NIPOS (National Information and Counselling Centre for Local Culture)

The basic mission of NIPOS (National Information and Counselling Centre for Local Culture) is to support cultural development, especially in the field of socio-cultural and creative civic activities, at both the local and regional levels. It deals with amateur cultural activities, addresses copyright issues, provides an information service and expert consultation for the authorities, local government emplyees, state administration, civic associations, legal and physical entities and other subjects, and it operates in the field of local and regional culture, making systematic use of the theoretical and practical findings of analytic and research activities inb the field of culture, its own research and professional knowledge in various cultural spheres. NIPOS focuses its professional activity on obtaining and analysing knowledge about the role and position of public culture services in the socio-economic development of the regions.