1. El fomento del libro, del cómic, de la lectura y de las letras españolas.

2. La promoción, la protección y difusión de las bibliotecas estatales.

3. La promoción y garantía de los derechos culturales.

4. La defensa y promoción de la propiedad intelectual.

5. La cooperación cultural con las comunidades autónomas.

6. La promoción, protección y difusión del patrimonio histórico español y de los museos estatales.

7. La promoción, la protección y difusión de los archivos estatales.

8. La coordinación de las instituciones públicas vinculadas al ministerio, que tengan adscritas bibliotecas, museos o colecciones de bienes culturales.

9. La protección, promoción y difusión de la creación artística contemporánea y de las artes visuales.

10. El impulso de los equipamientos culturales.

11. La celebración de convenios, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 62.2.g) de la Ley 40/2015, de 1 de octubre, con excepción de la firma de los siguientes, que queda reservada a la persona titular del ministerio:

    1. Aquellos que se celebren con comunidades autónomas y las ciudades de Ceuta y Melilla, que se subscriban por los Presidentes o Consejeros Autonómicos y no hubiesen delegado esta competencia.

    2. Los que se celebren con los municipios de gran población a los que se refiere la Ley 57/2003, de 16 de diciembre, de Medidas para la Modernización del Gobierno Local, y con la Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias, cuando las autoridades que los firmen sean su Alcalde o su Presidente, según se trate, y no hubiesen delegado esta competencia.

    3. Los que se celebren con personas físicas o jurídicas privadas que tengan un carácter excepcional o se consideren de especial interés para el Ministerio.

1. The representation of the Ministry.

2. Institutional relations and external relations of the ministry with administrative other ministerial departments, entities or public administrations in the field of competence of the secretariat, without prejudice to the powers attributed to other superior bodies and managers.

3. Administrative relations with the entities and agencies under the department, without prejudice to the powers attributed to other Governing bodies.

4. The responsibility of legal advice to the individual holder of the department in the development of the functions that it was owed and, in particular, in the exercise of their regulatory and in the production of administrative acts of the committee's competence, as well as the other organs of the Ministry.

5. The momentum, coordination and supervision of work in the development of provisions and regulations that corresponds to adopt or propose to the department.

6. The direction and momentum of the proceedings concerning the management of the cases of the council of ministers, Delegated Committees of the government and General committee of secretaries of state and under-secretaries.

7. The entire staff of the department and the resolution of those matters will refer to this, except for cases reserved to the decision of the holder of the department.

8. The momentum and coordination of the instructions and orders of service that appropriate prescribed for the management of the department's own subjects, as well as the proposal of the organization of the ministry and the work of the common services to the instructions and orders of service.

9. Propose measures for the organization of the ministry; the study of the organizational structure of the department, and the direction and performance of the draft organization of Ministerial level.

10. The exercise of the functions of coordination and monitoring the activities to assess public policies in the field of the department and its agencies linked or dependants, acting as the unit for the coordination of evaluation of public policies of the ministry.

11. The coordination of such campaigns the capacity of the department, in cooperation with various units and entities proponents.

12. Coordination and follow-up of the implementation of the investments and reforms of the recovery Plan, transformation and Resilience will revert to the ministry, the conduct of monitoring reports, milestones and objectives and implementation of cross-cutting principles, and reports in relation to the management económico-financiera of the implementation of european funds associated with the recovery Plan, transformation and Resilience in the areas of the ministry, and the follow-up to the implementation of corrective actions by bodies responsible for the steps, if deviations to the implementation milestones and objectives of and compliance with cross-cutting principles.

13. Point of contact with the General secretariat of european funds for the follow-up actions of the recovery Plan, transformation and Resilience will revert to the ministry.

14. The management of appropriations and expenditures allocated to the management centre, without prejudice to the competence of other bodies or managers of the department and in coordination with them.

15. The momentum, development, coordination and follow-up to the strategic plans of Grants from the ministry.

Specifically attributed to the directorate of culture, the following functions:

1. The preparation and conduct of preliminary draft budget of the annual department; the coordination of the development of the budgets of public bodies and its consolidation with the department; the analysis and processing of amending budgets, and the monitoring of the budget.

2. Economic and financial management of the department.

3. Assistance to the governing bodies in the preparation of cases of recruitment and in the processing of contract award procedures, as well as assistance and support to the bureau and recruitment board of the department.

4. Coordination and conduct of the payment of funds by means of the central unit boxes, as well as the processing of payments made by the special procedures to justify and cash advance.

5. The leadership, momentum and overall coordination of the common services of the department, security services, maintenance and internal regime of buildings, as well as the formation of the inventory of cultural property and equipment of the general administrative units.

6. The planning, management and administration of the human resources of the department and, where appropriate, public agency, the development of relations of jobs and management of the retributions, relations with the trade unions and professional associations of staff, as well as collective bargaining, as appropriate.

7. The development of training of staff of the department and the conduct of its implementation and planning, direction and management of social action and the prevention of workplace risks, without prejudice to the powers attributed to other units.

8. The general inspectorate of the bodies, units and bodies dependent or attached to the department, the proposals for improving the quality of services, as well as any other functions provided in the Royal Decree 799/2005 of 1 july, which governs general inspections of services of the ministerial departments, or is attributed by the existing system.

9. The control of effectiveness of public bodies, which will aim to assess compliance with the objectives of the specific activity of the entity and the proper use of resources.

10. The management of internal information Channel, as well as the maintenance of the information contained in the management information System.

11. The exercise of the functions of equality unit of the ministry, as set out in article 77 of the organic law 3/2007 of 22 march, on effective equality between women and men and in accordance with the royal Decree No. 259/2019, of 12 april, establishing the equality units of the General state administration, as well as the exercise of the functions of unity for the inclusion of persons with disabilities, as foreseen by the additional provision of royal fifteenth Decreto-ley 6/2023, of 19 december, which approved urgent measures for the implementation of the recovery Plan, transformation and Resilience in the field of public service of justice, the civil service, local regime and patronage.

12. The design of policies for the promotion of cultural industries in coordination with the ministry of culture, as well as their development, or the coordination of activities when correspond to specific competencies of the rest of the centres managers or agencies of the department. At the international level these powers are exercised, in addition, in coordination with the sub-department for International Relations and European union.

13. Policy design and implementation of programmes for the promotion and encouragement of the digital culture in coordination with the ministry of culture. In the international level these powers are exercised, in addition, in coordination with the sub-department for International Relations and European union.

14. The promotion of cultural sponsorship scheme through the development of activities to its revitalization, and participation, together with other bodies of the General state administration responsible for patronage in the development of measures to bring about social participation in the financing of the cultural sector.

15. (O) the momentum, coordination and rationalization of the ict policy information and communications of the ministry and its various agencies, as well as coordination and cooperation with other administrations and agencies in these matters.

16. The momentum of the administration of ministry and its agencies in accordance with the Departmental action Plan for the transformation and ICT Strategy of the General state administration and its agencies servants assigned.

17. The provision of services in the area of information and communications. In particular, the development and administration of information systems requirements for the operation of services, technical support to the website, electronic site and intranet; management of communications networks; the momentum of the digital transformation and innovation in the department, and policy advice and assistance to users in the area of information and communications.

18. The exercise of the powers conferred on registration authority of the department in connection with the issuing of electronic certificates for their employees.