Cultural Policy 1998-2004

Debate Center – space for development of a civil society infrastructure that recognises and expresses the common democratic responsibilities and European standards in the cultural activities of all ethnic groups in Macedonia, there by creating new system of values appropriate to current needs. This project is realized in partnership with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia and Policies for Culture.

Goals:

1. To increase the role of public opinion and the role of the professionals in the field of arts and culture in a process of creating Cultural Policy;

2. To play an important role in a process of democratization of the Governmental Institutions in the field of Culture;

3. To involve actively the artists and professionals from different ethnical minority groups in Macedonia in a process of creating Culture Policy;

4. To support group or individual young artists and professionals from different ethnical groups in the field of arts and culture to express themselves throughout realizing independent, different, new, research, creative art works;

5. To exchange knowledge and experience between experts and professionals in the field of arts and culture on national, regional, European and world-wide level.

Debate Centre is divided into two main components:
– Debates on local level
– Debates on regional level