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Sponsorships and donations

Securing the necessary financial resources constitutes one of the most important issues related to the production of cultural goods and to the smooth operation of a cultural activity or cultural organization.

Particularly in the contemporary era, efforts are made to secure resources through various means, such as own funds, sponsorships, state funding and other forms of support.

The development of the concept of corporate social responsibility among companies and individuals has highlighted sponsorship and donations as modern forms of funding for cultural organizations, functioning as an important driver of cultural development.

The concept of cultural sponsorship is distinguished from donation in Article 2 of Law 3525/2007. A donation refers to the provision of an asset without consideration or compensation, whereas sponsorship involves supporting an activity or project, either financially or in kind.

The General State Archives (GSA), according to the new law (Law 4610/2019, Article 198), accept donations.

Indicative Types of Donations

  • Media promotion and publicity
  • Additional security staff for the needs of temporary exhibitions
  • Temporary provision of equipment for events, such as lighting equipment, projectors and display screens
  • Provision of conservation materials and photographic supplies
  • Printing of photographs
  • Provision of hardware and software for electronic systems
  • Provision of banking services
  • Provision of catering or beverages for receptions and events

In addition, the Central Service, as well as certain Regional Services of the GSA, provide spaces for hosting events organized by third parties related to cultural activities.

For more information regarding available venues and hosting costs, please contact the Department of Promotion, Communication and Educational Activities of the Central Service and the local Regional Services of the GSA.

Regular sponsors of the General State Archives:
List of Sponsors – Donors of the Central Service (CS) and the Regional Services (RS)
Securing the necessary financial resources is one of the most important points related to the production of cultural goods, as well as the smooth operation of a cultural activity or a cultural organization. Especially in today’s era, this issue is of primary importance and an attempt is made to find funds in various ways (equity of a cultural organization, sponsorships, state funding and others). The development of the idea of social responsibility of companies and wealthy individuals benefaction and the donation project as the new forms of funding and investment of cultural organizations, acting as important Leverage of cultural development.Sponsorship and donation to culture are developed in a dynamic socio-economic and political-cultural environment, which is constantly changing and therefore the facts are different each time, depending on the current conditions. Nowadays, both sponsorship and donation are alternative forms of financing culture. The term of cultural sponsorship (sponsorship) separated from the donation in article 2 of Law 3525/2007. The donation is “a provision to the donee of a property, without any proposal, consideration or compensation”. While the goal of social welfare by the donor exists, as well as the transfer of money from the private sector to the public sector, no consideration is expected. It is, i.e., a gratuitous deed. It can be provided in monetary form or even in kind. what  General Archives of the State (GAS), under the new law (Law 4610/2019, Article 198) of their operation, accept donations.
Examples are listed below the species of donations which agencies or individuals could grant to the GAS: √ Media view, √ additional disposition of guards for the needs of a periodic report; √  Temporary availability of equipment for the needs of various events (e.g. light fixtures, machines and display screens, etc.), √ Offered maintenance materials, photographic material, √ photo printing, √ Offering hardware and software of electronic systems, √ Banking offer, √ offer of catering or drinks of a reception etc. Also, the Central Service, as well as some regional services of the GAK, have spaces for the realization of third-party events related to cultural actions. For more information about available spaces and hosting costs, please contact Department of Promotion, Communication and Educational Actions of the Central Service and with the local Regional Services of the GAP Permanent sponsors of the General Archives of the State: List of Sponsors – Donors of the Central Service (KY) & Regional Services (P.Y.)