Basel with a new cultural contract
The governments of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft have referred the new cultural agreement and the parliamentary bills for the cultural partnership from 2022 to the Grand Council and the Landrat. It regulates the compensation paid by the Canton of Basel-Landschaft to the Canton of Basel-Stadt for cultural center services.
As in the previous cultural contract, the funds from the Canton of Basel-Landschaft are earmarked for cultural center services in the area of professional contemporary cultural creation. In future, the Canton of Basel-Landschaft will pay the compensation to the Canton of Basel-Stadt and no longer to individual institutions. The distribution of funds to the institutions will be carried out by the Canton of Basel-Stadt on the basis of criteria that will be set out in a contract.
Funding for the bi-cantonal specialist committees BS/BL will be based on full parity from 2022. The canton of Basel-Landschaft will increase its contributions to the joint specialist committees for literature, dance and theater as well as music. A newly established regional specialist credit for structural development BS/BL will enable the selective support of institutions, associations and festivals from both cantons for structural and organizational developments.
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