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Currently many countries are in lockdown, people are asked to work from home, events with more than 100 people are cancelled, schools and child care are shut down, boarders are closing, and the list goes on. These measures clearly have a massive impact on society as a whole – but for the cultural sector, closed museums, theaters, events and other state institutions, have massive consequences. Not to mention the implications for freelancers and artists working in the field.
What are measures being taken on state, regional or municipality level to balance the impact and damages caused by the COVID-19 lockdown? How is this impact and these damages being assessed?
Please leave the reaction to this question -as far as you know measures being taken, or other information you have, links etc.- below.
Dear colleagues, excellent initiative. And great opportunity to see how (and if) cultural policy emergency tools work.
First – just a brief overview of a situation in Estonia. Since Friday, March 13, The Government of Estonia has declared the emergency situation, which includes: all public gatherings are prohibited. Museums and cinemas will be closed to visitors until 1 May. All performances, concerts, and conferences are prohibited. Libraries will remain open only to a limited extent.
Since today, 16 March, all primary, basic, secondary, vocational schools as well as hobby schools, higher education establishments and universities are required to suspend regular classroom studies and switch over to remote and home studying.
All sports competitions are prohibited until 1 May.Before taking any measures on the state level, the Ministry of Culture started mapping the damages which such kind of closing of cultural institutions entails for them. It started with state or state-owned foundations: theatres opera houses, orchestras, museums. Ministry also sent a survey to those organisations, which get a state grants for this year.
Estonian Music Council distributed a questionnaire on Friday to concert organizers and musicians/choirs/orchestras/ensembles to chart lost revenue from concerts, including royalties, and expenses incurred. By Friday, March 20, the special commission will start to work out different scenarios as a result of this data: for the crisis lasting until May, for the crisis lasting until the end of summer and for the longer term.Dear all, here a brief overview of the Dutch situation and measures, thus far.
On Thursday evening March 12, the Dutch government induced social distancing measures banning gatherings of more than 100 people. As a result cultural events, concerts, galleries, museums and many more institutes closed there doors.
On Sunday evening March 15, these measures were taken one step further. Schools and child care services as well as all restaurants, cafes , etc., were called to close down, effectively trying to flatten the curve by inhibiting public life.
The measures taken to control the virus have major implications for the cultural and creative industries (including media). However, in the short term political and financial measures are necessary to prevent self-employed artists and creatives from ending up in financial upheaval and institutions and companies from going bankrupt. The Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Science van Engelshoven estimated the economic damage to the Dutch cultural sector to be between 60 to 110 million euro a week.
60% of people working in the cultural sector in the Netherlands are self-employed.The government has indicated that it will do whatever it takes to deal with the economic consequences of the crisis. In a letter, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science promised that the interests and concerns of the cultural sector will be included in the government-wide measures that is being prepared. These measures however have proven to be insufficient to protect and support the Dutch cultural sector.
In a reaction to these circumstances:
The Kunstenbond (Dutch Union of Artists) has opened a hotline for independent artists and all freelancers in the cultural and creative sector to report their problems and lost income to the Kunstenbond via a specially opened website.
The Boekman foundation is keeping an overview of online culture and art initiatives that have been created as a response to the closing of its institutes and loss of work, you can find the (constantly updated) overview, here: https://www.boekman.nl/actualiteit/online-cultureel-initiatieven/
They are also conducting a survey regarding the implications and consequences for cultural institutes and freelancers.Which I can link to once published.
Various appeals are made to the public not to refund the money of the ticket (of the performance that is canceled) to the institution in order to continue the payment of makers and staff
Kunsten’92 a collective of cultural institutes, wrote a letter to the Dutch Cabinet to voice concerns and calls for an extra support package for the cultural and creative sector. A sector that contributes 3.8% to our Gross Domestic Product and is an important driver of our economic growth. Creatives not only ask for support, they also like to use their knowledge and innovation to solve problems within Dutch society that arise from the corona crisis.
