Winterthur with temporary cultural subsidies
Winterthur City Council wants to conclude new subsidy agreements in the cultural sector. These are to be valid until 2028 and can be extended once until 2032.
The city parliament is responsible for approving the subsidies for eleven of the 23 contracts. By increasing contributions by a total of one million francs per year, "the city council is reaffirming its intention to support the cultural institutions in continuing to provide a professional service for the benefit of Winterthur as a city of culture", writes the city administration.
The city of Winterthur currently supports twenty cultural institutions whose subsidy contracts expire at the end of December 2024. The city council wants to conclude new contracts for the next performance period from 2025. To this end, it has reassessed the contractual relationships. Current, socially relevant topics such as the consideration of fair fees and wages or the observance of ecological and social sustainability were also taken into account, the city writes further.
The city has planned twenty contracts with institutions that already have a subsidy agreement. It now intends to support three further cultural institutions. These are the Tanzfest Winterthur association, Theater Ariane and Lauschig, an association for cultural mediation. With their cultural programmes, professional organization and as employers, they meet the cultural policy and operational requirements to receive multi-year support.
Subsidies within the competence of the city parliament include the Winterthur Music Festival Association and the Music Association of the City of Winterthur. Contracts with the Afro-Pfingsten association and the Esse Winterthur jazz association are the responsibility of the city council.
