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Usage of Structural Funds for Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Digitization

Usage of Structural Funds for Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Digitization. Regina Varnienė - Janssen. Digital Access to Cultural Heritage Prague May 26, 2009. Content of the report. EU fundraising obstacles in Lithuania in 2004 - 2006;

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Usage of Structural Funds for Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Digitization

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  1. Usage of Structural Funds for Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Digitization Regina Varnienė-Janssen Digital Access to Cultural Heritage Prague May 26, 2009

  2. Content of the report • EU fundraising obstacles in Lithuania in 2004-2006; • Efforts on effective usage of EU structural funds in 2007-2013; • Cultural heritage digitization funding in 2007-2013.

  3. EU fundraising obstacles in 2004-2006 • Absence of strategic legal solutions on cultural heritage digitization; • Lack of measures for digital content within the Single Programming Document (SPD) 2004-2006; • Lack of cooperation between memory institutions.

  4. Fundraising in 2004-2006 • 2004: application for the EU structural funding-NLL; • Draft concept for digitization of movable cultural assets-NLL; • Revision of the draft concept by the Digitization Council • under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania; • Approval of the Concept in 2005 (Resolution No. 933 of the • Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 25 August, 2005; • Valstybės žinios, 2005, No. 105-3877).

  5. E-content within SPD 2004-2006 • Low participation of non-governmental organizations in • thedrafting of the SPD 2004-2006; • Lack of measures for digital content of the cultural heritage • within SPD 2004-2006; • Measure 3.3 of the SPD “Development of Information • Technology Services and Infrastructure” as best providing • for the creation of digital heritage content.

  6. Legislative activities • The initiative by NLL: a draft project for the Strategy; • Improvement of the draft Strategy; • Adoption of the Strategy by the Government of the Republic • of Lithuania.

  7. Strategy on Cultural Heritage Digitization The Strategy aims to encourage digitization of cultural heritage objects preserved at memory institutions, guarantee long-term preservation of Lithuanian cultural heritage, its integration into the global digital space, and worldwide access to it.

  8. Implementation Framework for the Strategy 2007-2013 • Assets needed for the implementation of the Strategy; • Organizations responsible for the activities outlined in the Strategy; • EUR 5 840 000 from the state budget; • EUR 12 318 000 from the EU structural funds.

  9. Legislation on e-services and e-content • Operational Programme on Economic Growth for 2007-2013; • 3rd priority “Information society for all”; • Measure – “Lithuanian culture in the information society” • Total amount: EUR 14 493 000.

  10. PUBLIC DEBATESRepresentatives of social, economic, and regional partners; the President; the Seimas; the Government; the Office of the Seimas; the Ministries; other instituions and organizations involved. COORDINATING INSTITUTION Ministry of Finance COMMISSION Representatives of the Ministries and other public authorities External experts and scholars. SUBJECT DIVISIONS OF THE COMMISSION WORKING GROUPS FOR PREPARATION OF ACTION PROGRAMMES Representatives of the Ministries and other governmental institutions; social, economic, and regional partners; other organizations with the right to be represented.

  11. Measure “Lithuanian culture in the information society" • The goal - creation of valuable digital heritage by conversion • of unique and valuable cultural heritage objects, works of art, • cultural creations, information about significant phenomena in • the historical and social reality into the digital form. • Total amount: EUR 14 493 000.

  12. Activities to be financed • The measure “Lithuanian culture in the information society”: • Creation of digital content; • Provision of e-services.

  13. Project selection and administration • Measure “Lithuanian culture in the information society”: • National project selection criteria; • Information Society Development Committee; • Implementing agency for the Measure - the Central • Project Management Agency.

  14. Projects to be financed 1. “Creation of the Lithuanian cultural heritage content and access” - NLL (the National Library): EUR 8 800 000; 2. “Lithuanian documentary cinema online” - Lithuanian State Archives: EUR 3 000 000; 3. “Building and restoration of the sovereign Lithuanian state: digitization of the historical heritage” - the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania: EUR 9 000 000;

  15. Projects to be financed 4. “Millennium: digitization of the Lithuanian historical and cultural heritage” - Vilnius University: EUR 1 880 000; 5. Better availability of audiobooks for the visually impaired: Lithuanian Library for the Blind – EUR 1 000 000; 6. Digitization of records preserved at the Lithuanian Radio Archives - Lithuanian National Radio and Television: EUR 1 800 000.

  16. Goals of the NLL project • Development of the partnership infrastructure; • Digital content creation; • Standardization of metadata, digital object archiving and • digital content access; • Development of the infrastructure of the Integrated • Virtual System and the portal “epaveldas.lt”.

  17. Conclusions 1. Lithuanian culture has been singled out as a priority area for the investment under the measure “Lithuanian culture in the information society” of the 3rd priority of the Operational Programme on Economic Growth for 2007-2013 with the total amount of EUR 14 493 000. 2. Legal documents on digitization, the Implementation Framework for the Strategyon Digitization 2007-2013 and the above-mentioned measure provide legal basis for memory institutions to apply for EU Structural Funding.

  18. Conclusions • 3. The key objectives that are made sustainable through EU • structural funding: • permanent and systematic creation of the digital content; • integrity and diversity of the cultural heritage; • better access oportunities for remote users; • integration of cultural heritage into the European digital environment.

  19. Děkují za Vaší pozornost Thank you for your attention

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