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The Directorate General of International Co-operation in accordance with competences of the Ministry is responsible for performing tasks in the field of bilateral and multilateral co-operation and European affairs as well as for presenting culture abroad.
The Directorate General performs systematic and co-ordination activities in relation to substantive sections of the Ministry by overseeing the implementation of state cultural policy in relation to foreign countries and by presenting Slovak culture abroad.
It also evaluates the carrying out of government policy statement, resolutions of government and other bodies and it prepares analyses and viewpoints in the field of international relations.
In co-operation with the Central Service Organisation of the Ministry it runs the agenda of foreign business trips of Ministry employees and experts as well as agenda of foreign visitors at the Ministry.
The Directorate General of International Co-operation is divided into the following Directorates:
Directorate of Bilateral Cooperation
Directorate of Multilateral Co-operation
Contact: Stanislav Vallo (f) Director General
421 (0) 2 2048 2315
Fax: 421 (0) 2 5441 5534
E-mail:sms@culture.gov.sk
Website: http://www.culture.gov.sk/
Proprietor: Ministry of Culture
E-mail: stanislav.vallo@culture.gov.sk
The Slovak Republic acceded to the following conventions in the area of culture:
Intergovernmental cultural agreements
Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the French Community of Belgium and the Walloon Government. Bratislava, 30 March 2001
Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Education, Science and Culture between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria. Bratislava, 21 July 1994
Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the People’s Republic of China. Bratislava, 7 October 2000
Agreement on Intellectual and Artistic Contacts between Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Denmark. Copenhagen, 12 May 1937. (The Slovak Republic succeeded to this contractual relation).
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt on Cooperation in the field of Science, Education, Culture, and Sport. Cairo, 12 December 1995
Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Republic of the Philippines. New York, 8 October 1974
Agreement between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Republic of Finland on Cooperation in Cultural, Scientific and Related Fields. Helsinki, 12 October 1973 (the Slovak Republic succeeded to this contractual relation)
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the French Republic on Cultural, Technological, Educational, and Scientific cooperation. Paris, 21 March 1995
Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Hellenic Republic. Prague, 10 February 1976
The Slovak Republic succeeded to the Cultural Agreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Dutch Kingdom. The Hague, 3 August 1972
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Croatia in the fields of Culture, Education, Science, and Sport. Bratislava, 5 May 1995
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of India on Cooperation in the fields of Culture, Art, Education, Science, Tourism, Sport, and Mass Media. New Delhi, 11 March 1996
Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Imperial Government of Iran. Prague, 26 May 1967
Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and the Government of the State of Israel on Cooperation in the fields of Culture, Education and Science. Prague 29, April 1991
Agreement Concluded through an Exchange of Notes on Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the CSSR and the Government of Japan in Tokyo, 20 January 1976.
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on Cooperation in the Fields of Art and Culture. Cape Town, 28 May 1998
Agreement between the Government of the CSFR and the Government of Canada on Cooperation in the Fields of Cultural, Academic, and Sports Relations. Prague, 15 November 1990
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of Canada on Audiovisual Co-production. Ottawa, 5 June 2002
Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic and the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Prague, 23 June 1956
The Slovak Republic succeeded to the Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signed on 17 June 1976 in Luxembourg
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Hungary on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, Science, Sport and Youth. Budapest, 16 January 2003
Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of Malta. Prague, 10 September 1979
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on Cultural Cooperation, 1997.
Agreement on Cultural Relations between Czechoslovakia and Norway, signed in Oslo on 11 March 1937.
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation. Bratislava, 23 March 2000
Agreement between the Slovak Republik and the Portuguese Republic on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Culture, Science and Technic, Youth, Sport and Mass media, signed on 1 July 2003 in Bratislava
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Austria. Vienna, 13 September 1999
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of Romania in the Fields of Science, Education, Culture and Sport. Bratislava, 3 April 1994
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, and Science. Bratislava, 13 February 1995
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia on Cooperation in the Fields of Science, Education, and Culture. Bratislava, 14 December 1999
Agreement between the Slovak Republic and the Kingdom of Spain on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture and Education. Bratislava, 11 April 2000
The Slovak Republic succeeded to the Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Government of the Italian Republic, signed in Prague on 18 May 1971.
