Functions
The Ministry of Culture performs the following functions within the framework of Lithuanian legislation:
- Drafting legislation pertaining to cultural activities;
- Drafting concepts and programmes supporting the development of various forms of art, and coordinating their implementation;
- Allocating funds to museums, libraries and organizations that support visual, musical, and performance arts
- Coordinating activities on behalf of copyright and related rights;
- Coordinating state public information policy;
- Assuring the accounting of, and protection of, cultural values;
- Development and implementing international cultural programmes, and drafting international agreements pertaining to these programmes;
- Initiating regional cultural development strategies.
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)