Representatives of the Regional Network of Museums, the chairman of the council of Lleida, Joan Talarn; Director General of Cultural Heritage, Elsa Ibar; paer the chief Cervera, Ramon Augé; Vice President of the Diputación de Lleida, Estefania Rufach, and the mayors and owners of facilities museum, met, this morning in the auditorium of the University of Cervera, Committee on Institutional, to assess the activities carried out over the last three years (2017-2019) i, while, approved the program of action for the next four years (2020-2023).

Regarding the actions planned in the program of activities for the immediate future, These fall into three strategic lines of action, focusing on increasing the social return and visibility and improve management of museums:

  1. Encouraging progress towards the museum and the visibility of social value propositions museums towards citizenship.
  2. Contribute to the improvement of professional teams museum.
  3. Increase the presence of the Network in the areas of deliberation and decision making related to its scope.

To achieve these goals, Network Museums of Lleida and Aran proposes some measures common to all amenities such as Network: proper and efficient management of public, improving accessibility, improving community action, education and the promotion of innovation and dissemination of research; the development of strategic frameworks, advisory and training program actions, promote the use of joint resources, implementing communication activities and dissemination, contribute to the improvement of the management of property assets responsibilities of museums, promote the use of resources for the management of property assets in a joint, help in raising the efficiency of teams, lead the organization of spaces for participation, peer exchange and dialogue aimed at making visible the diverse reality of the territory, create communication campaigns and dissemination of the network at different levels of the territory.

As for the balance of the activities carried out by the network during the last three years (2017-2019) focused on increasing and diversifying public museums, ensuring the quality of services and activities to improve the return visibilities and social role of the public service.

in concrete, has developed measures to improve tourism services, educational action, communication campaigns, museums and digital strategy and management support Visitmuseum. It has also contributed to the improved efficiency in the organization and management of museums to suit the needs and challenges as summer course at the University of Lleida.

The Network has also driven applied research to increase the activity of museums and helped to maintain the functions of conservation, restoration and documentation centers, to stimulate knowledge, revitalization and promotion of the territory.

The budget has been executed by the network an average of 281.000 per year. in concrete, increased contribution both in line and in cooperative action grants. Like this, and to comply with the objectives defined in the new Program of Action 2020-2023, foresees sustained growth of the budget over the next four years and continuity in the actions undertaken.

The managers of the museum facilities have described as very positive the fact that part of the Network of Museums of Lleida and Aran belonging to a collective project·group allowing the coordination and development of joint facilities to enhance the visibility and awareness of individual and collective museums·Legal issues, as well as access to a greater number of public.

After the commission, all Network members unanimously expressed their support for the unity of the collective·Collection of the Museum of Lleida. Diocesan and Regional, litigation before the work on the Strip.

Network of Museums of Lleida and Aran

Regional Network of Museums of the Lleida and Aran, currently consists 11 museum facilities, was formed in May 2016, by collective agreement framework·partnership between the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia and Lleida Provincial Council. The main objective of the actions of the Network is the museum of Lleida and Aran, with a remarkable ability to attract, become first class cultural facilities as regards their modernization and in terms of creating public actions thus strengthening its social function. At the same time, wants to ensure the ability to provide basic services that any museum should have.

The network is part of the network system of the regional Government of Catalonia, that are deployed to ensure the preservation and promotion of heritage furniture of Catalonia in concert between the various institutions that manage, as well as resolve territorial imbalances and distribution.

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