Promotion of arts, culture and innovation (loc — arts. 24-103-105-110)

As one of the challenges included in the last report on compliance with the 2005 unesco convention, the need for an organic law of culture (loc, in spanish) that guarantees "cultural diversity, interculturality and cultural rights", on which sectoral public policy is legitimized and the institutional framework related to its implementation is streamlined, was highlighted. on december 30, 2016 the new organic law of culture was published in official gazette nro. 913. its regulation was issued through executive decree 1428, published in official gazette, volume 8, of june 06, 2017. this law organizes the national system of culture through two subsystems: the social memory and cultural heritage subsystem, and the arts and cultural innovation subsystem. this second subsystem aims, on the one hand, at renewing the institutional structure of the state through the creation of two institutes -the cinema and audiovisual creation institute icca (in spanish), ministerial agreement no. dm-2017-052 dated august 09, 2017, and the institute for the promotion of art, innovation and creativity ifaic (in spanish), ministerial agreement nro. dm-2017-053 dated august 09, 2017-; and, on the other hand, at strengthening the use of the fund for the promotion of arts, culture and innovation, established in article 110 of the organic law of culture. these institutes are called upon to establish promotion lines coming from the fund for the promotion of arts, culture and innovation. from this fund, resources of a non-refundable nature are allocated to cultural creators, producers and managers, in accordance with the regulations issued for this purpose, seeking the artistic, cultural and creative strengthening of our society, with high quality, diversity, territorial equity and interculturality criteria. the fund for the promotion of arts, culture and innovation will have the following funding lines: (a) the arts and creativity funding line, managed by the institute for the promotion of arts, innovation and creativity; (b) the cinematographic and audiovisual creation funding line, managed by the cinema and audiovisual creation institute; c) other funding lines that may be established by the culture governing body, intended for the fields of social memory and heritage or others, in accordance with its competences. public calls are opened every year for the free application of citizens.