Tuesday, 12 November 2013

15th Sitting of the Culture and Information Committee

At the sitting held on 4 and 12 November, the Culture and Information Committee discussed the position of the National Council for Culture.


The sitting was convened at the request of the National Council for Culture asking the National Assembly to take concrete steps within its scope to address the open issues between the Ministry of Culture and Media and the National Council for Culture. The representatives of the National Council for Culture, headed by Council President Dusko Paunkovic, pointed out the disagreements between the Council and Ministry as regards the Council’s role and participation in the drafting of the Strategy of Cultural Development, reaffirming the need to resolve the Council members’ material status.
After the discussion, the Committee adopted the following conclusions:
1. The Committee notes that the National Council for Culture discharges its duty regularly and conscientiously as stipulated by the Law on Culture.
2. The Committee asks that the Bill amending and modifying the Law on Culture be urgently included into the agenda for a National Assembly sitting.
3. The Committee proposes that the sitting be adjourned and continued as soon as possible, in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Media Ivan Tasovac and the Ministry’s state secretaries.

In the continuation of the sitting on 12 November, attended, in addition to the Committee members and members of the National Council for Culture, by Minister of Culture and Media Ivan Tasovac, the participants discussed the work of the National Council for Culture and cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Council. The Committee members had some suggestions on how to improve the cooperation between the Ministry and Council, pointing out the need to pass a single law to govern the activities of all councils.
In conclusion, Committee Chairperson Vesna Marjanovic said that the Council members’ working conditions remain an open issue which will appear on the agenda for one of the upcoming Committee sittings. She urged the Ministry and Council representatives to come to a mutually acceptable solution so as to overcome their communication and cooperation problems.

The sitting was chaired by Vesna Marjanovic, Committee Chairperson.


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