A panoramic view of Piazza Grande during the 75th Locarno International Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland on August 9, 2022.
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The Swiss government wants to invest CHF 988 million in cultural activities between 2025 and 2028, an increase of CHF 46 million. The aim is to make the cultural sector more sustainable in the long term.
The Bundestag announced on Friday that it had adopted the Cultural Message and Strategy on March 1, 2024 and sent it to Parliament for finalization.
This includes the federal government’s overall strategy for the Swiss cultural sector from 2025 to 2029, targets, key measures and budgets to support the Federal Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Swiss Cultural Foundation Pro Helvetia and the Swiss National Museum. It is.
“The pandemic has highlighted the precariousness of many cultural professionals and the prevalence of atypical situations,” Swiss Culture Minister Elisabeth Bohm Schneider told reporters in Bern on Friday. The situation for many people working in the cultural sector is precarious, especially in terms of social security, she added.
Federal authorities intend to take steps to ensure fair and equal pay and strengthen benefit measures. We want to ensure fair framework conditions that take into account the recommendations of professional bodies.
Baum-Schneider pointed out that culture is an important economic sector in Switzerland. This represents around 10.4% of all Swiss companies, or 268,000 jobs.
Due to the financial situation of the federal authorities, the budget has been reduced by CHF 14 million compared to the previous figures published in June 2023. The cultural budget for the first period was fixed at CHF 942.8 million.
The government has earmarked a budget of approximately CHF210 million for films and cinema from 2025 to 2028. Pro Helvetia will receive 187 million francs and the Swiss National Museum 139 million francs. Other large amounts of funding are for the preservation of monuments (CHF 126 million), languages (CHF 80 million), the transfer of cultural property (CHF 3 million) and the promotion of culture (CHF 159 million). will be allocated to
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