Council of Ministers of BiH: 1.3 million KM for 86 cultural institutions

The Council of Ministers of BiH has made a Decision on allocating funds for the current grant "Co-financing of cultural institution projects in BiH" in the amount of 1,350,000.00 KM, which will be distributed to 86 cultural entities for specific projects with the aim of preserving their capacities and cultural traditional content, reports the BiH news agency Patria.

- Thus, the National Museum of BiH will be supported with 180,000 KM, the National and University Library of BiH with 85,000 KM, the Historical Museum of BiH with 75,000 KM, the Art Gallery of BiH with 70,000 KM, the Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired with 55,000 KM, the Museum of Republika Srpska with 55,000 KM, the Museum of Contemporary Art of RS and the Public Institution National and University Library of RS will each receive 45,000 KM, and the Public Institution National Theatre of RS 40,000.00 KM, and the BiH Cinematheque 30,000 KM - it was announced.

Furthermore, the Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of BiH, Mostar, and the Association of the Blind of Herceg-Bosna will each receive 30,000 KM, the Croatian National Theatre will receive 25,000 KM, the Franciscan Museum and Gallery Gorica Livno 27,000 KM, and Matica hrvatska Mostar will receive 26,000 KM for the organization of the Mostarsko proljeće event.

The Council of Ministers of BiH has made a Decision on the allocation of funds for the current grant "Co-financing of sports events" for 2014, by which 560,000 KM is allocated to 66 national and entity sports associations and clubs in amounts ranging from 2,000 to 23,000 KM.

The Council of Ministers of BiH has made a Decision on allocating funds for co-financing projects in the field of "International Cultural Cooperation" for 2014. This is a grant worth 270,000 KM, which will be distributed to 60 cultural entities, including theaters, libraries, foundations, institutes, and associations, in amounts ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 KM.

All grant beneficiaries are obliged to submit reports on the dedicated use of funds to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.