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on Mutual Cooperation in the Fields of Science, Education, Culture and Sport. Bratislava, 27 April 1995
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Cooperation in the Field of Information. Bratislava, 5 December 2000
Agreement between the Government of the CSSR and the Government of the United States of America on Cooperation in Culture, Education, Science, Technology, and other Fields. Prague, 15 April 1986
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the USA on the Establishment of J. William Fulbright Commission for Educational Exchanges in the SR. Bratislava, 22 September 1994
Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the United States of America on Protection and Preservation of Some Cultural Monuments and Historical Seats. Washington, 3 March 2001
Interdepartmental cultural agreements
Memorandum on Understanding in the Field of Cultural Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Department of Arts, Heritage, the Gaeltacht and the Islands. Dublin, 18 October 2001
Memorandum on Understanding between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chilean Republic in the Field of Culture and Art. Chile, May 2004
Agreement between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine on Cooperation in the Field of Culture. Štrbské Pleso, 23 January 1996
Agreement between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Fields of Culture and Arts. Taškent, 21 October 1997
Protocols of implementation and programmes of cooperation
Programme of Cooperation between the Slovak Republic and the French Community of Belgium and Walloon Region for the period of 2002 – 2003
Programme of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic for the period of 2001 – 2003
Programme of Exchange between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the State of Israel in the Fields of Culture, Education and Science for the period of 2001 – 2004
Programme of Cooperation between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education, Youth, and Sport for the period of 2002 – 2005
Programme of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the period of 2002 - 2004
Programme of Cooperation between the Slovak Republic and the Free State of Bavaria for the period of 2003 – 2004 based on a session of the Slovak – Bavarian Commission
Programme of Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the governments of the SR and of the Kingdom of Norway
Programme of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of Romania for the period of 2002 – 2005
Programme of Co-operation in the Area of Education and Culture between the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia for years 2003 - 2006
Programme of implementation for the Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Government of the Italian Republic for the period of 2001 – 2005
Programme of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Finland
Programme of Cooperation in the Fields of Education and Culture between the Slovak Republic and the Kingdom of Spain for the period of 2003 – 2006
Programme of Cooperation in the Fields of Education and Culture between the Slovak Republic and the Hellenic Republic for the period of 2004 – 2006
Programme of Cultural and Audiovisual Cooperation between the Slovak Republic and French Republic for the period of 2004 - 2006
Programme of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation for the period of 2000 – 2004
Programme of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia for the period from July 1999 – till approval of the new programme
Plan of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine for the period of 2003 – 2007
Agreement between the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the British Council in Slovakia for the period of 2003 – 2006
Intergovernmental and mixed commissions
Mixed Commission of the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Hungary for the Issues of Culture and Press
Intergovernmental Commission for Trade – Economic, Scientific – Technological and Cultural Cooperation between the Slovak Republic and the Russian Federation
Intergovernmental Slovak – Ukrainian Commission for the Ethnic Minority Issues, Educational, Cultural and Scientific Relations
Slovak – Bavarian Intergovernmental Commission
Slovak – Polish Intergovernmental Commission for Transfrontier Cooperation – a Work Group for Culture, Education and Exchange Stays of Youth
European affairs
Treaty of Accession of the Slovak Republic to the European Union, signed in Athens on 16 April 2003 (membership in EU: from 1 May 2004)
Participation in the European Union programmes:
- Culture 2000 – from 9 October 2001
- MEDIA – from 10 January 2003
Multilateral cooperation
The Slovak Republic is a member of the following international organizations:
- UN, from 19 January 1993
- UNESCO, from 9 February 1993
- OSCE, from 1 January 1993
- Council of Europe, from 30 June 1993
- OECD, from 14 December 2000
- European Union, from 1 May 2004
In October 2002, the Slovak Republic obtained the status of observer in Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie / International Francophone Organization
The Slovak Republic acceded to the following conventions in the area of culture:
- European Cultural Convention
- The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production
- The European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised)
- The Convention on the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe
- The Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities
- European Convention on Transfrontier Television
- Protocol amending the European Convestion on Transfrontier Television
- European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage
- Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Haritage, on the
- Protection of the Television Productions
- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
UNESCO
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
- Convention on the Protection and
Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions - Convention for the Safequading of the Intangible Cultural Haritage
- The Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
- Second Protocol to the Haque Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
- Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Culture Property
- Universal Copyright Convention
- Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 july 1971
UNIDROIT (UNIDROIT = International Institute for the Unification of Private Law = Medzinárodný ústav pre zjednotenie súkromného práva)
- UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Ciltiral Objects
WIPO (WIPO = World Intellectual Property Organisation = Svetová organizácia na ochranu duševného vlastníctva)
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
- Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
- WIPO Copyright Treaty
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
- Treaty on the International Registration of Audiovisual Works (Film Register Treaty)
WTO
- Agreement on the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Membership in the international organizations
name of organization name of slovak member
- ICOMOS Slovak Committee at the Monuments Board of the SR (PU SR)
- ICCROM the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
- ECOVAST Slovak Section at the SPU
- EAS Slovak Central Observatory (SÚH) Hurbanovo
- MUT Slovak Technical Museum (STM) Košice
- ICOM Slovak National Gallery (SNG) Bratislava
- CIOFF National Centre of Culture (NOC) Bratislava
- UNICA NOC Bratislava
- AITA/IATA NOC Bratislava
- FIAP NOC Bratislava, Fotofórum Ružomberok
- INSEA NOC Bratislava
- FICS NOC Bratislava
- IOFA Centre of Folk Art Production (ÚĽUV) Bratislava
- EFACF ÚĽUV Bratislava
- IFLA Union of Slovak Librarians, University Library (UK) Bratislava
- CENTL Slovak National Library (SNK) MS Martin
- ICAU SNK MS Martin, UK Bratislava
- IISSNC SNK MS Martin
- IAML UK Bratislava
- ASSISTANCE SNK MS Martin, UK Bratislava
- LIBER UK Bratislava
Art
- Audiovisual art EURIMAGES, EAO
- Architecture UIA, IFHP, ECOVAST, ISOCARP, IFLA Design ICSID, ICOGRADA, IFI
- Visual arts AICA, FIDEM, AIAP / IAA, AIC / IAC
- Theatre ITI, SIMBAS, ASSITEJ, AICT
- Music ISCM, CIME, FIM, EFA, ICTM, ECPNM, IMC, IAMIC, CISM, JMI
- Literature FIT, CEATL
- Art for children and youth IBBY, EUNETART, CIFEJ
