To rethink the National Council for Culture and the Arts

The National Council for Culture and the Arts (CoNCA), set up in 2008, needs to be reconceived to achieve the following aims: for it to be transformed into an independent body for supervision and effective assessment of the benefits returned to society from the cultural action of all administrations of Catalonia; for it to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the actions carried out and funded using public resources; and, for it to guarantee coordination between all administrations and with the remaining private business and social initiatives. This can only be done by a body operating independently from the administration whose authority is based on the undeniable recognition and quality of its members and on the way they are elected, which calls for a reversal of the effects of the cutbacks stemming from the Omnibus Act and allows the CoNCA to report to and secure resources from the Parliament of Catalonia as an attached entity.