About NIPOS
The National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture (NIPOS) was established by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic on the date 1st January 1991.

From the history

In 1905 “Svaz osvětový” /Culture Enlightenment Union/ was established at the instance of the then National Czech Council with the support of Czech political parties. That Union associated the most significant Czech unions, associations, clubs and other subjects, that realized in a variety of ways and in different areas the enlightenment, cultural and educational activities. The main task of the Union was particularly to coordinate activities of the organisations associated in the Union, to realize the organisational help, later to provide the educational and methodical activities.

In 1925 the “Svaz osvětový” was reorganized to the “Masarykův lidovýchovný ústav” /Masaryk’s Educational Institute/, that got relatively large-scale educational, conceptual and coordination tasks and that worked with the government support. Next changes of that institute were realized in the time of the Second World War and after the February Communist Putsch in 1948. In 50s the institute was reformed to the “Osvětový ústav” /The Enlightenment Institute/ and new institution were established in the same area, e.g. “Ústřední dům lidové umělecké tvořivosti” /The Central House of People’s Art Creativity/, that was integrated in 1971 with the “Osvětový ústav” to “Ústav pro kulturně výchovnou činnost” /The Institute for Cultural Educational Activities/. In 1991 the “Ústav pro kulturně výchovnou činnost” was transformed to IPOS – “Informační a poradenské středisko pro místní kulturu” /Information and Consulting Centre for Local Culture/. With effect from 4th May 2004 on the basis of the Ministry of Culture Order No 2/04 the name of “Informační a poradenské středisko pro místní kulturu” has been changed to the new one: “Národní informační a poradenské středisko pro kulturu” /National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture/ (the abbreviation: NIPOS).

From the Institutional Paper of NIPOS

The basic mission of NIPOS is the support of cultural development, in particular in the field of culture-social and creative citizen activities both local and regional, in view of non professional culture activities and copyright matters, information service and expert consultations for both authorities and employees of local government, state administration, civic associations, legal and physical entities and other subjects, operating in the field of local and regional culture, namely on the basis of systematic using of theoretical and practical findings of analytic and research activities in the culture, of the own research and with use of professional knowledge in various branches of culture activities. The professional activity of NIPOS is focused on the obtaining and analysis of the knowledge about the general role and position of the public culture services in the field of socio-economic development of regions. NIPOS is a professional workplace.

Director of NIPOS: Mgr. Lenka Lázňovská
Email: nipos@nipos-mk.cz, Phone: +420 221 507 935