βCentral
State authorities are responsible for:
- Developing and implementing legislation and policy;
- Facilitating international cooperation and promoting Polish culture abroad;
- Protecting cultural heritage;
- Supervising cultural institutions in the fields of theatre, music, fine arts as well as film;
- Conserving monuments;
- Protecting public art education;
- Coordinating the development of the art education syllabus, of and cooperation of art schools and universities.
Regional
Regional authorities are responsible for:
- Regional cultural institutions;
- Protecting cultural assets;
- Managing databases of cultural assets.
County authorities are responsible for:
- Support to cultural institutions;
- Protection of cultural property;
- Initiating activities to establish and coordinate county cultural institutions.
Local
Local authorities are responsible for:
- Promotion of culture;
- Municipal libraries and other cultural institutions;
- monument protection and maintenance.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Regional (voivodship) authorities
County (powiat) authorities
Local (gmina) authorities
Sources:
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Act on the regions (Dz. U. z 1998r. Nr 91, poz. 576).
Act on the counties (Dz. U. z 1998r. Nr 91, poz. 578).
http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20011421591.