General Information
Technical Information
The Report was prepared as a result of work carried out by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage between February and October of the 2020 year. The work was divided into four stages.
The first stage was the analysis of the structure of the periodic report and comparing it with fields of current public culture policy. The study covered the contents of the government's strategic documents and collections of public data, including reports of the Statistics Poland (the government agency) and independent publications - "Compendium, Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe", "The Role of Creative Economy in Poland". This stage also covered an analysis of websites of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment.
In the next step, an analysis was conducted of the on-line resources of the selected, leading cultural institution in Poland:
the Adam Mickiewicz Institute,
the National Centre for Culture,
the International Cultural Centre,
the National Library,
the Book Institute,
The Institute of Music and Dance,
the Polish Film Institute,
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
the Polish Music Publishing House,
Ossoliński National Institute,
The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok,
The Literature Institute,
The Pilecki Institute,
The Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute,
The Office of the "Niepodległa" Programme.
Those institutions prepared also materials describing their general activity and selected projects. Some of those materials were prepared in cooperation with local and regional government units engaged in projects.
In the third stage, there was a survey conducted among civil society organizations. An invitation to a survey was sent to CSOs, which were beneficiaries of four programmes of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage: the Accessible Culture, the Cultural Education, the Culture - Interventions, the Development of Creative Sectors.
In the last stage, there was a deep survey of all collected resources and merging it into a final version of the report.
Poland has been a multicultural country for centuries. the Polish national identity is a multi-layered concept shaped by diverse collective experiences of people coming from various ethnicities, languages, religions and traditions. As a meeting point for Western and Eastern cultural traditions, Polish cultural heritage represents the European civilization's essence.
Poland has a long-standing tradition of accepting cultural diversity, which is an essential dimension of polish society's identity. Cultural diversity based on the religious tolerance principle peaked in the XVI century when Poland with Lithuania built Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From the XVIII century to the 1918 year, Poland had lost political independence, albeit the polish community had been developing a culture in many different dimensions, creating from it fundaments of collective existence. After the Second World War and 1944 -1989 years under a communist regime, in 1989 year, Poland made a democratic transition and began integrating with the European Union and the Euro-Atlantic community. Nowadays, as a member of the European Union, Poland creates a friendly climate for building an exciting and diverse cultural life. Each year, it hosts dozens of festivals promoting music, theatre, fine arts, film, and other nations' folk traditions and ethnic minorities living in this country.
Art institutions and culture-promoting organizations routinely cooperate with their counterparts from other European and non-European countries, organizing guest performances, participating in national and international festivals, staging joint exhibitions, and co-producing performances. Theatres put on plays by authors worldwide, and musical institutions regularly host outstanding foreign composers and musicians.
Notably, the economic rapprochement, unrestricted freedom of travel and shared laws governing many areas of operation across the EU contribute to cultural cooperation. Promoted by local-government authorities, border cooperation among cities, institutions and individual artists is an effective method for bringing down cultural barriers.
From the beginning of his term office in 2015, The Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland introduced a programme, that in many aspects, implements the Diversity Convention.
The priorities of the programme of the Minister are as follows:
I. Providing stable means of support to artists and cultural institutions;
II. Enhancing the level of services and the quality of operation of cultural institutions in Poland – revising legal regulations as a follow-up to extensive consultations with artistic milieus;
III. Developing competences of Polish society in the field of culture;
IV. Shaping Polish "political community" through the promotion of a culture of remembrance and identity, and the policy of remembrance;
V. Enriching popular culture with elements of high culture;
VI. Fostering citizen participation in culture;
VII. Aiding the growth of artistic freedom and creative pluralism;
VIII. Fostering the development of creative industries;
IX. Disseminating awareness of the antitotalitarian identity of Poles abroad;
X. Promoting Polish culture abroad.
The projects described in this report are only a part of the totality of measures undertaken at various levels and by multiple institutions. This report focuses on the policies and measures initiated at the national level with a view to protecting and promoting cultural diversity in Poland in the years 2016-2019. It is particularly concerned with the activities of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the subordinated organizations it has established within its framework. The contents of this document reflect the ten priorities of the public cultural policy mentioned above.
