The law of 25 June 2004 on the reorganisation of the State’s cultural institutes is currently under review, a bill to that end having been submitted by the minister for Culture to Parliament in May 2022. The need for this initiative amounts, on the one hand, to modernizing the legislation governing key elements of the promotion of cultural heritage in Luxembourg. On the other hand, since 2004, these cultural institutes have been faced with the development and multiplication of their missions, as well as growing demand from audiences and cultural workers. The purpose of this bill is thus to respond to this development by providing for the adaptations that have become necessary for the proper functioning of the institutes.
An update of the general and specific missions of the institutions will thus make it possible to better account for the evolution of the role adopted by the cultural institutes in the fields of study, conservation and research of the cultural heritage. A work program, as provided for by the law on the general status of civil servants, will then define the specificities related to the implementation of the missions granted to them.
Among the other main changes introduced by the new text, the possibility of recruiting up to two deputy directors as well as the ability to set up a scientific committee is also noteworthy. In addition, the draft law provides for the possibility of granting the title of “scientific collaborator” to voluntary collaborators.
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