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Factsheet for case NL-2020-23/1041 – Updated – measures in Netherlands
Country | Netherlands , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 June 2020 – 31 May 2021 |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Income protection beyond short-time work
– Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
Author | Amber van der Graaf (Panteia) and Eurofound |
Case created | 17 August 2020 (updated 27 May 2021) |
The Dutch government presented a package of emergency measures to support businesses and workers during the corona crisis. The cultural and creative sector are particularly badly hit by the crisis and this has led to extra measures being taken. On 27 March, the Minister for Education, Culture and Science sent a letter to Parliament explaining the need for and content of the planned measures.
Following this first letter on plans to initiate a package of measures, a few weeks later, the announcement was made (after lobbying form the cultural and creative sector), that more support was needed. The Minister for Education, Culture and science announced on 15 April that more financing would be provided to the sector.
In April extra budget (€300 million) has been made available by the government to raise subsidies to the institutions crucial to the sector at national and regional level.
The aim of this measure is to support the projects, work, and (freelance) assignments of creators and producers in the cultural and creative sector. They measure targets all creators across all sectors, and is implemented via the six main National Dutch cultural funds and the Support Fund for the Legal Rights Sector.
The existing Dutch culture funds have decided to intensify their efforts to support cultural and creative creators and producers. The main six cultural funds have collectively set aside further in support for this purpose. The target groups for this extra support include: artists, musicians, composers, writers, journalists, photographers, directors, music producers, and other professionals in the creative sectors who fall outside of the subsidised portions of the sectors. The Dutch Cultural Funds already provide funding to creators but have opted to intensify their support for this target group.
A budget of €16.8 million has been assigned for this measure, of which €11.8 million comes from creators in different sectors and €5 million from the Support Fund for the Legal Rights Sector.
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
18 May 2021 |
See case NL-2020-21/983, Support to creative industries and the cultural sector as cases are linked. |
11 May 2021 |
In 2021 the government has made an additional €5.5 million available to increase existing schemes. The measure is set to expire on 31 May 2021. |
No information available yet.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Particular professions
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Sector specific set of companies
Other businesses |
Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
Other social actors (e.g. NGOs) |
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 | Negotiated | Negotiated |
Form | Consultation through tripartite or bipartite social dialogue bodies | Consultation through tripartite or bipartite social dialogue bodies |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
As with the Extra package of support measures for the cultural sector, the sector had lobbied for more support from the government, showing that their sector is being especially badly hit. Based on consultation and discussion with organisations form the sector and cultural funds, the government decided to add extra financial support to the existing emergency measures for the cultural and creative sectors.
(Given that the social partners lobbied for extra financing for these sectors specifically, it is reasonable to assume that social partners are satisfied with the outcomes. The government has indicated that interaction with social partners has generally been good during the Covid-19 crisis, though more details than this are difficult to identify.)
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 |
This case is occupation-specific
Occupation (ISCO level 2) |
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Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals |
Handicraft and printing workers |
Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers |
Information and communications technology professionals |
Legal, social and cultural professionals |
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Support to professionals in the creative industries, case NL-2020-23/1041 (measures in Netherlands), 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.