What is striking is that the agreements pay less attention to the interaction between culture and the economy. Furthermore, the provincial agreements do not necessarily seem to be good news for lovers of more alternative or artistic forms of art and culture, according to Platform 31. While theme museums receive plenty of support, the province of Flevoland, for example, is not committed to the arrival of an art museum in Almere. There is also little
to no attention to the perspective of independent, progressive artists or art collectives. The exceptions are Zeeland and Groningen. Zeeland indicates that it considers it important for performing artists to have a reële remuneration for their work. Groningen believes that creators of arts and culture deserve fair remuneration, valuing diversity.
Accessibility
The provinces especially emphasize that culture must be accessible, reachable and affordable for everyone. Flevoland announces it will promote this through education and in the distribution of available subsidies, which will be divided equally between urban and rural areas. Limburg aspires to a "balanced cultural infrastructure" throughout the province
and North Brabant asks cultural makers to develop offerings that fit multiple diverse groups in society. North Brabant also wants to involve artists more often to think creatively about solutions to social issues. Several agreements note that connecting urban and rural ONEn of the objectives of cultural policy. This applies, for example, to Overijssel, which values opportunities for encounters, especially also between people with different opinions, ideaën and values.
Heritage
In the coming years, efforts will be made as much as possible to protect and make heritage accessible. Monuments will be restored or given a new purpose. Some provinces are aware that this involves costs and that there are budgetary constraints. For example, Zeeland is introducing a quality impulse for heritage, but realizes that it is impossible to maintain all heritage. The latter also applies to Drenthe. Limburg announces lobbying activities toward the state "for a fair distribution of national cultural subsidies and the funding of the Bonnefantenmuseum as a state museum."
Cultural Education
Both South Holland and Gelderland are committed to maintaining libraries, specifically in smaller municipalities with limited offerings. Flevoland says it considers support for libraries important to reduce low literacy. The new Brabant board emphasizes that Brabant libraries are becoming increasingly important and is committed to additional support for the library sector. Cultural education in schools is also getting extra attention, but how is often unclear, the province is actively lobbying the state. Especially provinces that played a prominent role in the time of the VOC and the slave trade pay attention to commemorating this past. For example, Zeeland wants to work on a knowledge center around the history of slavery and North Holland took the initiative for Keti Koti dialogue tables.
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