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            Yes, there are more than 1,200 listed   collection that was destined for the   that monitors the renovation of the
            assets, not including immaterial   Museum of the Republic, in Rio. How   institution and, this time, the response
            listings. We are seeking partnerships   is your management dealing with   was immediate. “Where do I sign up?”
            with the private sector, as well as   this matter?               Grass quickly asked.
            in municipalities and states, to   It is the Our Sacred Collection. In   Urgency, in a way, has been the
            increase resources and actions. And,   the coming days, we are going to   pace of cultural professionals in Brazil,
            of course, also rebuild our budget   publish an ordinance renaming this   seeking to make up for lost time in the
            execution capacity.               collection, which was called Coleção   last six years, since the coup against
                                              de Magia Negra, officially renaming   President Dilma Rousseff took place.
         There were some cases in which       it Acervo Nosso Sagrado.       We cannot forget that the Ministry of
          the former government offered                                      Culture was extinguished by Michel
          listed heritage for sale, as in the   When you were nominated for the  Temer, but pressure from the sector
          case of some state parks such as   presidency of iphan, there were   made the MinC continue. Even so, since
         Jericoacoara, in Ceará.           criticisms. Many people said that   then, its budget has been reduced,
            The management of natural heritage is   you were filling a position of political   until in the following management the
            the responsibility of imcbio, although   appointment.            ministry was extinguished for good.
            some are protected, as is the case of   It is natural that, af er all the traumas   According to data compiled in the
            the Chapada dos Veadeiros National   that the historical heritage service   Government Transition Cabinet Report,
            Park, in Goiás. As a listed property, we   has gone through, public servants   released last December, “since 2016,
            have the responsibility to monitor it. A   would want an internal framework   there has been a loss of 85% in the
            good part of this heritage is in charge   for the presidency. But I am not alien   budget of the direct administration
            of universities, for example, which   to the sector, I have information in   and  of  38%  in  that  of  the  indirect
            define the use plan and the form of   the area of   public policies, I have   administration”  of  Culture.  The
            management. What we had more      followed issues related to heritage   document also points out that “the
            acutely was carelessness, stoppage   for a long time. We already fixed   National  Culture  Fund  (fnc),  the
            of analysis, abandonment. There were   that. We appoint a board made up   sector’s main government financing
            some attempts to dismantle it, but   of civil servants, we place career civil   mechanism, had its budget reduced by
            that (the former government) did not   servants in superintendencies. The   91%”. The cut was so severe that most of
            come to a conclusion due to the action   issue has now been 100% resolved.  what was lef  was used for maintenance,
            of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.                                 making any final activity unfeasible.
                                           new public policies article [pages 24 and 25]  With all this, summarizes the report,
         There was a well-known case of                                      “the estimated loss of the cultural
          direct interference by the former   THE REFOUNDATION               sector for the 2020-2021 biennium
          president,  in  the  case  of  the  OF CULTURE                     was brl 69 billion”. In addition to
          businessman from Santa Catarina,  Recreation of the MinC and the presence   the end of consistent public policies,
          the owner of Havan, Luciano Hang,   of specialists like Sandra Benitez in key   the pandemic has greatly helped to
          whose plans to build a headquarters   positions bring hope for the reconstruction   devastate the sector. Still according
                                           of the sector, which in the 2020-21 biennium
          were  blocked  by  Iphan,  and  he   had losses estimated at brl 69 billion  to the document, “the estimates of
          managed to have the president                                      participation of the cultural sector in
          of the Institute sacked. How to   by fabio cypriano                the Brazilian economy, in 2019, ranged
          publicize what happened in these                                   from 1,2% to 2,7% of gdp, with the set
          cases, during this period, for the   when, at the beginning of last  of people employed in the cultural
          purposes of public knowledge?    february,  National  Museum       sector representing 5,8, 5,5% of the
            Look,  we  asked  for  situational   employees  welcomed  Leandro   total. (300 million people), operating
            reports for all superintendencies.  Grass, who had just been sworn in   in more than xnumx companies”. With
            Processes that may have collided   as president of the National Historical   the pandemic, the sector’s turnover
            with internal regulations, legislation   and Artistic Heritage Institute (Iphan),  approached zero, as the only activities
            and standards, we will forward to the   there  was  tension  in  the  air,  as   that continued to earn were those
            attorney’s office, so that appropriate   journalist Bernardo Esteves reports   related to digital services, such as
            accountability measures are taken.  in the March edition of Piauí magazine.  streaming video and music.
                                           Since the fire that destroyed 85% of   The  scorched  earth  was  only
          In the case of intangible heritage,  the  institution’s  collection,  Iphan   effectively  avoided  thanks  to  the
          the  previous  government  even   has been the biggest obstacle to the   approval and implementation of the
          appointed an evangelical pastor   reconstruction of the São Cristóvão   Aldir Blanc 1 Law and the Paulo Gustavo
          in the sector precisely to achieve   Palace, and its then president, the   Law, which, together, allocated R$6,8
          the concept of intangible heritage.  monarchist Olav Antonio Schrader,  billion to the cultural sector, based
            We sought to remedy this by putting   even proposed that the place become   on an effort with culture secretaries,
            an area technician in place. It’s   a center dedicated to the memory of   parliamentarians and cultural agents.
            always the best attitude: handing   the imperial family.           For all these reasons, the return
            the area back to the specialists.  In the meeting with Grass, the director  of the Ministry of Culture, under the
                                           of the National Museum, Alexander  administration of the singer Margareth
          One of the acts of this server was   Kellner,  renewed  the  invitation  for  Menezes, the first black woman with
          to try to boycott the African art   Iphan to join the institutional committee   this function, has been marked by the
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