Basel Cultural Promotion Act in the consultation process
The government council of the canton of Basel-Landschaft has approved the draft bill for a cultural promotion law for consultation. The consultation period runs until August 31, 2014.
The law currently in force is regarded as a pure subsidy law without cultural policy guidelines, as provided for in the cantonal constitution of 1984. After the Government Council drew up a cultural mission statement, an initial draft of the Cultural Subsidies Act (2009) was revised and supplemented. The revision was carried out "on the basis of the findings and objectives for the leitbild_kultur.bl 2013-2017 from the TAGSATZUNG kultur.bl in May 2011".
According to the canton, the current draft law represents a clear optimization of the current law in the area of cantonal cultural policy and promotion. It closes the gap between the cultural paragraph of the cantonal constitution and the cultural promotion already in place.
The draft also covers public institutions of the canton's basic cultural offerings: the cantonal library, cantonal museum, cantonal archaeology, the Roman city of Augusta Raurica and the publishing house of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. It also regulates the distribution of roles between the canton and the municipalities, which is indicated by cultural policy, as well as the special importance of schools as a cultural mediation platform.
