Minister: Ivan Hudec
The budget for subsidies to NGOs in 1994 was as follows.
| Artistic associations and unions |
31,754,000 crowns |
| Associations of citizens |
11,640,000 crowns |
Other responsibilities (such as support
for authors,
local culture and the cultures of nationalities) |
22,700,000 crowns |
| Matica slovenska |
95,000,000 crowns |
| Pro-Slovakia, State Fund for Culture |
100,000,000 crowns |
| Support for the creativity of children |
17,000,000 crowns |
| The cultual unions of nationalities |
58,000,000 crowns |
| Church and Catholic Charity |
196,000,000 crowns |
The following are indicated for purposes of comparison.
| Pro-Slovakia Fund |
|
| 1993 |
220,000,000 crowns |
| 1994 |
110,000,000 crowns |
| Church and Catholic Charity |
|
| 1992 |
402,000,000 crowns |
| 1993 |
377,000,000 crowns |
| 1994 |
196,000,000 crowns |
The policy of the ministry toward children and youth is
focused on support for individual cultural events rather than on
any particular conceptual approach. |