulate the internal resources of regions and develop related business activities (small and medium enterprises) and also makes regions more attractive for foreign investment. Co-financing from structural funds in areas such as
- The strengthening of the cultural potential of regions, increase in the quality of the services provided by repository institutions (galleries, libraries and museums) on the local and regional level through their reconstruction, enlargement and modernization, including the procurement of equipment and the revitalization of important monuments in connection with the conservation of cultural heritage and its use in cultural tourism.
Conception for the protection of monuments
The Conception for the protection of monuments includes identification of the most important cultural heritage monuments and the quantification of the number of cultural heritage monuments which are at risk or in a damaged or desolate condition.
The main objective of the measure:
- is to create conditions for the elimination of negative impacts causing the damage or disappearance of cultural heritage monuments. The conception includes the identification of specific threats to cultural heritage monuments and other elements of cultural heritage, e.g. archaeological cultural heritage (archaeological finds and archaeological sites) and to find alternative proposals for solving these threats.
- b) the measure is included in the conception referred to above. The Ministry bears overall responsibility for its implementation; tasks implementing the measures including state administrative procedures in the first and second instance are performed by the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic or the Regional Monuments Boards.
Examples of projects carried out under the Operational Programme Information Society and overview of measurable indicators.
Digital library and digital archive
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 39,695,796.98
Project implementation schedule
Name of activity | Start of implementation activity (MM/YYYY) | End of implementation activity (MM/YYYY) |
Main activities (max. 100 characters for each activity) | ||
Activity 1 – Preparation of documents for digitization and their chemical treatment (3) | 04/2012 | 09/2015 |
Activity 2 – Digitization (4) | 04/2012 | 09/2015 |
Activity 3 – Archive (Digitization and conservation of documents of the SNA (5) | 04/2012 | 09/2015 |
Support activities |
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Project management | 04/2012 | 09/2015 |
Publicity and information | 06/2012 | 09/2015 |
Digital gallery
Beneficiary: Slovak National Gallery
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 13,976,008.00
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 26,287,339.11
Project implementation schedule
Name of activity | Start of implementation activity (MM/YYYY) | End of implementation activity (MM/YYYY) |
Main activities (max. 100 characters for each activity) |
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Activity 1 – Establishment and operation of the Digitization Centre | 02/2012 | 11/2015 |
Activity 2 – Treatment and conservation of items | 02/2012 | 11/2015 |
Activity 3 – Preparation of items for digitization | 03/2012 | 11/2015 |
Activity 4 – Digitization of museum collections | 08/2012 | 11/2015 |
Activity 5 – Digitization of knowledge of folk-art production | 08/2012 | 07/2015 |
Support activities |
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Project management | 01/2011 | 11/2015 |
Publicity and information | 02/2012 | 11/2015 |
Digitized monuments and historic sites
Beneficiary: Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 9,333,051.18
Project implementation schedule
Name of activity | Start of implementation activity (MM/YYYY) | End of implementation activity (MM/YYYY) |
Main activities (max. 100 characters for each activity) | ||
Activity 1 – Building modifications to c |
Examples of projects carried out under the Operational Programme Information Society and overview of measurable indicators.
Digital library and digital archive
Examples of projects carried out under the Operational Programme Information Society and overview of measurable indicators.
Digital library and digital archive
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 39,695,796.98
Digital gallery
Beneficiary: Slovak National Gallery
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 13,976,008.00
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 26,287,339.11
Digitized monuments and historic sites
Beneficiary: Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic
Non-refundable financial contribution: EUR 9,333,051.18
This measure is part of the aforementioned concept. The Ministry is responsible for its implementing; i.e., the state administration at the first and second levels is carried out by the Monument Board of the Slovak Republic or the regional monument boards. State administration organs implement measures continuously or as necessary within the framework of the approved resources from the state budget. legislative barriers were identified in implementing this measure – insufficient competences in performing the state administration, low enforceability of the law, discrepancies between the requirements for monument fund preservation and the possibilities of financial support of the Ministry subsidy system, neglected regular maintenance of cultural monuments, “cultural crime” and illegal merchandizing of cultural heritage.