Preface
The purpose of this series is to show how cultural policies are planned and
implemented in various Member States.
As cultures differ, so does the approach to them. It is for each Member
State to determine its cultural policy and methods according to its own
conception of culture, its socio-economic system, political ideology and
technical development. However, the methods of cultural policy (like those
of general development policy) have certain common problems; these are
largely institutional, administrative and financial in nature, and the need
has increasingly been stressed for exchanging experiences and information
about them. This series, each issue of which follows as far as possible a
similar pattern so as to make comparison easier, is mainly concerned with
these technical aspects of cultural policy.
In general, the studies deal with the principles and methods of cultural
policy, the evaluation of cultural needs, administrative structures and
management, planning and financing, the organization of resources, legislation,
budgeting, public and private institutions, cultural content in education,
cultural autonomy and decentralization, the training of personnel,
institutional infrastructures for meeting specific cultural needs, the
safeguarding of the cultural heritage, institutions for the dissemination of
the arts, international cultural co-operation and other related subjects.
The studies, which cover countries belonging to differing social and
economic systems, geographical areas and levels of development, present,
therefore, a wide variety of approaches and methods in cultural policy.
Taken as a whole, they can provide guidelines to countries that have yet
to establish cultural policies, while all countries, especially those seeking new
formulations of such policies, can profit by the experience already gained.
This study was prepared for Unesco by Professor Haryati Soebadio,
Director-General of Culture of the Department of Education and Culture
of Indonesia.
The author is responsible for the choice and the presentation of the
facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein, which
are not necessarily those of Unesco and do not commit the Organization