Annual and biennial support the arts attributed to 54 of 146 … – publico

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
                         

The financial support to the arts, in annual terms and biennial 2015/16 has been allocated to 54 arts organizations of 146 evaluated by the judges of this contest of Arts Directorate General (DGArtes), said on Tuesday that body.

                     

                          Contacted by Lusa, the direction of the source of DGArtes pointed out that the results of tenders, involving 3.9 million euros, were communicated to the candidates on Friday.

launched in December last year, these contests – often criticized for delays – initially received 170 candidates, but according to DGArtes, only 146 were to submit complete application and in the final phase of project merit evaluation, 92 entities “not were supported. “

The annual and biennial contests 2015 / 16 aim to support projects in the fields of architecture, visual arts, digital arts, photography, music, dance, theater and disciplinary intersections.

DGArtes revealed that decided to “suppress the interested audience phase” in this process, given the large number of applications, because “could postpone the contracting of support for a period not less than six weeks delay that at this stage of the year, it appears burdensome for the execution of work programs. “

The aim, according to that entity, is” enabling backed candidates could sign contracts in June and receive money July “.

Deleted entities, however, will be able to” exercise their right to request a modification, suspension, revocation or invalidity of the act upon complaint or appeal “with the own DGArtes or Secretary of State Culture.

Because of the delay the dissemination of results, the management also decided to extend the term for submission of applications to support timely contest 2015 of June 9 to June 15, for ” provide an opportunity for interested not supported in this mode they can still submit projects. “

On Tuesday, the CFP gave the parliamentary committee for Education, Science and Culture a petition asking The Secretary of State for Culture Jorge Barreto Xavier in Parliament to explain what it considers to be “an unjustifiable delay” of competition.

In May, following criticism from the Theater Association about delays these contests, the DGArtes had admitted that there was a growing demand from different artistic structures, translated “into more and more applications, getting better educated, high-quality and complexity.” also admitted the shortage of human resources in DGArtes, “cover any contingencies imposed by restricting hiring in public agencies.”