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Country | Sweden , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 July 2021 – 31 March 2022 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat
– Direct subsidies (full or partial) |
Author | Anna-Karin Gustafsson (Oxford Research) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 18 January 2021 (updated 07 February 2022) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe negative impact on event organisers. Due to the social distancing rules, the number of participants in events has been limited and many events have been cancelled. As a result, event organisers face significant financial risks.
In order to support the recovery of the event industry, the Swedish Government has proposed a new form of support for companies.
Event support is a form of guarantee available for companies that plan events between June 2021 and December 2021. It decreases the final risk of organising events since in the case of cancellation or stricter social distancing measures, the state covers part of the costs.
Only public events with at least 250 participants are eligible to apply for this support. Only event organisers whose events are cancelled or who have to significantly restrict the number or participants, can apply for event support. The support covers up to 70% of the costs that are not covered by the revenue or other forms of subsidies.
Event support is administrated by the Swedish Tax Authority. The total budget of this measure is SEK 3 billion (€300 million).
As of 12 July 2021, event support was waiting for approval from the EU Commission.
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
07 December 2021 |
The Government proposes extension of the duration of event support. The measure is extended by three months, until the end of March 2022. |
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 | Unknown |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
No information available.
No information available.
This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
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 (2021), Event support , measure SE-2021-27/1730 (measures in Sweden), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/SE-2021-27_1730.html
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