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COVID-19 has laid bare how cultural policy systems function in countries around the world and raises question of their effectiveness, their inclusivity and the economic and social value of culture in Europe. While the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends monitors the current measures being taken, asking what these measures mean in the long term and how they may influence or change structural policy systems, is an equally important task. What are the (research) questions we should be asking and how can we ensure the presence and value of culture in society as a whole? For the second interview of...
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16th June 2021 Culture is OPEN with a few restrictions On June 3, 2021, 10, 000 people including internationals, came together at UNUM music festival, which was the first international event to take place in Albania since the Covid-19 restrictions were enforced in March, 2020, marking the opening of such events in the country[1]. Also, the Boeing Boeing[2] theatre show from Çajupi Travelling Theatre...
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We have updated our COVID-19 reports from Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. In all three countries, cultural venues and institutions are gradually opening their doors again. At the same time, financial measures are being announced, expanded or developed further. The Austrian Government is currently preparing a bridge fund of EUR 90 million for the self-employed, which will also ease the financial situation of freelance artists. Sector specific, the Federal Government has made EUR 25 million available for audiovisual productions that have been discontinued due to COVID-19. In Belgium, the Flemish Government revealed an emergency fund of EUR 265 million on...
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COVID-19 has laid bare how cultural policy systems function in countries around the world and raises question of their effectiveness, their inclusivity and the economic and social value of culture in Europe. While the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends monitored the measures being taken, asking what these measures mean in the long term and how they may influence or change structural policy systems, is an equally important task. What are the (research) questions we should be asking and how can we ensure the presence and...
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This past week, we received updates for our COVID-19 reports from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania and Serbia. While governments are slowly alleviating pandemic restrictions, new measures are still being launched in order to recover the arts and culture sector. In Austria, the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport increased subsidies by EUR 3,1 million for the Austrian film sector, the publishing sector, the Austrian Music Fund, and art acquisitions. Moreover, the Parliament is currently negotiating a law to implement a new fund for non-profit organisations, endowed with EUR 700 million. On May 12th, the...
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COVID-19 has laid bare how cultural policy systems function in countries around the world and raises question of their effectiveness, their inclusivity and the economic and social value of culture in Europe. While the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends monitors the current measures being taken, asking what these measures mean in the long term and how they may influence or change structural policy systems, is an equally important task. What are the (research) questions we should be asking and how can we ensure the presence and value of culture in society as a whole? In his article The work...
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Over the last months, the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends has been gathering country specific information about the impact on and measures for the cultural sector in Europe. These country reports, written by our expert authors, have helped us monitor developments while placing them within the larger context of cultural policy in different countries. In a next step, we have translated the country reports into a comparative table. This table is a simplified overview of all financial measures outlined in our country reports, with the option to search and filter. Our thanks as always to our expert authors, as their contribution was essential in gathering this wealth of information. We look forward to continuously expanding...
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Since March 2020, the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends actively monitors the developments regarding COVID-19 and the cultural field. Firstly, we mobilised our expert authors to gather country specific information on the implications for the sector and the current measures being taken, which resulted in 29 country reports. These reports were translated into a comparative overview of financial measures. Additionally, we have collected and curated online initiatives related to the cultural sector and beginning of the...
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We have revived our short profiles section with the publication of a short cultural policy profile of Lithuania. This short profile is the first to follow a new structure and more (updated) short profiles will be developed soon. In 2017, the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends started publishing short cultural policy profiles. These documents aim to summarise the cultural policy profiles from the database and give a quick overview of the most important elements of a country’s cultural policy and related developments. As the Compendium adopted a new methodological grid for the regular country profiles last year, we decided to redevelop...
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Our COVID-19 reports from Finland, the Netherlands and Romania have been updated this week. In Romania, there are many societal initiatives to support the cultural sector in addition to the announced governmental measures. An example is the Pay the rent of an independent actor platform, which calls upon citizens to donate to independent actors that lost their income due to the current crisis. On Monday May 11th, the state financed culture funds of the Netherlands announced they will make EUR 15 million available for makers and institutions. This amount is an addition to the existing measures and the EUR 300...
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