Dear all, On behalf of Pavla Petrova, here is an overview of the situation in the Czech Republic. You can also find an overview of these findings (updated regularly) here: https://www.idu.cz/en/news-and-current-events/news/1490-mapping-the-impact-of-the-ministry-of-health-s-extraordinary-measures-on-the-czech-independent-arts-sector-a-summary
Data was collected from 12:00 on 12 March 2020 to 13:00 on 16 March 2020 via a research questionnaire. The questionnaire was addressed to representatives of umbrella organisations, professional associations and individuals. Its emphasis was also to establish the current situation of subjects, individual artists and other professionals that work in the independent arts scene and are not part of larger organisations. While collecting the data, ATI collaborated with other organisations and media currently carrying out their own research, in order to avoid duplication of data.
It must be emphasised that the government’s measures changed during the period of data collection. As of 12 March 2020 events with fewer than 100 participants were permitted; by 16 March 2020, individuals’ freedom of moment had been limited.
Who completed the survey?
In total, the questionnaire was completed by 532 subjects across the cultural sector. Further comments and provisional estimates were also sent through separate statements and opinions. According to the replies received, the most negatively impacted fields are the performing arts disciplines, led by music (44.3 %) followed by theatre (21.1 %) and dance and contemporary circus (6.4 %).
Distribution of respondents according to individual fields
Music
Theatre
Dance
Visual Art
Multicultural Centres
Other Fields
Other fields: literature, film and audiovisuals, choirs, museums, galleries, technicians (sound engineers, lighting technicians, etc.), designers, translators, moderators, reciters and a number of other professions.
Basic needs for cross-disciplinary measures have been established and can be divided into four categories:1. The classic, existing selective grant systems operated by the state or by cities:
The possibility to apply the costs of services rendered or cancelled in the statement of contributions already allocated.
Where cancelled events have been supported by public funding (eg., the State Cultural Fund, the Ministry of Culture), to not require a return of the contribution.
Timely payment of allocated grants, or at least notification of their amounts.
To take into account the current situation and adjust the grant system entrance criteria for 2021.
To change the accounting conditions of grants, including postponement of deadlines and adjustment of co-financing arrangements and indicators such as numbers of spectators or performances, etc.
Reduction of rent for state- or city-owned buildings.
2. Indirect instrumentsThe forgiveness of obligatory social and health insurance deposits with priority for artists and freelancers, either in total, or for the duration of the restrictions.
Postponement or reduction of all salary deductions.
Extension of the deadline for submission of income tax returns from physical and legal subjects.
Immediate postponement of deadlines for paying VAT. And further, as an incentive, the reduction of VAT for all cultural goods to 10 % (eventually 0 %). The elimination or reduction of VAT on ticket sales (currently at 15 %).
The forgiveness of some fees and a wider spectrum of tax relief.
Interest-free loans for 10 or more years to cover this years’ outgoings.
Interest-free loans from 10,000 CZK for freelancers (with trade licenses) and artists without trade licenses (under the Copyright Law).
The possibility of compensation for daily childcare during the period of school closure.
Non-introduction of the 3rd and 4th phases of EET.
3. Compensation or other financial support in connection with cancelled activities.Organisations: compensation of recorded income or a portion thereof for the same period last year, or, alternatively, compensation in whole or in part of profits projected according to recorded contracts and other documents.
Individuals/individual artists: compensation for lost income in the form of an honorarium in the amount of at least 60 % of net income (equivalent to sick pay or family leave), or in the best case in the amount of 100 % (equivalent to situations where work is interrupted by the employer).
The creation of a relief fund within culture – or alternatively in collaboration with the public and private sectors.
4. Other
To call on citizens to show solidarity and not immediately request the refund of tickets, but wait for the possible rescheduling of events.
To call for the free loan of hardware necessary for 360 degree pay-per-view broadcasts of concerts and productions.
Support for the live streaming of cultural events on social networks.
To involve artists with assisting in other areas, such as childcare, and financially compensate them for this assistance.
The creation of a clear web interface (and forums) for arts and culture workers, where information on the extraordinary measures and their impact on the arts scene will be continuously updated.
In the future, acceleration of work on the strategic measures of the so-called Artist Statute, including legislative amendments.
