DGArtes

Arts Support supports the creation, production and dissemination of the arts, as well as the consolidation, qualification and stimulation of cultural equipment networks. The public financing of activities and projects that contribute towards the promotion of the artistic creativity and capacity for innovation at national and international level is one of the core instruments used to carry out these two correlated sides of cultural policy, which also aims to raise the awareness and critical stance of the population, thus supporting their qualification and social cohesion in the process.

Taking into account the role of culture, particularly that of the arts, in the social and economic development of the country, as well as the need for convergence of sectorial policies by bringing together synergies and their replicating effects, the Government has set up a normative framework, via the Directorate-General for the Arts, that regulates support activities, in response to the need to consolidate and foster the sustained development of artistic activities.