SOURCES & LINKS

KEY DOCUMENTS ON CULTURAL POLICY

Bogouta, Gregor: Overview of Georgian Book Policy, Recommendations. Project STAGE, 2002.

Cultural Policy and Action Department, November 2003. Project STAGE Directorate General IV – Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, 2003.

European Commission: Overview of Georgian Cultural Policy. Brussels: European Commission, 2002.

Georgian National Communication Commission: The 2004 Report. Tbilisi: Georgian National Communication Commission, 2004.

Gunia-Kuznetsova, Nino: On Urgent Measures for Implementation of Cultural Policy. Materials from Conference "Cultural Policy – Priorities and Strategy". Tbilisi: YTA Union, 2001.

Gunia-Kuznetsova, Nino; Shatirishvili, Zaza; Kipiani, Nana; Arabuli, Koba; Baliashvili, Marina; Gegenava, Theona: Tbilisi Culture and Tourism Concept. Tbilisi 2004. Tbilisi Municipality, Tbilisi City Municipality Service for Culture and Sport, Fund for Saving Culture.

Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research and Art Development: Materials from conference Cultural Policy – New Art - Exhibitions – Debates – Documentation – Interactive. Tbilisi, 2003.

Landry, Charles: Tbilisi City Cultural Strategy: The Next Steps.

Ministry of Culture of Georgia: National Report 2001. Tbilisi:Ministry of Culture of Georgia, 2001.

Ministry of Culture, Monument Protection and Sport of Georgia: State Programmes. Tbilisi: Ministry of Culture, Protection of Monuments and Sports of Georgia, 2004.

National Report on Cultural Heritage Policies. 2003.

Periodic Report on the Application of the World Heritage Convention. 2004.

Project Strategic direction of management plan for historical part of Tbilisi. Tbilisi: National Committee of ICOMOS, 2003.

Strategic documents

• “Cultural Strategy 2025”.
• Roadmap for Ensuring Equal Participation of People with Disabilities in Georgia’s Cultural and Creative Life. 
• Intradepartmental Action Plan of Culture Strategy 2017-2018 
• Action Plan for Ensuring Equal Participation of People with Disabilities in Georgia’s Cultural and Creative Life. 

Published studies

• UNESCO CULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS / Georgia’s Analytical and Technical Report, 2017. 
• DEVELOPING CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN GEORGIA by Cristina Farinha, 2017. 
• DEVELOPING PERFORMING ARTS SECTOR IN GEORGIA by Iulia Popovici, 2017.

KEY ORGANISATIONS AND PORTALS

Cultural policy making bodies

Parliament of Georgia / Committee for Education, Sciences, Culture and Sports
http://www.parliament.ge/

Ministry of Culture and Sport of Georgia
http://www.cultureandsports.gov.ge/

President's Administration of Georgia
http://www.president.gov.ge

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mfa.gov.ge

Ministry of Education, Science Culture and Sport of Georgia
http://www.mes.gov.ge/

National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia
http://heritagesites.ge/

Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia
http://www.economy.ge

Ministry of Finance of Georgia
http://www.mof.ge/

Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia

Architecture and Construction Inspection
http://www.mrdi.gov.ge/

Professional associations

YTA Union                                              
http://www.ytaunion.com

Grant-giving bodies

Cartu Group-Cartu Bank
http://www.cartubank.ge

Open Society Georgia Foundation (Soros Foundation)
http://www.osgf.ge

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Representative Office in Georgia
http://fes-caucasus.org/

South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich-Boll-Foundation
https://ge.boell.org/

British Council Georgia Office
https://www.britishcouncil.ge/en

Eurasia Partnership Foundation
http://www.epfound.ge/

SOCO Foundation
http://soco.ge

Cultural research and statistics

State Department for Statistics of Georgia
http://www.statistics.ge/

Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS)                                                      
http://science.org.ge/

G. Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation
http://www.gch-centre.ge/en/home_eng/

Georgian National Commission for UNESCO
http://unesco.ge/

ICOMOS Georgian national Committee (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
https://www.icomos.org/risk/2001/geor2001.htm   

Centre for Archaeological Research, TransCaucasus Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
http://members.tripod.com/centerarch

Heritage & Modernity Association
https://wiser.directory/organization/heritage-modernity-association/

Stichting Caucasus Foundation (SCF)
http://www.caucasusfoundation.ge

Georgian Arts & Culture Centre
http://www.gaccgeorgia.org

Caucasian House- Centre for Cultural Relations of Georgia
http://caucasianhouse.ge/en/

Public Movement Multinational Georgia
http://www.pmmg.org.ge/?lang=eng

National Archives of Georgia
http://www.archives.gov.ge/en

Georgia Archives
https://www.georgiaarchives.org/

Georgia Department of Archives & History
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/databases/znah/?Welcome

Culture / arts portals

Arts and Culture Centre
http://www.gaccgeorgia.org

New Art Union
http://www.art.gov.ge/artists.php?medium=9&lang=En

Caucasus Art
https://www.artsy.net/gene/caucasus

Eastern Promotion
http://www.easternpromotion.com

National Filmography
http://www.geocinema.ge