Netherlands Support Package Tender

The corona crisis has a major impact on the art and culture sector in Baarn. In the short term it is necessary to keep the sector vital and to limit the financial damage as much as possible. For the long term we want to ensure that the cultural sector emerges strong from this crisis and is ready for the change challenges in the future.With a broad support package the municipality wants to ensure the recovery of the cultural sector. The support package helps organizations to be retained to restart activities and to become more future-proof. The municipalitys approach is not only to want to focus on compensation for loss suffered but also on innovation to enable a restart and to offer future perspectives. The support package from the municipality of Baarn consists of three building blocksPreservation of the cultural infrastructureWe want to preserve the local non-profit cultural organizations and cultural associations and ensure that they emerge vital from this corona crisis.To make this possible we will retain subsidies that have already been awarded for activities and we will open a temporary subsidy scheme preservation of social organisations . This arrangement has already been open for corona damage suffered in the year 2020 response period from March 8 2021 to April 15 2021. Later this year we will reopen the scheme for corona damage suffered in 2021.Restart of cultural activitiesWe want to stimulate new initiatives that contribute to filling the cultural agenda again. We pay special attention to culture makers who can generate new work. We also create the opportunity to recruit new members and volunteers and to bind the public for associations and organizations. We also want to stimulate coordination on the cultural agenda so that the spread of activities is achieved throughout the year.In consultation with the cultural sector the municipality has selected a number of initiatives that are eligible for subsidy. These initiatives receive a message from the municipality to submit a subsidy application to the Cultural Recovery Fund . Click here .Renewal of the cultural sectorThe corona crisis can be seen as a flywheel of change. Pioneers have been made with new forms of collaboration and digital offerings. We have experienced that this brings benefits such as live streaming. The municipality wants to continue to stimulate this pioneering spirit so that the cultural sector can build a healthy future with hybrid cultural offerings.The municipality stimulates innovative ideas through the Cultural Recovery Fund. Various initiatives have been developed in consultation with the cultural sector. These can submit a subsidy application to the municipality via the Cultural Recovery Fund.