Uniform cultural development of Republika Srpska – decentralisation of culture

For the purpose of achieving uniform cultural development of Republika Srpska and fulfilling the cultural needs of citizens, in both urban and rural areas, in the reporting period the ministry largely focused on the activity of decentralisation of culture. Namely, the analysis of coverage of municipalities with cultural contents, conducted in 2009, revealed that culture was accessible to citizens in only 50% of municipalities. After that, the ministry established a mechanism for co-financing projects with clearly defined and specified requirements and criteria. It identified the non-privileged municipalities which had to be included in the project in order for the project to be supported by the ministry. The measuring indicators were more than positive – in the four years of implementation of this open competition, 95% of Republika Srpska municipalities were covered by cultural contents.