The Government Steps in: It Will Take Away the MMA's Special Powers at the National Cultural Fund
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The Hungarian Academy of Arts could lose its special decision-making powers granted to it by the National Cultural Fund in 2016 under a new bill that would give representatives of professional organizations a greater role in the distribution of cultural grants. In the future, the opinion of the MMA president would no longer be required before appointing the vice president of the NKA, and the academy would also lose its powers related to professi…
According to the ministry led by Zoltán Tarr, the change would restore the NKA's operating procedures prior to 2016.
The transformation of the National Cultural Fund (NKA) has begun.
The special decision-making powers of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, introduced ten years ago, will be abolished.
The government has approved a legislative amendment to the National Cultural Fund (NKA), which would significantly transform the system of awarding cultural grants. One of the most important elements of the proposal is that it would abolish the special decision-making powers of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA), introduced in 2016, and would provide greater input to cultural professional organizations. The draft will be subject to public consu…
First, the decision-making authority is affected.
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