The Basque Government presents the draft law on the Basque Cultural System
The First Vice-President of the Basque Government and Counsellor for Culture and Linguistic Policy, Ibone Bengoetxea, today presented at the San Telmo Museum in Donostia-San Sebastián the draft of the Basque Country Cultural System Bill and announced that the deadline for making allegations to the text will begin on 20 March.
"This law is an instrument for the better functioning of culture as a system in the Basque Country: it strengthens rights, places the Basque Country at the centre and provides real tools for cultural policy," the Vice-President stressed.
The draft provides for the development of a Culture Plan at most every five years, including the articulation of "measures to promote the presence, knowledge, transmission, dissemination, visibility and use of the Basque language in all cultural areas".
The text of the bill envisages ten new developments:
- is an integrated system law.
- It does not create new administrative structures or alter competences.
- Bost Annual Culture Plan with automatic extension.
- Bi establishes annual operational plans.
- A strengthens the system of homologable devices.
- strengthens the Observatory of Basque Culture and ulcers the use of data.
- Dimentsio digital (digital spaces, literacy and rights perspective, including AA).
- integrates accessibility and SDGs into policies and services.
- It recognizes the value of public space as a cultural space.
- Forms: the role of the Ararteko and three commitments (funding, Charter of Services and Guide to Good Practices).
The deadline for allegations will be opened on 20 March, as explained by Bengoetxea, "as part of a participatory process to collect contributions from the cultural sector, institutions and citizens".
The cultural system, in figures
The preliminary draft has been presented at a time when the Basque cultural system is gaining broad social participation and increasing economic weight.
According to surveys on cultural participation in the Basque Country, 75.9 per cent of the population in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa read books, 64.8 per cent attend concerts, 63.4 per cent attend cinema and 57.9 per cent attend theatre.
In addition, according to a report by the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government and the Basque Institute for Competitiveness - Orkestra, on the ecosystem of cultural and creative industries, there are 16,886 cultural and creative enterprises in the Basque Country and 33,983 jobs linked to the cultural sector (3.8 per cent of total employment).
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