The preparation of a functional crisis plan for the future.News from Portugal
Under the banner “We are not stoped. We are ON” the Portuguese Government has been slowly but timely announcing some exceptional support measures for the cultural sector – alongside generic measures launched beforehand for independent works and families with children at home.“Culture creates a million Euros emergency support line”, 20.03.2020
The Minister of Culture, Graça Fonseca, said that the Government will create an emergency support line, worth one million Euros, to help artists and organisations in a situation of greater vulnerability and without any financial support. This line is created after the declaration of national state of emergency and will be financed through the Cultural Development Fund, aiming to support artistic creation in the performing arts, visual arts and interdisciplinary approaches of all entities who do not receive any financial support and are therefore in a situation of greater vulnerability at this time of pandemic, caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. «We know that, at this moment, projects cannot be realized. The goal is to be able, by the end of 2020, to carry out the projects that will now be supported in this line », declared Graça Fonseca. This funding line will only start operating after procedures have been defined with representatives of the sector. The artistic structures considered eligible and that were left out of the last competitions for financial support from the Directorate-General for the Arts (DGArtes) may also use this line of emergency.As for DGArtes’ grantees, there is the guarantee of maintaining the total budget of three Million Euros, already included in the State Budget for 2020. There was also an appeal to city authorities in order to implement strategies that favour, whenever possible, the postponement and rescheduling of the shows to the detriment of their cancellation.The Ministry also launched a sector specific platform gathering all news and acting as a gateway to all info: https://www.culturacovid19.gov.pt
Despite some good news coming from Central Government, the actual procedures and timings for implementation of these measures are yet to be known.
On the civil society level, artists and cultural organisations platforms have been launching surveys to enquiry the state of affairs of the sector regarding financial, social and working conditions.
News from Estonia 02-04-20
At its meeting on March 31, the Council of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia decided to establish special measures to support culture and sport fields.
Special scholarship
In order to maintain the activities of creative persons in difficulties caused by a COVID-19 virus outbreak, the Council of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia established a measure allowing sub-endowments and county expert groups to maintain their activities. The limit of the special scholarship in expert groups is up to 500 € and in sub-endowments up to 2000 €.
All legal and natural persons can submit proposals for the special scholarship to creative persons affected by an emergency situation. The period for applications is from 6 April up to 30 April.
On the basis of the received proposals, the sub-endowments and expert groups make decisions on initiating special scholarships based on the financial possibilities of the endowment or the county expert group.Drug subsidies
The Council of the Cultural Endowment established the possibility to support creative persons with drug grants between the application rounds during the crisis period. The purpose of the drug subsidy is to support partly the drug costs of persons who are excelled in the fields of culture. The drug subsidy may apply a natural or a legal person to cover the drug costs of a natural person.Dear all,
Thanks for sharing your info on this forum. I will give a very short update on Flanders, Belgium. Both the federal and the other governments have taken measures for tackling the impact of the corona crisis. Most of these are generic. Specific measures for arts and culture (which is a competency of the respective Communities – i.e. Flemish, French and German Communities) have not yet been agreed upon (at least for the Flemish Community). The Ministry of Culture is currently consulting different stakeholders in the field of arts and culture and is looking into the possibilities of support and the possibilities of a longer term inquiry into the economical consequences of the crisis for the field of arts and culture.
Meanwhile, an array of different surveys and petitions concerning the (economical) impact on arts and culture is circulating, such as the ‘Reporting Point COVID-19 in Culture’ by artist platform State of the Arts (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuVt_yaQDtSOLy6mWcJe895bq4XsDiCEBysrQAZXIuCH4e-g/viewform).
Flanders Arts Institute is monitoring the different actions and surveys undertaken and is working out its own actions for research on the (long term) repercussions (economic and otherwise) of the crisis for artists and art organisations in Flanders and Brussels. We have published an article reflecting on the ways the crisis is felt in the field of arts (article in Dutch: https://blog.kunsten.be/kunstenveld-in-lockdown-9481948ce347) and provided some data on cancelled or postponed events (concerts, performances, exhibitions etc.) by Flemish artists in Belgium and abroad. Meanwhile, Belgian magazine Rekto:Verso has published an article gathering statements and testimonies of artists struck financially by the crisis (in English: https://www.rektoverso.be/artikel/the-financial-battlefield-called-corona).
kind regards and hope you are well,
Simon Leenknegt
The way of distributing the set of measures, the importance of mapping of the current state of the cultural sector, unclear prospects for the summer festival season, more money for literature – Lubomír Zaorálek, the Minister of Culture, presented ongoing measures of the Ministry of Culture in the broadcast of Czech Radio Vltava on 22 April (more information here ).
