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Developing the Dubrovnik City Cultural Strategy

The presentation 'Developing the Dubrovnik City Cultural Strategy' by Ana Žuvela Bušnja was devoted to the overview of the current situation of the cultural sector in Dubrovnik. After underlining the importance of the single official strategic document on culture in Croatia 'Croatia in the 21st Century', she underlined that little has been done about further amending and implementing the proposed strategy text. It is intriguing that, provoked by the delay of de-centralization, independent organization Clubture started an initiative for the decentralization. In this line, an NGO from Dubrovnik, Art Workshop Lazareti is working on the strategic document for the city of Dubrovnik. For a city of its' size, Dubrovnik has a significant number of cultural institutions and programs, the percentage spent on the budget for culture is somewhat higher than in other Croatian cities, but it should be underlined that on average 90% of the cultural institution's budget is spent on salaries and maintenance costs. Although it is constantly stressed that culture is central asset of the city of Dubrovnik, it is usually neglected in the context of urban strategies. In such a situation, the NGOs are taking over the initiative to elaborate the city cultural strategy. All these questions are paramount in a city where the current mayor states that 'tourism is Dubrovnik's main industry'.

urban development; cultural policies

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