Canton of Bern implements Covid-19 ordinance
The Bernese cantonal government has approved the national implementation ordinance for the Covid-19 Ordinance on Culture. The Office for Culture of the Canton of Bern is now deciding on the applications submitted for support contributions.
Non-profit cultural enterprises can apply for interest-free, repayable loans from the canton to maintain their liquidity. Self-employed cultural professionals and cultural enterprises can apply for loss compensation to cushion the costs incurred as a result of the COVID measures. For guidance, overviews and decision-making aids have been published on the Homepage of the Office for Culture/Cultural Promotion of the Canton of Bern published. Here, the artists concerned can submit applications online.
After the government council had already decided on March 26 to support the cultural sector with lottery funds in the millions, it has now approved an extraordinary allocation of CHF 15 million from the lottery fund to the cultural promotion fund.
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