Survey on the impacts of the coronavirus on the cultural sector
Jakub Grosman from the Arts Management Department at the University of Economics presented the development of the research on the state of the cultural sector in association with COVID-19 in the broadcast of Czech Radio Vltava on 21 April –Based on the current state and the outlook for cultural events related to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Culture prepared The Proposal of Some Measures to Mitigate the Impact of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic on the Cultural Sector, which was amended by the government 9 April. The main goal of the proposed measures is to maintain the professional non-profit cultural infrastructure as it has no financial reserves. The total amount assigned to this program is 1.07 billion CZK.
The subjects in the independent arts (primarily those in the all-year subsidy groups of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, and small publisher) that have been providing public cultural services in the Czech Republic for at least 3 years without interruption can apply for the support, provided that they have been successful at least once in the Ministry’s grant procedures in the past three years (2018-2020). The Ministry will also announce the subsidy tender in the program Cultural Activities. The government endorsed the amount of 440 billion CZK.
The subjects of independent non-established theatre, classical and alternative music, and dance and motion art will be able to apply for the support for making culture available through digital media, using multimedia platforms. The applicant shall submit the description of the project, including the budget. The evaluation criteria are the quality of the project. The Ministry of Culture has put aside 30 million CZK for this project.
Professional theatres, orchestras, and choirs may apply for support from the Ministry of Culture if they are perpetually part of the State Support Program for Professional Theatres and Permanent Professional Symphony Orchestras and Choirs. Museums and galleries, which are not state-budget organizations, can also apply for the support if their collections are part of the Central Register of Collections and are accessible for the public in the long term. The applicant shall submit the budget of the project, including the cost assessment, the description of the extent of activity restriction, and the way of dealing with the cut. The Ministry of Culture has 300 million CZK for this support.
First calls for these subsidy programs to be announced by the Ministry of Culture within weeks.Apart from the set of measures, the Ministry of Culture has reimbursed subsidies of 750 million CZK for 2020. The subjects that got the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture, but their events will not fully take place, shall not return the part of the subsidy the beneficiary proves valid regarding the costs for the event preparation. The Ministry of Culture shall see the costs as realized.
State help for commercial profit subjects, such as commercial theatres, some of the summer events, and big publishers, needs to be coordinated at the government level because other sectors (gastronomy, tourism) are affected in the same way. They – like other entrepreneurs – can get help from the already government-approved programs, e.g. the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Antivirus) and Ministry of Industry and Trade (COVID loans, suspension of rents).
Source: Press release of the Ministry of Culture, 9 April 2020 Based on the current state and the outlook for cultural events related to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Culture prepared The Proposal of Some Measures to Mitigate the Impact of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic on the Cultural Sector, which was amended by the government 9 April. The main goal of the proposed measures is to maintain the professional non-profit cultural infrastructure as it has no financial reserves. The total amount assigned to this program is 1.07 billion CZK.The subjects in the independent arts (primarily those in the all-year subsidy groups of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, and small publisher) that have been providing public cultural services in the Czech Republic for at least 3 years without interruption can apply for the support, provided that they have been successful at least once in the Ministry’s grant procedures in the past three years (2018-2020). The Ministry will also announce the subsidy tender in the program Cultural Activities. The government endorsed the amount of 440 billion CZK.
The subjects of independent non-established theatre, classical and alternative music, and dance and motion art will be able to apply for the support for making culture available through digital media, using multimedia platforms. The applicant shall submit the description of the project, including the budget. The evaluation criteria are the quality of the project. The Ministry of Culture has put aside 30 million CZK for this project.
Professional theatres, orchestras, and choirs may apply for support from the Ministry of Culture if they are perpetually part of the State Support Program for Professional Theatres and Permanent Professional Symphony Orchestras and Choirs. Museums and galleries, which are not state-budget organizations, can also apply for the support if their collections are part of the Central Register of Collections and are accessible for the public in the long term. The applicant shall submit the budget of the project, including the cost assessment, the description of the extent of activity restriction, and the way of dealing with the cut. The Ministry of Culture has 300 million CZK for this support.
First calls for these subsidy programs to be announced by the Ministry of Culture within weeks.
