Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Presidential resolution “On the establishment of a Culture Support Foundation under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan” was adopted, Norma reports.

The objectives of the Foundation are:

material support for representatives of culture and art, talented creative figures, especially young people, the activities of cultural and art organizations;

organizing and financing activities to identify cultural and art workers who find themselves in a difficult economic situation and in need of social protection, providing them with targeted social and material assistance;

organization of local and foreign tours of creative figures and artistic groups;

carrying out construction and installation works in the buildings of cultural organizations and cultural facilities, introducing modern information technologies and advanced innovations into their activities, etc.

The sources of formation of the Fund’s resources will be:

additional sources of the republican budget of Karakalpakstan, funds allocated quarterly from additional sources formed in the local budgets of districts (cities) of Karakalpakstan;

grants from international financial organizations and foreign states, as well as technical assistance funds;

income received from the placement of temporarily free funds of the Fund on deposits of commercial banks;

funds coming from the distribution of income received on the basis of PPP;

charitable donations of individuals and legal entities;

other sources not prohibited by law.

Also, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will allocate 20 billion soums to the Foundation from the funds allocated to the Ministry for 2023 from the republican budget of Uzbekistan.