Roadmap for implementing the music initiative
A working group with representatives from music associations as well as cantons, cities and municipalities has produced a report with proposals for improving music education in Switzerland. The Federal Council will decide which ones it wants to implement as part of the 2016-2019 cultural dispatch.
The working group came to the conclusion that equal opportunities and the quality of music education in popular and talent promotion should be improved in various areas and cooperation between the various stakeholders should be strengthened, writes the Federal Administration. It has drafted a total of 37 proposals for measures, 32 of which are in principle the responsibility of the federal government.
When assessing the question of which measures the federal government should implement, some of the working group members had differing views on the necessity, practicability and urgency of the individual measures and the scope of federal powers.
The working group's proposed measures are currently being analyzed by the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) and the FDHA and will be discussed with the cantons, cities and municipalities as part of the National Cultural Dialogue at the end of March 2014.
The Federal Council will decide which measures it wants to implement as part of the 2016-2019 cultural dispatch. The consultation on the 2016-2019 Cultural Dispatch is scheduled to open at the beginning of summer 2014. The Federal Council is expected to refer the 2016-2019 Cultural Dispatch to Parliament in December 2014.
The report is available on the website of the Federal Office of Culture: http://www.bak.admin.ch/?lang=de&webcode=d_14089_de
