Sixteen regional departments for culture of the Ministry for Culture were established by merging and enlarging the previous 64 city and district departments for culture by the Presidential Decree On Improving the Structure of the Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan (№ 1932 of March 29, 2016). As a result, this system’s architecture changed to form a transparent and effective management system in the field of culture and to improve the structure of the Ministry for Culture.
At present, Baku City Culture Head Department and 15 regional departments of Sumgayit, Khachmaz, Ismayilli, Sheki, Kurdamir, Agstafa, Shamkir, Ganja, Barda, Agjabadi, Agdash, Sabirabad, Bilasuvar, Masalli and Lankaran, with 219 full-time positions, are carrying out the direct management of state-local culture and art institutions of the capital city and the regions. Following the Regulations on Regional Cultural Institutions approved by the Decision of the Board of the Ministry for Culture (No. 5/1 of October 3, 2018), the regional departments for culture participate in forming a unified state cultural policy in the regions and ensure the implementation of this policy. They also draft and implement various programmes to develop the relevant fields in the regions in coordination with the ministry.
The Presidential Decree On Improving the Activity of the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry for Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan (№844 of October 22, 2019) improved the management system of immovable cultural heritage in the regions. Five regional departments of the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry for Culture were established to strengthen state control in protecting immovable historical and cultural monuments under state protection and ensure effective management. According to this decree, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the division of territorial affiliation of the Baku, Shabran, Gabala, Ganja and Salyan regional departments of the State Service for Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry for Culture. The number of employees of the regional departments of the Civil Service was determined to be 215 staff units, including 20 staff units for the staffing of the regional offices and 195 staff units for the guards of the monument.
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is an integral part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Accordingly, the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, including those in the sphere of culture, are binding within the territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. At the same time, given the constitutional status of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, the Ministry for Culture of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is responsible for regional cultural policy within its jurisdiction.
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