A report by the Auditor General of the City of Buenos Aires (AGCBA, for its acronym in Spanish) noted that some programs that are run by the Directorate General for Cultural Promotion, also known as DGPC, lack the basic materials to function. In fact, for this reason, the Unit does not have "an adequate network of communication" to properly plan all programs it is responsible for.

The Circuit of Cultural Spaces was one of the programs audited, those places offer a schedule based on open-to-everyone and free entertainment, children's plays and art exhibits, conferences and workshops, among other activities.

When the AGCBA analyzed the resources that these spaces have it found that four of them "had no heating or cooling" so it was "difficult for the public to attend the functions performed in the rooms" as well as "to carry out administrative tasks." This happens in the south complex, Centeya Julián, Carlos Gardel, and Marco del Pont.

The auditors also found that the Cultural Spaces "don’t have water dispensers or resources to buy refreshments for artists who act without cachet" it is the staff who funds these purchases.

Cultural Programs in Neighborhoods

The Cultural Neighborhoods Program was created in 1984 under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture and consists essentially of "dictation of free cultural workshops" that, in addition, hold different events such as exhibitions and lectures.

Of the 36 workshops that the program in question developed, the AGCBA visited 12 and found that: "two do not have computers," which are the Aníbal Troilo and Julio Cortázar; "Six centers lack access to the internet; nine don’t have printers and of the three cases that have this equipment, two are privately owned.”

The Audit of the City said in its report published this year on 2009 data, that "for proper operation, Cultural Centers need to have access to computer equipment and Internet e-mail accounts" because "to be decentralized, communication -of the workshops, with the coordination of the program is done by e-mail.”

Cultural Integration Program

The watchdog also analyzed the Cultural Integration Program within which lies the Fontanarrosa Centro Cultural days Thursday and Friday at a school, not during regular hours in a Special Education Area. Puppet workshops, radio, dance, among areas are offered, with the goal of "making them available to the neighbors with disabilities."

The AGCBA said the place "does not have a computer, printer, copier, or access to the internet." To talk on the phone, because they don’t have their own phone line, "the staffs’ cell phones are used." According to the report, "it is necessary to have a phone line, for example, in an emergency," as the students who attend the workshops often go with a parent or care attendants, who often remain in the area during the activities.”

The program also features an inclusive teacher walking Cultural Neighborhoods Program Center in order to "facilitate the integration of people with disabilities in the workshops taught." However, the audit shows that "only in one case the coordination of a Cultural Center said that the teachers attend the program every year to provide training and counseling."

Assembling Libraries

Another program analyzed was the Assembling Libraries Program, which promotes and supports the work of community libraries in response to the need for merging and organizing these spaces. As explained in the report, the project uses a deposit in the neighborhood of Barracas, which belongs to the National Asset Management Agency (ONABE, for its acronym in Spanish). However, the watchdog found that "there is no evidence that it has been duly". Since 2005 the DGPC uses the location in question without any formal act that supports its use.