Organization type | Organization | Website | |
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Public Sector
| the Ministry of Culture and Nationa Heritage of the Republic of Poland
| esp@mkidn.gov.pl
| https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura
|
Public Sector
| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
| press@msz.gov.pl
| https://www.gov.pl/web/dyplomacja
|
Public Sector
| The Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment
| sekretariat.BRT@mrpips.gov.pl
| https://www.gov.pl/web/rownetraktowanie
|
Public Sector
| The National Library
| dyrektor@bn.org.pl
| https://www.bn.org.pl/en
|
Public Sector
| the Adam Mickiewicz Institute
| SEKRETARIAT@IAM.PL
| https://iam.pl/en
|
Public Sector
| The International Cultural Centre
| sekretariat@mck.krakow.pl
| https://mck.krakow.pl/en
|
Public Sector
| the National Centre for Culture
| nck@nck.pl
| https://www.nck.pl/
|
Public Sector
| the Book Institute
| biuro@instytutksiazki.pl
| https://instytutksiazki.pl/en/
|
Public Sector
| The Institute of Music and Dance
| imit@imit.org.pl
| https://imit.org.pl/
|
Public Sector
| the Polish Film Institute
| pisf@pisf.pl
| https://pisf.pl/
|
Public Sector
| the Polish Music Publishing House
| pwm@pwm.com.pl
| https://pwm.com.pl/
|
Public Sector
| The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
| mpawlak@nifc.pl
| https://nifc.pl/en//
|
Public Sector
| The Ossoliński National Institute
| ossolineum@ossolineum.pl
| https://ossolineum.pl/
|
Public Sector
| The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic – European Art Centre in Białystok
| sekretariat@oifp.eu
| https://www.oifp.eu
|
Public Sector
| The Literature Institute
| sekretariat@instytutliteratury.eu
| https://instytutliteratury.eu/
|
Public Sector
| The Pilecki Institute
| kontakt@instytutpileckiego.pl
| https://instytutpileckiego.pl/en
|
Public Sector
| The Office of the "Niepodległa" Programme
| kontakt@niepodlegla.gov.pl
| https://niepodlegla.gov.pl/en/
|
Public Sector
| The Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute
| sekretariat@instytut-teatralny.pl
| http://en.instytut-teatralny.pl/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| KOSMOPOLIS Institute - the foundation for Science, Culture and Education Nauki,
| dorota.kozlowska@filmforum.pl
| https://interfilmlab.pl/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| the Wajda School Foundation
| info@wajdaschool.pl
| https://wajdaschool.pl/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| The Film Spring Open Foundation
| si@filmspringopen.eu
| https://filmspringopen.eu/pl/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| the FILMFORUM Association
| stowarzyszenie@filmforum.pl
| https://filmforum.pl/en/main-page/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| The Foundation for Assistance to the Disabled "Nie tylko"
| fun.nietylko@wp.pl
| http://www.nietylko.org.pl/
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| The Katarynka Foundation
| kontakt@fundacjakatarynka.pl
| https://pl-pl.facebook.com/FundacjaKatarynka
|
Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| The Foundation "Serdecznik"
| fundacja@serdecznik.pl
| http://serdecznik.pl/
|
Goal 1 - Support Sustainable Systems of Governance for Culture
Cultural and Creative Sectors
This data concerning the creative economy. This branch of economy is divided into three sections:
The digital sector - 2.25% in Gross Domestic Product
Creative industries - 3,33% in Gross Domestic Product
Cultural Industries - 0,73% in Gross Domestic Product
Cultural and creative industries according to cultural domains:
advertisiting - 24,6%
architecture - 16%
visual arts - 15%
audiovisual and multimedia arts - 12,8%
performing arts - 5,7%
artistic education - 2%
cultural heritage - 0,6%
Source: Creative and Cultural Industries in Poland (Statistics Poland)
The structure of state budget expenditure on culture and protection of national heritage in 2019 (total sum in 2019 - 539 431 000 USD)
museums - 32,6%
centers of culture and art - 10,3%
protection of historical monuments - 8,1%
theatres - 8,5%
archives - 8,5%
libraries - 4,7%
philharmonic halls, orchestras and choirs - 3,8%
radio and television activities - 1,4%
others - 22,1%
The structure of local government units expenditure on culture and protection of national heritage in 2019 (total sum in 2019 - 2 490 801 000 USD)
cultural centres and establishments - 31,8%
libraries - 17,2%
museums - 11,6%
theatres - 9,5%
protection of historical monuments - 5,9%
centers of culture and art - 3,3%
philharmonic halls, orchestras and choirs - 3,3%
others - 17,4%
The strategic project called "Creative Industries Package"
subsidy program "Development of Creative Sectors" - about PLN 5 million per year,
- The so-called "incentives for audiovisual production" - about PLN 200 million per year,
- BGK/EFI loan guarantees under the Creative Europe programme - the total maximum value of loans secured by guarantees in 2019-2022 may amount to PLN 525 million,
- tax credits for the production of cultural video games (at the design stage) - it is assumed that the sum of the granted credits will amount to approximately PLN 25 million annually
The 30% Cash Rebate – financial support for audio-visual production
28 mln USD in 2020 (At least 10% of the annual budget is intended to support animations)
Media Diversity
The website of project Portal under the "100on100. Musical Decades of Freedom"
The website of Polish Music Publishing House
Entorno digital
The strategic project entitled "Digitalization and Development of Digital Culture"
Within the framework of the Minister of Digital Culture Programme in 2016-2019, 254 projects were co-financed for a total amount of over PLN 27 million.
