Update 14/12-2018: the Article has been added for clarification.
Several museum directors criticized on Thursday the M – and KD-budget earlier in the week was voted through in parliament. According to the proposal of dropping the free entrance for adults over 19 years at the state museums.
the Changes were based on the framework in the budget result in savings of sek 80 million. The financial period beginning on 1 January.
“the Belief that one of the two weeks would be able to adapt the museum’s programs to new conditions is not only ignorant but an insult to all serious cultural leadership,”‘ said Daniel Birnbaum, superintendent at the museum of Modern art, in a statement to DN.
on Thursday, announced the Research of cultural policy spokesperson, Lotta Finstorp to the proposal from the outset was supposed to be adjusted in the constitutional law committee.
She told me that the museums will have three months to switch gears. The subsidies for the free admission is now taken away from 1 april, i.e. three months after the budget period begins.
Early on Friday morning met with the culture committee to discuss the budget. You then come up with some adjustments. The removal of the free entrance takes place during a transitional period until 1 april, and the savings are thus 60 million.
“We have not backed down from the proposal and not wanted to phase out the fee from January 1,” says Lotta Finstorp (M) in a comment, and continues:
– But you can from 1 January to phase out gratisavgifter. Budget for culture has today been dealt with in the committee on culture, the idea has always been that this should be doable in a good way and that museums get three months.
the rooms for a transitional period, decreases at the same time, the bet on the 25 million that M and KD presented with a view to strengthening the libraries ‘ work to reach young people in socio-economic weak areas. The bet is now rather than five million.
” We have listened to the people concerned who is in charge of the current museums. They now have the spring and the budget is the reform in the first quarter. This is based in the Alliance’s reform agenda, ” says Roland Utbult (KD) in a written reply to the DN.
“This is a completely new venture for the long-term strengthening the libraries’ work among children and young people in socio-economically weak areas. Money can be sought for projects and, for example, the arts council will play a major role to distribute the funds, ” says Roland Utbult and continues:
the Initiative was slightly less the first year than was planned from the beginning. But we switch up with the 25 million per year over the next two years.
cultural policy spokesperson for the Left party are in favour of free entry should be left behind. She is critical of how M and KD conducted the work with the new budget for culture.
– It is good that slopes, but this decision shows how poorly implemented the work with the budget has been and that you are not thought over in advance what the consequences might be, ” said Vasiliki Tsouplaki.
She describes it at the same time as a concern to bibliotekssatsningen will be less than expected.
– There is so little money that many municipalities will not bother to search. It will probably take more time and resources to apply for the money than what you are able to get in the money, ” she says.
Clarification 14/12-2018: Museums get three months – from the end of the budget beginning January 1, – to abolish the gratisentrén.
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