Ministry of Culture - Directorate of National Minorities and Disadvantaged Population Groups

The Directorate of National Minorities and Disadvantaged Population Groups of the Directorate General of Minority and Regional Cultures is particularly responsible for:

- performing the conceptual and systemic activities in relation to the culture of national minorities and disadvantaged population groups,

- drawing up strategies, conceptions and analyses of cultural needs of people belonging to national minorities in Slovakia,

- drawing up strategies, conceptions and analyses of cultural needs of people belonging to disadvantaged population groups,

- creating conditions to facilitate the access to the cultural values for national minorities and disadvantaged population groups,

-analyzing the cultural needs of disadvantaged population groups and creating conditions to promote the sustainability of institutions developing the culture of disadvantaged population groups,

- creating conditions for the functionality of cultural institutions of national minorities and institutions developing the culture of national minorities,

- participating in the implementation and evaluation tasks in the field of the culture of national minorities and disadvantaged groups, which arise for the cultural section from government strategic documents (National Action Plans for the disabled, women, children, youth and family, Action plans to fight drugs, crime, violence, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination),

- creating and systematic development of connections with central authorities of state administration, local authorities and non-government organizations involved in the field of the culture of national minorities and disadvantaged population groups,

- performing the fundamental reallocation of financial means for the culture of national minorities and disadvantaged population groups through the grant system of the Ministry

-creating administrative and technical as well as personnel support for the work of various expert committees of the grant system of the Ministry which consider applications for support in projects aimed at developing the culture of national minorities and disadvantaged population groups.