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3.4 International cultural co-operation
3.4.2 Public actors and cultural diplomacy
Government continues to centralise its foreign cultural and scientific institutes under the concept of House of Finland and later Team Finland.
Finland/ 4. Current issues in cultural policy development and debate
4.1 Main cultural policy issues and priorities
From 1 January 2013 the new Arts Promotion Centre Finland will replace the former Arts Council of Finland.
Finland/ 4.2 Specific policy issues and recent debates
4.2.3 Cultural/creative industries: policies and programmes
Finnish Broadcasting Company to be funded by a new tax from 2013, paid by citizens and businesses, based on income levels.
4.2 Specific policy issues and recent debates
4.2.3 Cultural/creative industries: policies and programmes
New Finnish Centre for Media Education and Audiovisual Media started operating in 2012.
4. Current issues in cultural policy development and debate
4.3 Other relevant issues and debates
New Finnish National Gallery Foundation will be funded from the Lottery instead of the state budget, reducing funds available to other cultural organisations.
8.3 Arts and cultural education
8.3.1 Institutional overview
A new University of Arts will merge three academies in 2013 with abut 2000 students and 600 personnel.
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Council of Europe/ERICarts, "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, 14th edition", 2013 | ISSN 2222-7334