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Promoting Romanian Culture Abroad

Romanian culture is promoted abroad through:


 the negociation of intergovernmental agreements in the filed of culture and education and of executive programmes
thereof. They are the legal bases for the implementation of various cultural projects and cultural and educational
exchanges
 various cultural events organised by the Romanian diplomatic missions abroad
 the promotion of possibiltieis to study in Romanian universities
 Cultural Agreements and Executive Programme 114 agreements and 30 executive programmes
 Cultural Sections of Diplomatic Missions:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements its cultural diplomacy through the cultural sections of its diplomatic
missions abroad and is supported by the expanding network of the Romanian cultural institutes abroad and of the
lectorates of Romanian language and civilisation functioning in various foreign universities.Romanian Cultural
Institutes (link) are co-ordinated by the Romanian Cultural Institutes in Bucharest (RCI) and administered by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Such institutes operate in Berlin, Brussels, Budapest (with an extension in Szeged,
Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Venice, Vienna.

Lectorates of Romanian language, culture and civilisation are co-ordinated by the Institute of Romanian Language.
There are such lectorates in 21 countries in 2010, out of which 18 in European countries (mostly in France and
Italy). There are 17 more requests to create new lectorates or to increase the number of lectors

Financing Programmes

TPS (Translation and Publication Support Programme) was launched in 2006 by the National Book Centre of the
Romanian Cultural to facilitate the financing of foreign editors to publish translations of Romanian authors, in order to
support the promotion of romanina literature abroad. For more information click here.

Publishing Romania is a financing programme run by RCI for foreign publishing houses interested to print albums
and/or books on Romanian culture, in order to promote valuable Romanian creations in international mass media. For
more information clikhere.

Cantemir Programme is a co-financing programme for cultural programmes carried out abroad. It has three sections:
Festivals, Promotion and Co-operation. It is dedicated to artists who want to take part in important international
festivals, to promote a Romanian cultural product or to embark upon a joint cultural or artistic project together with
other foreign artists or organisations. There are several selection sessions over the year. For more information
click here
Education
The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs attaches special attention to education and research as part of international
cooperation, taking into account the fact that education is an important factor for the strengthening not only of the
cultural, but also of the economic and political pillars of diplomacy.

Educational exchanges facilitate the direct knowledge of various cultures and mediate interpersonal contacts.
Likewise, it is an important factor of the assistance for development policy, with a great influence on the society’s
economic development as an investment in training a qualified and lucrative human capital. And last, but not least,
education may become an important factor in solving conflicts, as one of the most efficient means to prevent
intolerance. Thus, MFA supports those educational projects that aim at introducing courses of human rights,
multiculturalism and religious tolerance in school and university curriculums.

MFA’s main objectives in the field of education and research exchanges are:
 To train the elites through facilitating the access of foreign students to the Romanian education of Romanian
students to foreign universities
 To promote contacts with foreign students who graduated Romanian universities and to encourage them to take part
in various cooperation political, economic, cultural and scientific programmes
 To encourage university partnerships, research programmes and recognition of study diplomas
 To promote Romanian language by cooperating with the lectorates of Romanian language, culture and civilization
operated by the Institute of Romanian language abroad

MFA encourages foreign students to take advantage of the Romanian universities’ offer of studies, by making known
all programmes of scholarships granted by the Romanian state (Study in Romania)

As part of its multilateral cooperation, MFA encourages and supports various countries to implement the Bologna
Process (i.e Eastern Partnership). MFA’s activities of promoting educational and research exchanges are part of
inter-institutional cooperation with the Ministry of National Education, the Institute of Romanian Language, Romanian
Academy and higher education public institutions.

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