The Ministry of Culture unveiled the Cultural Rights Plan this Monday, an ambitious strategy that redefines the State’s cultural policies from a human rights perspective. Presented at the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía by Minister Ernest Urtasun and the Director General of Cultural Rights, Jazmín Beirak, the plan recognizes culture as a fundamental right, a common good, and an essential pillar for a fair, participatory, and sustainable democracy.
Designed in a participatory manner with more than 300 sector professionals and nearly 1,000 citizen contributions, the plan proposes 146 measures for the 2025–2030 period, more than 100 of which will be implemented during the current legislative period. With a total investment of €79.3 million through 2027, €46 million corresponds to new public investment lines.
Its objectives include ensuring equal cultural participation, consolidating cultural rights as the cornerstone of public action, promoting decent working conditions in the sector, and strengthening the role of culture in challenges such as gender equality, the environment, mental health, and democratic memory.
Minister Urtasun emphasized that the plan “promotes a profound transformation in the way we understand and manage culture, placing cultural democracy as a strategic priority.” For his part, Beirak emphasized the need to “recognize all people as protagonists of cultural life and promote shared governance models.”
The plan includes projects with immediate impact, such as aid to professional associations and cultural projects with social impact, programs in rural areas, a film platform for depopulated municipalities, and initiatives in penitentiary centers aimed at women. It also strengthens inter-ministerial cooperation, with actions in health, education, ecological transition, and digitalization.
In the words of its proponents, the Cultural Rights Plan is an invitation to collectively rethink the role of culture in the present and future, and a firm commitment to a more inclusive, diverse, and transformative cultural citizenship.
Source: Ministry of Culture