FINANCING TANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION: AN ANALYSIS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODELS WITH OVERVIEW OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR TANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SARAJEVO CANTON 2020-2024
Edina Sudžuka
Haris Hadžijusufović
DOI: 10.35666/25662880.2024.10.113
UDC: 338.483.12:336.126.3(497.6 Sarajevo)"2020/2024"
Abstract: Due to the complex state organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a competence in the field of culture in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is decentralized to ten cantonal authorities, in the Republika Srpska it is regulated at the entity level, and at the district level for Brčko District in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The requirements and principles of local self-government additionally affect the complexity and make it more difficult to analyze public expenditures for the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Besides the Development Strategy of the FBiH 2021 – 2027, and the Tourism Development Strategy of the Federation of BH 2022-2027, as fundamentally important documents and framework for the development of tourism in the FBH, at the level of the Sarajevo Canton, a Tourism Development Strategy until 2030 was adopted and the Culture Development Strategy 2021-2027 is currently in the draft procedure.
Along to the adopted strategic documents, there is a certain lack of coordination of activities and measures of cultural policies in the FBiH, as well as lack of awareness of priorities in expenditures allocation in order to achieve strategic goals in the field of culture. This especially refers to the lack of clear criteria and systematization of the type of culture or the subfields in the context of applications selection to be funded. A wider offer of cultural programs and events attracts a greater number of tourists to visit such a destination. If more tourists visit a recognized destination that will lead to higher personal consumption in the market, which affects the growth of income and increase in public revenues. The synergy of public policies measures and activities in the fields of tourism and culture would contribute to a more levelled, uniform allocation of public funds and the more realistic range of strategic goals achievement.
Key words: cultural tangible heritage, public expenditures for culture, resource allocation model for culture, direct and indirect financing of culture heritage, revenue funding and capital grants