Until 2022, the general laws regulating the financing of culture included the Law on Financing Public Needs in Culture (1990 amended in 1993, and 2009) and the Law on Cultural Councils (2001, amended in 2004, 2009, and 2013). However, in 2022 the new umbrella Law on Cultural Councils and Public Needs in Culture (NN 03/2023) has been adopted with the aim of adapting the laws to the current changes in the cultural field and adding functionality to the overall system of financing. The Law on the Areas of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (2006, amended in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2015) established the administrative structure of the Republic of Croatia for the purposes of classifying those activities to be financed from the different budgets at particular levels.
Cultural councils are consultative bodies but the Minister has the discretion to accept or reject their proposals and make the final decision on financing of particular projects or programmes.
With regard to compulsory public tendering, cultural institutions have to follow the general rules about public procurement.
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