National Statistical Institute

Education and Culture Statistics Department

Nikolay Nikolov

Chief expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 487

Data refers to the number of chitalishta (also called community clubs, community cultural centers or cultural centers). In the survey are included indicators for the revenue and expenditure of chitalishta; courses - language, music, dance, etc.; amateur artistic creativity - type groups and schools, cultural and creative activities - organized celebration of important dates, discussions of books, organized museum collections and other, members, staff and material supplies.

· Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).

Survey covers the activity of all registered community cultural centers according to the People’s Chitalishte Act.

Community cultural centers are traditional self-managed Bulgarian culture-educational organizations in the settlements which perform and public cultural and educational tasks.

Community cultural center.

Community cultural centers, opened under the regulation of People's Chitalishte act.

The whole country.

In electronic format - 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022.

Not applicable.

Number, Percent

Once in every five years.

· People's Chitalishte Act;

· Law on Statistics.

There is an agreement to exchange data with Ministry of Culture.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

The date for publication of statistical information is listed in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data is published on the NSI website, section Culture in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Once in every five years.

Regular press release.

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure);

· Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Data on community cultural centers are available to all users on the NSI website under the heading Culture - Community clubs (http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4537), and also on Infostat Information System (https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=213).

Anonymised individual data could be provided for scientific and research purposes and upon request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI.

Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_9_Methodology_en.pdf

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Main users of statistical information from the survey are:

• Ministry of Culture;
• Users (incl. media) interested in the community cultural centers activity in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Not applicable.

High degree of completeness is ensured according to the methodology.

The survey is exhaustive. There are several preliminary estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when it is possible.

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Most recent survey:
Reference year: 2022
Data collection: February - March 2023
Data processing: April - May 2023
Publication: May 23, 2023

The terms of the previous position are strictly observed.

Not applicable.

The data are comparable.

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The average duration for filling in the statistical report by the respondents is 35 minutes.

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Community cultural centers.

Once in every five years.

Data filled in by the respondents in web application.

In the web application were developed controls and filters, which ensure the consistency between the different elements of the provided information. After closing the web application, data were further checked for logical errors by the NSI.

Data processing was performed with statistical software SPSS.

Not applicable.