Apart from the set of measures, the Ministry of Culture has reimbursed subsidies of 750 million CZK for 2020. The subjects that got the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture, but their events will not fully take place, shall not return the part of the subsidy the beneficiary proves valid regarding the costs for the event preparation. The Ministry of Culture shall see the costs as realized.
State help for commercial profit subjects, such as commercial theatres, some of the summer events, and big publishers, needs to be coordinated at the government level because other sectors (gastronomy, tourism) are affected in the same way. They – like other entrepreneurs – can get help from the already government-approved programs, e.g. the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Antivirus) and Ministry of Industry and Trade (COVID loans, suspension of rents).
Source: Press release of the Ministry of Culture, 9 April 2020The Ministry of Culture has also prepared an overview of government measures associated with people in culture (employees, freelancers, self-employed, companies, etc.) that can be utilized now or shall be available for cultural subjects and individuals after the Chamber of Deputies passes it in the upcoming days or weeks. The list is available here.
The Ministry of Culture has also released the information from the Department of Art, Literature, and Libraries, concerning the statement of the subsidy and the conditions for the subsidy, see here
Reactions to the present state
• Czech Centre of ITI (International Theatre Institute) sent the government representatives a letter with a request to release money from the EU Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative. “As culture and the arts are among the sectors hit the hardest by the current crisis, we request that, apart from the measures planned by the Czech government, they receive support through the Instrument as soon as possible.” You can read the letter here.
• Representatives of Czech music industry have issued the statement and proposals for efficient and conceptual solutions to help the music sector.
• The National Theatre Drama reacted to the current state as well and issued a declaration with hashtags #kulturajenarod #atzijedivadlo #atzijiknizky.Mapping the losses
The launch of the survey on mapping the losses in the cultural sector
The Arts and Theatre Institute, University of Economics and Dramatic Academy in Prague AMU prepared “The Coronavirus and its Impacts on the Cultural Sector”, focused on the collection of data about the impacts of the coronavirus epidemics and subsequent measures for all areas of live art. The methodology was being consulted with the Ministry of Culture and cultural sector as well. The data collection is associated with the hashtags #kulturnidata a #stojimezakulturou. The survey will aim at all subjects (institutions and individuals) with the content of theatre, dance, music, and visual arts, and will map the financial impacts in March, as well as estimations for the following months. It was distributed among the professionals on Tuesday 14 April and is ready to be filled in within 7 days. SeeThe government restrictions applied in the coronavirus crises have affected show business as well. It is a rather broad sector, which cannot be easily defined, with the goal to be commercially successful in entertainment, leisure time and presentation of products and services. It is part of the culture and media domains and due to the business and advertising principle of the world today, it is also linked to other fields of the economic and social life – from industry, agriculture, tourism, education, health care, science, and research, to the state administration, local administration and political parties. All these sectors communicate and present themselves publicly through various kinds of events. According to Jan Kubinec, the head of the Czech Event Association (CEA), there are from 50 to 85 thousand people in the event business. The association started to monitor the crisis right at the beginning, with 416 respondents having taken part in the quick survey in March – that represents about 11–20 % at the event market. The situation of the show business in theatre and danse is also monitored by Jana Návratová (ATI, DCEF) for the Dance Career Endowment Fund’s blog (DCEF), the whole article here.
The Ministry of Culture has also prepared an overview of government measures associated with people in culture (employees, freelancers, self-employed, companies, etc.) that can be utilized now or shall be available for cultural subjects and individuals after the Chamber of Deputies passes it in the upcoming days or weeks. The list is available here. The Ministry of Culture has also released the information from the Department of Art, Literature, and Libraries, concerning the statement of the subsidy and the conditions for the subsidy, see here.
Reactions to the present state
• Czech Centre of ITI (International Theatre Institute) sent the government representatives a letter with a request to release money from the EU Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative. “As culture and the arts are among the sectors hit the hardest by the current crisis, we request that, apart from the measures planned by the Czech government, they receive support through the Instrument as soon as possible.” You can read the letter here.
• Representatives of Czech music industry have issued the statement and proposals for efficient and conceptual solutions to help the music sector.
