ukraine Capital: Kiev Population: 45.5m Official language(s): Ukrainian Cultural minorities: Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Belarussians, Bulgarians, Georgians, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians, Jews, Moldavians, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Russians and Tatars Political system: unitary semi-presidential republic EU relation: priority partner country within the European Neighbourhood Policy since 1998 GDP: EUR 84.3bn (2009) GDP per capita: EUR 1,825 (2009) CULTURAL DATA National cultural budget in Ukraine 2002
EUR 212,134,000
2003
EUR 287,579,100
2004
EUR 309,476,200
2005
2008
2010
UAH 5,851,000,000
UAH 6,802,000,000
N.A.
EUR 690,081,973
EUR 441,231,900
There are no figures available on the national cultural budget before 2002. It doubled in the period between 2002 and 2005, and data from 2008 and 2010 shows, that it even increased by 16% during the economic crisis. Cultural expenditure per capita in Ukraine 2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2010
EUR 3.90
EUR 4.32
EUR 5.32
EUR 6.52
EUR 9.33
EUR 12.10
During the economic crisis from 2008 to 2010, the national cultural budget in Ukraine increased by 16%.
During the period 2001-2010 public per capita cultural expenditure tripled at a steady rate. Cultural expenditure as a proportion of GDP in Ukraine 2001
2005
2010
0.50%
0.60%
0.60%
Public spending on culture as a proportion of GDP rose by 0.10% between 2001 and 2005 and was the same in 2010 as it was in 2005. There is no available data on cultural expenditure per household in Ukraine for the period 1995-2011. A selection of national cultural policy objectives: · Protecting and preserving cultural heritage and folk and amateur arts · Ensuring freedom of artistic creativity and copyright protection · Increasing the importance of regions, districts and historic cities · Supporting and developing international cultural cooperation and exchange · Promoting equality for cultural minorities and supporting cultural education programmes Historical outline of cultural policy and specific issues Under communism, the centralised system focused on cultural education, support for folk art and the book market. In 1991, the ideological dictatorship and state control ended and Ukraine became an independent nation state. The transformation period consisted of an ad hoc policy at central and local level, without long term solutions.
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