Background information

The prolonged COVID-19 crisis and the related closures or limitations of the activities have severely affected the events sector. Accordingly, the Government has allocated a fund corresponding to €60 million to support the enterprises operating in the events sector, such as weddings, entertainment, and hotel-restaurant-catering sector.

Content of measure

The Government has allocated a fund corresponding to €60 million to support the enterprises operating in the sector of events, such as weddings, entertainment, and hotel-restaurant-catering sector. The fund will pay non-repayable allowances to operators of the sector. The fund is split as follows:

• 40 million to the wedding sector;
• 10 million to the entertainment sector, the organisation of parties and ceremonies, other than weddings;
• 10 million to the hotel-restaurant-catering sector.

The non-repayable contribution may be requested by companies that in the year 2020 have suffered a reduction in turnover of no less than 30% compared to that of the year 2019, by directly submitting an application to the Revenue Agency.

Use of measure

Not available.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Sector specific set of companies	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Company / Companies	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement as case not in social partner domain	No involvement as case not in social partner domain
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

The social partners have not been involved.

Views and reactions

The social partners have not been involved.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 04 January 2022: Minister for Economic Development (www.mise.gov.it)