• The National Theatre Drama reacted to the current state as well and issued a declaration with hashtags #kulturajenarod #atzijedivadlo #atzijiknizky.Mapping the losses
The launch of the survey on mapping the losses in the cultural sector
The Arts and Theatre Institute, University of Economics and Dramatic Academy in Prague AMU prepared “The Coronavirus and its Impacts on the Cultural Sector”, focused on the collection of data about the impacts of the coronavirus epidemics and subsequent measures for all areas of live art. The methodology was being consulted with the Ministry of Culture and cultural sector as well. The data collection is associated with the hashtags #kulturnidata a #stojimezakulturou. The survey will aim at all subjects (institutions and individuals) with the content of theatre, dance, music, and visual arts, and will map the financial impacts in March, as well as estimations for the following months. It was distributed among the professionals on Tuesday 14 April and is ready to be filled in within 7 days. See – https://www.idu.cz/covidThe government restrictions applied in the coronavirus crises have affected show business as well. It is a rather broad sector, which cannot be easily defined, with the goal to be commercially successful in entertainment, leisure time and presentation of products and services. It is part of the culture and media domains and due to the business and advertising principle of the world today, it is also linked to other fields of the economic and social life – from industry, agriculture, tourism, education, health care, science, and research, to the state administration, local administration and political parties. All these sectors communicate and present themselves publicly through various kinds of events. According to Jan Kubinec, the head of the Czech Event Association (CEA), there are from 50 to 85 thousand people in the event business. The association started to monitor the crisis right at the beginning, with 416 respondents having taken part in the quick survey in March – that represents about 11–20 % at the event market. The situation of the show business in theatre and danse is also monitored by Jana Návratová (ATI, DCEF) for the Dance Career Endowment Fund’s blog (DCEF), the whole article here.
News from Finland:
The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has granted Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) EUR 500,000 in extraordinary funding to assist arts and culture professionals hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Taike has also set aside EUR 100,000 for alleviating the crisis. The Finnish Cultural Foundation will grant EUR 500,000 to Taike and other large Finnish foundations, namely the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation are each providing EUR 100,000 in emergency aid via Taike. This brings the total aid from the government and the foundations up to EUR 1.5 million. Foundations will also grant aid through their own channels. For allocating the grant Taike will open an application round at the beginning of April, and grant decisions will be made at the end of the month. The aid is primarily intended to take the form of short-term grants for freelance artists whose work has been significantly hampered by the coronavirus epidemic.
Taike is expecting to provide at least 500 grants with the funding.
See: https://minedu.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/saatioilta-ja-ministeriolta-yhteensa-miljoonien-hataapu-kulttuurikentan-ahdinkoonAccording to the Ministry of Education and Culture, the closing of museums or the cancellation of performances of theatres and orchestras due to the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting possible cutbacks in activities or personnel does not affect the amount of state subsidies to cultural institutions for the year 2020 or result in recovery of payments. For activities supported by discretionary government grants the Ministry of Education and Culture is flexible in ensuring that the necessary costs of supported activities or projects brought by the coronavirus outbreak can be covered with the grant. It is also possible to apply for an extension on the grant depending on its terms and conditions.
See: http://www.minedu.fiBusiness Finland is offering business development funding services for SMEs and mid-cap companies operating in Finland whose business is impacted negatively by the coronavirus epidemic. Funding services are aimed at for example creative industries and performing arts, tourism and all industries whose subcontracting chains have been or will be impacted by the coronavirus. Companies can use the funding to carry out new development measures aimed at preventing and correcting market and supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus. The amount of funding channelled to businesses through Business Finland is in total EUR 700 million.
See: http://www.businessfinland.fiThe Finnish government has proposed temporary changes to unemployment security due to coronavirus outbreak. According to the proposal, entrepreneurs and freelancers, regardless of their form of enterprise, and also entrepreneurs working part-time, would be eligible for unemployment security.
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes network has announced an open call for art projects. The Institutes are seeking artistic proposals related to themes such as the state of emergency, radical change, resilience, artistic practice in the future, alone together. The project will act as a documentation of the Covid 19 -crisis and gives the artists an opportunity to reflect it through the arts. The application is open to all Finnish and Finland-based professional artists who have lost work opportunities due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Institutes are commissioning projects from selected artists or artistic groups to be completed by June 30, 2020. The total grant of an individual project is between 1.500–5.000 €.
See: https://instituutit.fi/together-alone-avoin-ohjelmahaku/
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