A guiding principle in the state cultural policy of the Republic of Bulgaria is to guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms, which are expressed by information awareness, communication, and free choice of cultural expression forms.

The citizens’ fundamental rights and freedoms are ensured in the country's Constitution and cultural legislation. In this sense, the Ministry of Culture’s policies abide by the principles of equality and respect for all cultures; equal access to cultural heritage and to the diversity of cultural expression forms; protection of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue.

The Republic of Bulgaria guarantees the right of persons from ethnic communities to disseminate and transmit their traditional cultural expression forms, as well as their right to have free access to those forms (Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Culture Protection and Development Act). In this respect, linguistic diversity is especially protected as an important exchange factor (the Bulgarian Culture Protection and Development Act).

The Bulgarian Cultural Heritage Act contains provisions on the role of the state, municipalities and individuals in ensuring equal access to cultural assets, which are also a form of cultural expression. This Act stipulates the right of access to cultural assets as providing physical or intellectual access to those assets without them being damaged or compromised.

In implementing the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the Ministry of Culture builds its policies based on the assumption that cultural diversity is stimulated by the free exchange of ideas and interaction between cultures. In addition to this, we need to state the belief that preserving, promoting and maintaining cultural diversity is an essential condition prerequisite for sustainable development benefiting both current and future generations. Therefore, in all its actions, the Ministry seeks to enable the promotion of creativity, to support artists and professionals in the cultural sector; to assist various social groups in their strife to preserve their culture; to raise citizens' awareness of the diverse cultural expression forms, their promotion and the need to preserve them. In order to meet the needs of all these groups properly, the Ministry of Culture has established cooperation with non-governmental organisations, public and private institutions, artists and other professionals in the field of art and culture.

The Ministry's programmes are aimed at expanding the opportunities for developing cultural activities at all levels, ensuring equal access to funds for producing, distributing and exchanging cultural products and services. At the same time, financial support is provided to cultural and artistic institutions to encourage cultural diversity.

The implementation of an integrated approach to preserving and promoting cultural diversity is reflected in strategic planning of measures for sustainable social development. As a result, culture has become an essential and integral part of national plans for tackling demographic problems, for reducing poverty, for social inclusion, for regional development, for youth policy development, and the National concept of active ageing. All these measures contribute to achieving the general objectives of the 2020 National Development Programme of the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as those for sustainable development by 2030.

The Convention principles also lead the way in setting Bulgaria's Cooperation on Development policy. Cultural diversity protection is included as a priority in the Medium-Term Development Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Programme of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2016-2019 period.

The National Strategy for the Promotion of Equality between Women and Men 2016-2020, drafted with the active participation of the Ministry of Culture, additionally contributes to eliminating stereotypes still existing in society regarding access to culture and support for creative works.

Bulgarian legislation outlines measures in line with the Convention:
- The Culture Protection and Development Act (CPDA, 1999), Article 2 outlines the basic principles of the national cultural policy, including: “promoting cultural diversity while preserving national culture cohesion” and “enabling the cultural industry and the arts market”. Further in Article 20, in order to protect national identity, there are measures to ensure that programmes, films, etc. with cultural content and priority treatment of culture appear on national media (subsidised).
- The Film Industry Act (FIA, 2003) - enables the development of national film industry by providing direct and indirect measures to support film production, distribution and projection.
- The Radio and Television Act (RTA) - stipulates that a minimum of 50% of total screen time shall be dedicated to European and Bulgarian productions. The law also regulates the option of broadcasting programmes in another language, including also for Bulgarian citizens whose native tongue is not Bulgarian.
- The Copyright and Related Rights Act (CRRA, 1993) - Without being explicitly mentioned in the Convention’s key texts (except in the Preamble), intellectual property is the basis of most cultural goods and services, as well as all kinds of cultural industries. Copyright protection helps maintain and develop the creative process in the interest of authors, artists, performers, producers, consumers, culture, industry and the general audience.
- Cultural Heritage Act - the objectives of this Act are to enable the preservation and protection of cultural heritage, sustainable development for its preservation policy and to ensure equal access to cultural assets for all citizens in compliance with the following principles: 1. equal treatment of different cultural heritage types; 2. decentralisation of management and funding for cultural heritage preservation activities; 3. publicity and transparency in managing cultural heritage preservation activities.
- Spatial Planning Act - regulates cultural heritage protection by governing the creation of “protected areas” and areas under special territorial development protection.