Stanislav Moša, director of the Brno Municipal Theatre, continues to head the Association of Professional Theatres of the Czech Republic. The meeting of the General Assembly of the APT CR was held in Hradec Králové just the other day.
On 24-25 June 2024, the General Meeting of the Association of Professional Theatres of the Czech Republic met in Hradec Králové at the Tereziánský dvůr Hotel. Among other items on the agenda, the first part included the regular election of the governing bodies. From a total of the 37 theatres that make up the Association of Professional Theatres, 32 representatives were present to elect seven members of the committee and three members of the review committee, and the results of their secret ballot for the next three years are as follows: the Chairman for the next term of office remains Stanislav Moša; the committee will be composed of Jan Burian, David Gerneš, Martin Glaser, Daniel Hrbek, Lukáš Průdek and now also Tomáš Jarkovský, while the review committee will comprise Eva Mikulková, Petr Dohnal and Ondrej Remiáš.
Another important topic discussed on the first day of the meeting was the legislative environment in culture, with an emphasis on the Act on Public Cultural Institutions. The current state of the legislative process was presented to the directors by the Minister of Culture himself, Martin Baxa.
Cultural funding was also discussed, with an emphasis on the State Support Programme for Professional Theatres, Symphony Orchestras and Choirs, as well as current projects and upcoming educational activities. On Tuesday morning, the focus then shifted to the upcoming changes to the Czech Ministry of Culture's subsidy programmes, with two guests also present: the president of the Union of Employers' Unions, Jiří Horecký, who presented the activities of the Union, and Juraj Gerbery from the National Information and Advisory Centre for Culture (NIPOS), who introduced the theatre benchmarking project.
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