The Division for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage operating within the Department of Culture of the City of Rijeka is competent for proposing and coordinating the implementation of programmes aimed at the protection and conservation of the cultural heritage owned by the City of Rijeka, managed by the City Administration Department of culture, for managing and coordinating projects aimed at constructing new facilities intended for cultural institutions founded by the City, in the segment of preparing project documentation and in the segment of supervision and execution of works.

The Division for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage prepares all short and long-term financial plans tied to the allocation of funds deriving from the monument annuity and other financial plans for financing the programmes aimed at protection and conservation of cultural heritage and the construction of new cultural institutions. Monitoring the realisation of the programmes aimed at protection and conservation of cultural heritage co-financed from the Budget of the City of Rijeka, through the Programme of Cultural Public Needs of the City of Rijeka and through an invitation to tender for the renewal and rehabilitation of facades and roofs in the territory of the protected Urban entirety of the city of Rijeka and cemeteries also falls within the scope of its activity, furthermore it proposes programmes aimed at protection and conservation of cultural heritage for co-financing within the public needs of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and EU funds.

The scope of activity of this Division includes also the preparation of general acts based on which funds deriving from the monument annuity in the territory of the city of Rijeka are collected, as well as proposals for the Board of Mayor of the City of Rijeka falling within the scope of protection and conservation of cultural heritage and it implements procedures for studying, recording, documenting and monitoring the situation concerning cultural heritage with the aim of creating a unique database on cultural heritage in the territory of the city of Rijeka, all in co-operation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. Parallel to the implementation, this Division informs the public about the procedures aiming to promote the activities taken by the City in the field of the protection and conservation of the cultural heritage of the City of Rijeka.