Continuation of the programme to support the development of digital culture, including digitisation and long-term archiving.
The portal within the project "Digitalization of resources of the Polish Music Publishing House" - The Polish Music Library
2 204,956.42 USD - total amount of the project grant: "Digitization of resources held by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.
USD 1 859 817,52 - EU funding
USD 345 138.90 - MKiDN grant
Patrimonium - digitisation and access to Polish national heritage from the collections of the National Library and the Jagiellonian Library
26 498 999 USD
Partnering with Civil Society
The conference: Arts & Disability: Crossing the Borders
Goal 2 - Achieve a Balanced Flow of Cultural Goods and Services and Increase the Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals
Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals
The Polish Culture around th World - grant program
1 027 124 USD
"Play it!" - a programme aimed at music managers and artists
100 957,93 USD
The East European Performing Arts Platform 2016-19
319 148,93 USD
Thesaurus Poloniae - the fellowship programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
The East of Culture
In the 20114-2019 years, the participation of the National Centre for Culture in the budget of the festival was 1 million USD.
Flow of Cultural Goods and Services
"Let's exhibit!" - polish designers at international fairs and festivals
TOTAL RESOURCES COMMITTED FOR THE PERIOD 2016-19: 312 806,8 USD
The ©Poland Translation Program
2 168 707,00
Supporting foreign publishers interested in publishing translations of books by Polish authors in their countries with grants is a simple and very effective tool for promoting Polish literature in the world, and as such should be continued and developed.
Read PL (Hunt Your Book)
214 064 USD
The project had a very positive reception among young people. The use of modern tools was for them an attractive form of reading promotion so they willingly engaged in the activities we proposed. In 2019 we reached almost 1500 high schools and 1500 Ambasadors (students) who promoted reading with us. In the whole project (Read PL) readers dowloaded free e-books and audiobooks 130,000 times during only one month.
The composing commissions - the programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
The total amount of the grant programme was 2,6 million USD.
Tratados y acuerdos
Goal 3 - Integrate Culture in Sustainable Development Frameworks
National Sustainable Development Policies & Plans
The percentage of people participating in selected cultural areas in 2019 was 40%. The indicator is supplied by the Social Opinion Research Centre. This is the percentage of respondents who responded positively to at least three of the five questions below: "Did they last year:
1. you read a book for pleasure,
2. You were at the cinema,
3. You were in the theater,
4. You were at the concert,
5. Have you been to an exhibition, a gallery, a museum?"
No data for the socio-demographic variables indicated in the question.
The Social Capital Development Strategy 2030 (project)
The policy is a project.
The Strategy for Responsible Development for the period up to 2020 (including the perspective up to 2030)
Lack of data.
International Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Gaude Polonia - a scholarship programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
2 444 148,93 USD
Goal 4 - Promote Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Gender Equality
Guarantees of gender equality in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
not applicable
Libertad artística
The Polish National Conference on Culture (OKK)
5 00 000 USD
Measures and Initiatives reported by Civil Society Organizations
INTERFILMLAB
SCRIPTMARKET.PRO - networking for the young film industry
Interdyscyplinarne kształcenie kadr realizacji form dźwiękowych – kurs reżyserii radiowej
SZKOŁA TEATRALNA
Pioneering Mobile Virtual Audiovisual Studio
ADAPTER
The Fairy Tale Department - Wandering Hospital Library
Emerging Transversal Issues
Politics of memory - developing the museum network
Comprehensive financial data will be presented in the next periodic report.
The project is in progress. The evaluation will be carried out after the completion of the project
The Operational Programmes of the Polish Film Institute
37,86 million USD in 2019
The Grant Programmes of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Financial resources allocated to the grant programmes were about 337 million USD in the 2016-2019 years.
The National Programme for the Development of Reading
A budget of the programme for the 2016-2019 period was c.a. 92,5 million USD.
The evaluation of the programme will be carried out after its completion.
The Multi-annual Programme “Niepodległa” Centenary Anniversary of Poland Regaining Independence
63 million USD allocated for years 2017-2022 in tota18 million USD allocated for subsidies for local and regional initiatives in Poland