Cubierta EN 11/4/05 10:04 Pagina 1 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Basque Plan for Culture Basque Plan for Culture ISBN 84-457-2264-6 Salneurria / P.V.P.: 8 € Price: 5,57 £ KULTURA SAILA DEPARTAMENTO DE CULTURA Compuesta BASQUE PLAN FOR CULTURE KULTURA SAILA DEPARTAMENTO DE CULTURA Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2005 Basque plan for culture. – 1st ed. – Vitoria-Gasteiz : Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia = Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco, 2005 p. ; cm. + 1 CD-ROM ISBN 84-457-2264-6 1. Euskadi-Política cultural. I. Euskadi. Departamento de Cultura. 32(460.15):008 Published: 1st edition, april 2005 Print run: 500 © Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoko Administrazioa Kultura Saila Administración de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco Departamento de Cultura Internet: www.euskadi.net Published by: Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 – 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz Photosetting: Rali, S.A. – Bilbao Printed by: Estudios Gráficos Zure, S.A. – Bilbao ISBN: 84-457-2264-6 L.D.: BI-830-05 Contents PROLOGUE . 7 PRESENTATION . 9 1. CULTURAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK . 13 1.1. A broad vision of culture . 15 1.1.1. Culture, heterogeneity and integration . 15 1.1.2. Culture and identity . 15 1.1.3. Culture and institutions . 16 1.1.4. Culture and economy . 16 1.1.5. Basque culture in the broad sense . 17 1.2. The Basque cultural system . 17 1.2.1. Cultural and communicative space . 17 1.2.2. Space and territory in Euskal Hiria . 18 1.2.3. The cultural system and the reproduction of that space . 18 1.2.4. The structure of the Basque cultural system . 19 1.2.5. The chain of cultural activity . 20 1.3. Today’s world and basque culture . 20 1.3.1. Cultural globalisation: trends and some effects . 20 1.3.2. Our context . 21 1.3.3. Central difficulties . 21 1.3.3.1. Place in the networks and in the chain of exchanges . 21 1.3.3.2. Global companies and minority cultures . 21 1.3.3.3. National states and differentiated minority communities . 22 1.3.4. Pro-active concept . 22 1.3.5. Risks associated with the polarisation of internal politics . 23 1.3.6. Culture and Euskera . 23 1.3.7. Culture and immigration . 24 1.4. Cultural policy . 24 1.4.1. Models of cultural policy . 24 1.4.2. Cultural rights . 25 1.4.3. Values and principles of cultural policy . 25 1.4.4. Public cultural expenditure: a comparison of various countries . 26 2. THE CULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE BASQUE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY AS SEEN BY ITS AGENTS . 29 2.1. SWOT analysis for making a diagnosis . 31 2.1.1. Strong points . 32 2.1.2. Opportunities . 36 2.1.3. Weak points . 40 2.1.4. Threats . 46 3. THE BASQUE PLAN FOR CULTURE THROUGH 2007 WITH INDICATIONS UP TO 2015 . 51 3.1. Mission, priority and primary directions of the Plan . 53 3.1.1. The mission . 53 3.1.2. The central priority: the decade of knowledge and culture . 53 3.1.3. The five fingers of the open hand of culture . 54 3.1.3.1. Contents . 54 3.1.3.2. Cultural integration . 55 3.1.3.3. Identity . 55 3.1.3.4. Modernisation . .56 3.1.3.5. External projection . 57 3.2. Building a shared strategic line of thought . 57 3.2.1. In institutional policy . 58 3.2.2. In the concept of society . 58 3.2.3. In the value chain . 58 3.3. Organisational aspects: bodies and policies . 59 3.3.1. The Plan’s structural bodies and their nature . 59 3.3.2. Planning and participation . 62 3.4. Identifying lines of action and actions according to strategic axes . 62 4. COMPONENT FOR THE MONITORING AND ONGOING EVALUATION OF THE PLAN . 85 4.1. Objectives and characteristics . 87 4.2. When evaluation takes place . 87 4.3. Organisation . 88 4.4. Design and construction of indicators . 88 5. A NOVEL AND PARTICIPATIVE METHODOLOGY . 91 5.1. The preliminary document and the presentations . 93 5.2. The phases . 94 5.3. The working groups . 94 5.4. The Permanent Commission of the Basque Council on Culture . ..