Tourism and urban development are sectors where the contribution of culture is acknowledged by the government. The main argument in favour of building the Budapest Museum Quarter is to promote cultural tourism. Similarly, Veszprém, the European Capital of Culture 2023, has received significant support for the renovation of its city centre and for brownfield cultural investments for tourism.
Reducing social inequalities can be a major policy goal in which culture can play a role. Unfortunately, it is not among the government’s priorities. However, there are many NGOs working to help children in deprived areas and in deep poverty to integrate. A good example is the Igazgyöngy foundation in Eastern Hungary. This foundation has started to help Roma children in small villages to catch up in school through visual art education. The art education was then used to develop complex school and social economic integration programmes. Objects decorated with the children’s works are sold in many museum shops, even in Austria.
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