Culture 2007

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture,
01 February 2007, Iceland

The Iceland Ministry's culture report for 2007 provides an overview of Iceland's cultural policy and cultural administration. The Ministry of Culture is responsible for administering the arts and general cultural affairs in Iceland. State support of the arts and culture is meant to allow Icelandic citizens to enjoy arts and culture regardless of their social status, and to ensure a favourable working environment for artists. The state's involvement in the arts focuses primarily on professional artists and arts institutions and involves 1. Operation of art institutions 2. Direct allocations from the national budget to independent arts organisations and others 3. Artists' salaries 4. Funds supporting the arts and general cultural affairs 5. Promotion of Icelandic arts and artists abroad The report describes the Mnistry's various policies and programs and provides an overview of budget allocations to cultural affairs for 2007.

http://bella.mrn.stjr.is/utgafur/culture_2007.pdf