Financial measures to support arts & culture during the coronavirus in Italy 2020

Between March and June 2020, the Italian government imposed a national lockdown by restricting people's movements to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, museums and cinemas closed and all cultural events were either cancelled or rescheduled. The arts and cultural sector was significantly hit by this emergency. For instance, it was estimated that the live music sector in Italy is expected to lose about 350 million euros until the end of the summer 2020. In order to support the cultural sector during this emergency, the Italian government adopted a series of financial measures. In this sense, the government implemented an emergency fund of 210 million euros to support publishing, cancelled cultural events, and museums. Overall, the government implemented three main emergency funds which in total amounted to roughly 555 million euros. Apart from these main measures, most self-employed workers in Italy received a monthly fund of 600 euros between March and May 2020.

于2020年3月至6月期间，意大利政府为遏制冠状病毒大流行而实施了全国性封锁，限制民众流动。因此，博物馆和电影院被迫关闭，所有文化活动均被取消或重新安排。此次紧急状况对文化艺术领域造成了重大打击。例如，预计意大利现场音乐行业将损失约3.5亿欧元，直至2020年夏季结束。为了在紧急状况下支持文化艺术领域，意大利政府采纳了一系列财政措施。在此意义上，政府设立了2.1亿欧元的紧急资金，用于支持出版业、取消的文化活动以及博物馆。总体而言，政府实施了三项主要紧急资金，总额约为5.55亿欧元。除这些主要措施外，2020年3月至5月，意大利大多数自雇工人每月可获得600欧元的资金支持。