Danish Agency for Culture founded
23.01.2012 | On the 1 January 2012 the new Danish Agency for Culture was founded by a merger. It is under the aegis of the Danish Ministery of Culture.
The agency is a merger of three former agencies: The Danish Arts Agency, the Heritage Agency of Denmark, and the Danish Agency for Libraries and Media.
Official reasons for the merger are:
- improve professional synergies,
- create a greater impact in other policy areas
- make it possible for the Danish Ministry of Culture to grapple with future economic challenges.
The Danish Agency for Culture consists of five centers: Libraries and Media, Digitalization and IT, Cultural Heritage and Architecture, Cultural Institutions and Operational Support, Support for the Arts.
Furthermore there are an Executive Secretariat, and a Human Resources Group.
Official aims are:
- To bolster the interplay among art, cultural heritage, libraries and media
- To improve the coordination of national and municipal efforts in cultural fields
- To promote the development and exploitation of an increasingly digitalized culture and media landscape
- To develop new proposals and forms of communication for citizens
- To strengthen international cultural collaboration within all professional fields
- To increase cooperation among, inter alia, education, teaching, research, the environment and nature, and business development, including architecture and tourism.
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"Culture includes not only culture and arts, but also the way of life and system of values. In this sense culture becomes the major power for intellectual renewal and human perfection." (European Council Report on European Cultural Policy)
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