In Slovakia, the debate is in full swing. Civil society actors from the cultural sphere and secure actors of the state are involved. Pavol Kral, her initiator is the president of the Slovak Coalition for Cultural Diversity. He summed up some of the first proposals for defining the artist, given the confusion in the common language, including the official and legislative ones. At the same time, the Slovak Government is slow to respond to UNESCO's recommendations. Much of the funds are concentrated in the Slovak Ministry of Culture. We have correspondents mainly at the level of institutions, because in improving the legislation on the status of the artist and not only are involved many ministries.

It does not follow a particular pattern. Kral makes an analysis on more objective states. As a personal observation, a decentralization at the level of funds is being attempted in Slovakia, namely the active involvement of regional and local authorities in cultural policy. This brings it closer to Germany, which is a powerful model for a decentralized cultural policy. I give you a quote from the study to give you a better view on the model that Slovakia is trying to do: "The Státní politika kultury policy document published in 2002 defines the so-called" hybrid "model of cultural policy, which combines the administrative-state approach (the state provides funds for cultural development and art production, elaborates long-term conceptions and visions on artistic and cultural development, essential role - state-administered cultural institutions) with a decentralized model (coexistence of state cultural policies and regional, key role - regions, cities and their cultural institutions) and a liberal model (the market and private initiatives in the field of culture are the main factors regulating relations in culture, key role - the cultural industry). Can apply a decentralized model only if desired decentralization across all sectors. It is difficult to apply strictly to culture.

A dedicated law on the status of the artist is found only in France and Germany. On the other hand, in Denmark, the Nordic model fits the artist so well in the system that no special laws are needed for him, and especially because of the equality dimension in cultural politics.

In Slovakia, there is no law for independent artists, but there are some tax measures for them. Independent authors have the right to apply an average revenue and deduct expenses, but so much. Currently, they do not benefit from unemployment or pension insurance unless they pay their taxes.