Sveriges Kulturskolerådet is an independent non-profit organisation for municipalities that operate communal music and art schools. About 98 percent of the Swedish municipalities run music and art schools. Though not all of them are members of this association, Kulturskolerådet currently covers an area that accounts for about 85% of the total population of Sweden. The board is composed of seven members, including the president and the vice-pre-sident. The office consists of two employees and fourteen volunteers.
Kulturskoleråd’s tasks include communication and coordination with its members, coordination of partners on a national level, and advocacy for music school education The regional associations are organised like a network and some of them have coordinators. Their tasks include com-munication and coordination with its members, coordination of partners on a regional level, further training for music school teachers, and organisation of regional youth compe-titions and regional youth orchestras.
