Management system of culture needs improvement in Moldova

Chisinau, 21 August /MOLDPRES/ – In order to increase the efficiency of cultural institutions, it is necessary an innovative management and effective marketing in domain, and the system of selection and appointment of the managers must be transparent, taking into account capacities of candidate and not to be influenced by political factor. The proposal has been made, on Wednesday, 21 August, during IInd round of public discussions entitled: Wednesday of cultural policies for Moldova, organised by the Center for Cultural Policies with the support of Visegrad Fund.

Within it, head of the Centre for Cultural Policies, Veaceslav Reabcinschi, has mentioned that the institution under his management implements project: The cultural policies for Moldova, which aims to develop a set of proposals for the efficiency of cultural policies in Moldova in the context of association with EU and adoption of development strategy Moldova 2030.

According to Veaceslav Reabcinschi, the cultural system of Moldova is not adjusted to the market economy and does not face the internal and external challenges that exist in society today.

"A priority for the national strategy for the development of culture Moldova 2030 must be the efficiency of the cultural institutions. We consider it necessary to establish a system of permanent training and instructing of managers of cultural institutions. Secondly, it is necessary to create mechanisms for choosing the leaders of cultural institutions in a transparent way. Thirdly, a manager should not be in office for more than two terms. If he is a good manager, he can be appointed to another position. We also consider that it is necessary to change the statistical system of cultural records, because today of the 30 parametres proposed by UNESCO, are highlighted only ten parametres in Moldova. Basically, the sector of creative and cultural industries is not taken into consideration, very little attention is paid to the field of creation and it is necessary that the number of indicators to increase by 2030, and the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) will have more info on the role of culture in society”, said Veaceslav Reabcinschi.

In this context, the director of the Centre for Cultural Policies has emphasised that the created situation is reflected in the researches conducted in 2018 by the Institute of Legal, Political and Sociological Research (ICJPS) among experts in the field of culture. Thus, it was found that 46.6 per cent of the respondents consider that the share of cultural sector in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Moldova has decreased. In order to increase the efficiency of cultural institutions, the respondents consider that it is necessary to reform the financing system (55.5 per cent), and the remuneration of the managers to be related to the results of activities of institutions (53.3 per cent), create a system of continuous professional training. (46.7 per cent) and improve the mechanism of selection and appointment of administrators (45.0). The measures taken to shift institutions to performance – based management failed – 63.3 per cent, and cultural policies do not take into account the needs of population – 66.7 per cent. Cultural production decreased by 23.8 per cent, shows research.

Attending the event, head of department of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research (MECC), Orest Dabija, has mentioned that it is very important to have continuous training courses for managers. He also informed the assistance that it was drafted a regulation for the selection of the directors of the theatrical – concert institutions.

The following public discussions will take place on 04 September, in the conference hall of AIS Moldpres and will refer to the cultural houses as centers of community development, about the possibilities of reforming these institutions so that they can meet the modern challenges.

Project: The cultural policies for Moldova is implemented by the Centre for Cultural Policies and ICJPS with the support of the Visegrad Fund, in partnership with Budapest Observatory (Hungary), Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), Creative Industry Forum (Slovakia) and the Institute umění – Divadelní ústav (Czechia).