New Obwalden culture law meets with approval
The Obwalden cantonal council has passed the Culture Act (KuG), which was almost universally welcomed by those affected, in its second reading. Music schools continue to be regulated by the Education Act.
The original plan was to also include music schools in the Culture Act. Due to the clear stance of the local authorities to leave the music schools in the Education Act, this has now been dropped.
The tasks of the local authorities in the area of cultural promotion are now also regulated. This was requested by the municipalities in the consultation process. In addition, the Government Council's implementing provisions on the promotion of culture provided for in the Culture Act were missed. The Government Council has now also adopted these at first reading.
With the Culture Act, the Obwalden cantonal government wants to formally anchor the various cultural areas (cultural promotion, monument preservation and archaeology, protection of cultural assets, libraries) in a single new law. In terms of content, only the promotion of culture is to be reviewed and legislatively adapted to the current situation. The other areas (preservation of monuments/archaeology, protection of cultural assets, libraries) are to be retained unchanged.
