Collective bargaining agreements There are many collective labour agreements (collectieve arbeidsovereenkomst, or CAO) in the performing arts, and more generally in the cultural sector. CAOs are labour agreements between employers and employees. This means that a CAO only applies to employees who are working for an employer. When this is not the case, the national legal agreements are enforced. The existing CAOs are mostly found in architecture, arts education, media (broadcasting, journalism, publishing houses), museums and exhibition halls, performing arts (dance, orchestras, theatre companies, and venues), public libraries, retail musical instruments and sheet music. Special trade unions exist to enforce... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchGift and Inheritance Tax Act In order to stimulate cultural entrepreneurship and donations for culture, the Gift and Inheritance Tax Act 2012 (Geefwet) was implemented. The act covers a number of aspects of fiscal law in order to make "giving to culture" fiscally attractive. The act also introduces a new multiplier of 125 percent which applies to donations made to cultural institutions. Cultural institutions that wish to profit from this ruling have to qualify as a Public Benefit Organisation, or PBO (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instellingen, ANB). An institution qualifies as a PBOonly when at least 90 percent of its efforts... read more →
The Participation Act regards Dutch citizens that need support on the labour market. The purpose of the act is to increase the labour participation. In this act, the Social Assistance Benefit is included as well, which financially supports citizens who have little or no income. The application process for this specific benefit is arranged by the municipalities. Employees made redundant can apply for financial support from the Employee Insurance Agency. If they have worked 26 out of 36 weeks before being unemployed, it is possible to receive unemployment insurance. The current agenda for culture (Arbeidsmarktagenda voor de culturele en creatieve... read more →
The Cultural Policy Act (1993) regulates the subsidies based on cultural policy decisions and enables the Minister to create funds to finance the arts and culture. Part of the funds can be allocated directly by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (for consecutive four-year periods) to uphold the national basic infrastructure (see chapter 1.1). As dictated by the Cultural Policy Act, subsidy decisions are based on advice by the national Council for Culture. The Minister or Secretary of Culture, however, makes the final decisions. Deviations from the advice need to be substantiated as a consequence of the General Administrative... read more →
The first Constitution of the Netherlands (Staatsregeling voor het Bataafsche Volk) came into force in 1798. It included the thought that the government should foster the civilisation, enlightenment and health of its citizens. Enlightenment and civilisation should be ensured by means of culture, arts and education. The Constitution of 1798 mentioned the freedom of press for the first time. In the current version of the constitution, this is regulated by Article 7: No one shall require prior permission to publish thoughts or opinions through the press, without prejudice to the responsibility of every person under the law.Rules concerning radio and... read more →
Research associate Neville Borg holds a BA (Hons) degree in Sociology from the University of Malta and an MA in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has carried out research within a variety of fields, ranging from social equality to economics, and has held research posts at the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality in Malta and at the University of Surrey, among others. Throughout the period of 2014-2019, he formed part of the Research Department at the Valletta 2018 Foundation, responsible for evaluating the impact of the 2018 European Capital of Culture title in Malta. He currently... read more →
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Council of Europe Working Group on Social and Economic Values of Heritage (2013) A new Working Group at the Council of Europe has started its activities in October 2013 with a first meeting. The Group's mandate focuses on to assessing and measuring heritage-related values as stipulated in the "Faro Framework Convention" of the CoE including, but not limited to, those mentioned in Art. 1a "recognise that rights relating to cultural heritage are... read more →
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In this new statistical section, the Compendium monitors the European cultural infrastructure with collected data on the number of cinemas, theatres, museums, archives/cultural sites,... read more →