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Factsheet for case EE-2020-17/362 – Updated – measures in Estonia
Country | Estonia , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 19 April 2020 – 31 December 2020 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat
– Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Author | Ingel Kadarik (Praxis Center for Policy Studies) and Eurofound |
Case created | 07 April 2020 (updated 06 January 2021) |
Due to restrictions on public gatherings, most of the events in culture sector were cancelled. The companies and event organisers therefore have lost millions of euros of income. To relieve the damage, the Ministry of Culture plans to partly compensate the costs already incurred by the event organisers. For this, supplementary finances were allocated from the state budget. The respective legislation regarding the supplementary state budget was approved by the Parliament on 15 April 2020.
A total of €19.8 million is available to be allocated to sport and culture field companies. The aim of the support package is to partially compensate the costs already incurred to companies in cultural sector. The total amount is divided as follows:
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
05 January 2021 |
On 17 December, the Government introduced additional budget for COVID-19 measures. Culture and sport field will receive additional €1.4 million, of which €560,000 will be allocated to culture and hobby activities, and €811,000 to sport field; on 30 December additional €153,000 was added. On 30 December, additional funds to Harjumaa and Ida-Virumaa, two regions that have most suffered due to the second wave, were decided to be allocated in the amount of €3.7 million. Specific conditions will be similar to the previous rounds, but exact conditions will be published in January 2021. |
06 October 2020 |
In September 2020, two new fields were added among those who will receive state support, because €2.5 million was left from the previous allocation round. €350,000 is allocated to folk culture field, including hobby theaters, handicraft collectives, community culture centres, etc. €2 million will be allocated to film and music field. The target group is wider than in the first round and no ceiling is set to the support per company/collective |
03 July 2020 |
The applications were accepted between 8 and 18 May 2020. Each field had its own specific conditions for the compensation and eligibility criteria. |
No information available.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Does not apply to workers |
Sector specific set of companies
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Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Unknown | Consulted |
Form | Not applicable | Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
On the basis of state level good practice, relevant social partners are consulted when legislation is changed, i.e. they are informed about the changes and have the opportunity to give feedback in a written form.
According to the feedback of the Estonian Association of SMEs, the foreseen budget allocation is not sufficient and more finances should be used to support the companies.
This case is sector-specific
Economic area | Sector (NACE level 2) |
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R - Arts, Entertainment And Recreation | R90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities |
R91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities | |
R93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities |
This case is not occupation-specific.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Support package for culture field, case EE-2020-17/362 (measures in Estonia), COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, http://eurofound.link/covid19eupolicywatch
Disclaimer: This information has not been subject to the full Eurofound evaluation, editorial and publication process. All information is preliminary and subject to change.