KULTMINOR

The Fund for the Promotion of National Minority Culture (hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”) is established by Act No. 138/2017 Coll. on the Fund for the Promotion of National Minority Culture.

The Fund is an independent public institution whose mission is to promote and stimulate the culture of national minorities in the field of cultural and academic activities of national minorities, in particular by creating support mechanisms for the creation and dissemination of cultural and scientific values. By implementing its mission, the Fund contributes to the implementation of the cultural policy of the Slovak Republic and the European Union in the field of support for the development of national minorities.

The Fund as a public institution:

• ensures the development of cultural and educational activities in the field of intercultural dialogue and national minorities,
• promotes theatre, music, dance, visual and audiovisual arts,
• the development of literary, publishing and editorial activity in the area,
• preserves and protects the development of the identity and cultural values of national minorities,
• promotes education and training in the field of the rights of national minorities,
• creates conditions for the development of intercultural dialogue and for better understanding between Slovak citizens
• nationalities and citizens belonging to national minorities and ethnic groups,
• supports academic activities in the field as defined in Section 1(1) of the Fund Act.