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This week, we have updated our COVID-19 reports from France, Hungary and the Netherlands. On May 6th, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, unveiled a Plan for Culture, with specific measures especially regarding cultural workers’ social rights. The measures include the creation of a compensation fund for cancelled series or shootings and a 4-month exoneration of the social security contributions for artists. In Hungary, the State Secretary for Culture announced a project to help independent performing artists. They can submit proposals for artistic performances to designated national cultural institutions and the selected artists will be remunerated immediately from... read more →
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The new report on Germany presents an elaborate timeline of COVID-19 related developments and an intricate puzzle of measures on a federal level and cultural specific measures by individual federal states (Bundesländer). The report also provides information on bottom-up measures from the cultural sector itself and reflects on several ongoing discussions, including the different interpretations of federal support instruments by the individual states. Please find the complete report here or via our menu.
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Covid-19 and culture in Germany: Supporting Measures + Timeline of COVID-19 regulations for cultural institutions 1. Support Measures Politics and administration have developed a variety of support measures at federal level as well as in individual federal states and in municipalities. These measures consist of a set of direct financial benefits (grants, loans), indirect financial benefits (tax relief) and changes in access rights and grant... read more →
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The new report on Belgium provides an overview of COVID-19 related measures on different government levels, focussing on those that affect the arts and culture sector in Flanders and Brussels. Also included in the report are the blind spots that are still present, originating from both the difference in government levels and the criteria for compensation eligibility. The Federal Council of Switzerland approved several general and cultural sector specific measures, including a loss compensation of CHF 145 million for cultural enterprises and workers. The new report on Switzerland also pays attention to regional emergency aid with an example from the... read more →
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Timeline of containment measures Below you will find a chronological overview of containment measures against the spread of the COVID-19 virus taken by the federal government in Belgium throughout 2020-2022. The overview is limited to measures that had direct repercussions for arts and culture. The starting date of the containment measures is... read more →
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In Switzerland, as in many countries around the world, the cultural sector is very much affected by the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the measures taken by the authorities to contain it. On March 20th, the Federal Council approved a series of measures to cushion the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the Federal Council has approved a package of measures amounting... read more →
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Our COVID-19 section now features 23 country reports, with Greece and Latvia as the latest additions. In Greece, the Ministry of Culture and Sports announced a EUR 15 million support plan to stimulate and enhance the resilience of the cultural sector. The Latvian cultural sector can benefit from horizontal support measures that the government has put in place to support all sectors that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The reports on France, Hungary, Malta and the United Kingdom have been updated with the latest developments regarding COVID-19 and the cultural sector, including national initiatives from the Arts Council... read more →
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On March 14th 2020, the Government of Latvia has taken extra steps to ensure safety and curb the spread of the coronavirus by amending the particular measures. The State of Emergency that has been declared in Latvia until 14 April 2020, has later been extended until 12 May 2020. There are the following restrictions: Prohibit all public events (as defined in the Law On... read more →
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On April 2nd, the Ministry of Culture and Sports announced a EUR 15 million support plan to stimulate and enhance the resilience of contemporary culture, creators and professionals. From this amount, EUR 5 million came from the 2020 Ministry’s budget, while the extra EUR 10 million came from the Ministry of Economy. Those measures come in parallel to horizontal measures announced by the government, which is... read more →