Assessing the Efficiency and Transparency of Public Resources Allocated to Culture
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An analysis assessing how efficiently and transparently public resources allocated to culture are used in the Republic of Moldova concludes that the sector suffers more from imperfect management than from a shortage of funding, and warns of the alarming deterioration of cultural heritage, notably in Chișinău.
The analysis finds that the excessive presence of the state in culture hinders the development of the private sector, which is practically absent in some subdomains.
The pace and trend of deterioration and destruction of tangible cultural heritage, above all architectural and archaeological, is described as alarming. In Chișinău, 10% of the monuments in the Historic Centre have already been demolished, and 30% of the built heritage is considered at risk. If demolitions and degrading interventions do not stop, the city risks losing its Historic Centre. To change the situation, the Government must radically alter the development paradigm for culture and the way policies are designed and implemented, in line with current economic, social and administrative realities.
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