Bulgaria - Profile Updates

Bulgaria/ 2. Competence, decision-making and administration

2.2 Overall description of the system

Local authorities are increasingly independent and are drawing up their own cultural policies, as well as taking decisions on their co-financing and development.

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Bulgaria/ 4.2 Recent policy issues and debates

4.2.6 Culture industries: policies and programmes

An up-to-date national audiovisual policy, including copyright, is the aim of a new twinning project with Germany.

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Bulgaria/ 4.2 Recent policy issues and debates

4.2.7 Employment policies for the cultural sector

Cultural salaries have been catching up with average salaries in recent years.

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Bulgaria/ 4.2 Recent policy issues and debates

4.2.8 New technologies and cultural policies

Glob@l Libraries - Bulgaria is a new public libraries programme supported by the Gates Foundation, Microsoft and government.

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Bulgaria/ 4.2 Recent policy issues and debates

4.2.9 Heritage issues and policies

The Culture Heritage Act was introduced in 2009 after years of debate

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Bulgaria/ 5.3 Sector specific legislation

5.3.4 Literature and libraries

In 2009, a Public Libraries Act was adopted to regulate their management, financing, governance and networking.

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Bulgaria/ 5.3 Sector specific legislation

5.3.8 Mass media

An up-to-date national audiovisual policy, including copyright, is the aim of a new twinning project with Germany.

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Bulgaria/ 5.3 Sector specific legislation

5.3.8 Mass media

Bulgaria's first Electronic Communications Act was adopted.

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Bulgaria/ 6. Financing of culture

6.3 Public cultural expenditure broken down by level of government

The city of Sofia is the first local authority in Bulgaria to introduce a grant programme to support culture.

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Bulgaria/ 8.1 Direct and indirect support to artists

8.1.1 Special artists funds

The National Culture Fund has doubled its budget.

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Bulgaria/ 8.2 Cultural consumption and participation

8.2.1 Trends and figures

New data on participation shows that the number of visitors to the theatre, cinema and museums and galleries remains stable.

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