Department for Culture and Communications projects
International competitive projects
This category includes projects that are carried out within the framework of international competitive programs obtained in tenders funded by the European Union as part of various programs (HORIZON, Erasmus+, Jean Monnet Projects, Creative Europe, etc.) or in tenders of other foreign or international science foundations.
National competitive projects
This category includes projects submitted to competitive tenders announced at the Croatian level, which includes projects financed by the Croatian Science Foundation or projects carried out as part of tenders for ESF funds.
Institutional funding
Institutional funding includes basic and applied scientific research projects that are carried out within the framework of multi-year competitive scientific programs defined by the Development Strategy of the Institute for Development and International Relations 2017-2027, as well as previous strategies, for which evaluations are carried out by the Ministry of Science and Education. This category also includes projects funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026 – EU: NextGenerationEU.
Other projects, collaborations and studies
Other projects, collaborations, and studies usually include short-term projects, for example, research studies or strategies done either at the local, national, or international level, as well as collaborations within various expert groups.
Ongoing projects
Project Coordinator: Aleksandra Uzelac, PhD | Duration: 31.12.2023. – 31.12.2027.
The CULTMED project includes research related to the development of culture and cultural policy, media, and media policy in Croatia and defines the local, regional, national, European, and global environment of Croatian culture and media. This includes the analysis of cultural and media policies and strategies in Croatia and the EU; cultural and creative industries; cultural heritage as a development resource; and the economy of culture and decision-making processes that determine the direction of cultural development.
CULTURAI – Cultivating Inclusive and Sustainable AI Policy for the Creative Sector
IRMO Project Coordinator: Dr. Aleksandra Uzelac| Trajanje: 1.9.2026. – 31.8.2030.
CULTURAI is a four-year Horizon Europe research project investigating how artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, is transforming the cultural and creative sectors and how its development and adoption can be shaped around human rights, cultural diversity, creative autonomy and sustainable working conditions. The project focuses on two key areas: the audiovisual (AV) sector and the heritage sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums – GLAM).
DEVELOPER – Digital Data, Infrastructures and Development (2023-2027)
Project Coordinator: Paško Bilić, PhD | Duration: 31.12.2023. – 30.12.2027.
Digital data circulated through internet platforms, smartphones, and other devices have become the source of intense commercial activity and public infrastructure advancement in developed countries. Data is an essential input for algorithms, enabling the construction of artificial intelligence with the help of machine learning and natural language processing while replacing manual, time-consuming data management and providing new analytical insights