This is everything you need to know about this 400 euro aid that the Ministry of Culture is making available to young people
The Youth Culture Bonus will be available from Monday 25 July for young people who will turn 18 in 2022 and who can qualify for the support of 400 euros, Minister of Culture and Sport, Miquel Iceta announced last Thursday. .
The cultural bonus is a kind of “wallet card”, whereby young people from one year onwards can spend 400 euros on cultural activities and products.
«The bonus aims to encourage young people to experiment with cultural products and services. The aim of this is general culture for society as a whole, culture for young people and for the cultural sectors themselves,” says Iceta.
He also assured that since it is a grant it must be “absolutely transparent”: “It is a significant amount of public money and the ministry must ensure that it is used correctly.” Here’s everything you need to know about the €400 Youth Culture Voucher: application deadline, beneficiaries, amount, how to apply for it and what to spend it on.
This Cultural Youth Bonus is intended for young people who turn 18 in 2022. It is estimated that almost 500,000 young people from all over Spain can benefit from this aid, which aims not only to economically stimulate this sector of the population so that they and enjoy culture, in addition to generating cultural consumption habits, but also to enhance the Spanish cultural sector to revive, which was punished during the pandemic.
The deadline to apply for this bonus starts on Monday, July 25 and runs until October 15.
In proportion to the amount of the Youth Cultural Bonus donation, this is 400 euros. Minister Iceta stated that they took an “example” from France, that is at 300 euros, and from Italy, at 500 euros, so they decided to place themselves “in that environment”. Precisely, he noted that the opinions of France and Italy on this measure “will spare them some fright”, although he admitted they will have “certainly some”. This €400 can be used during the 12 months after grant.
In order to be eligible for the Cultural Youth Bonus, it is necessary to have one of the authorized means to identify yourself and register for this 400-euro aid program. These resources are the Digital Certificate (such as the FNMT-RCM Certificate Physical Person), the DNIe or Cl@ve.
To obtain the digital certificate, you must be 18 years old, but you can apply for Cl@ve as a minor at the registry office closest to your home, together with your father, mother or guardian.
The management of the Youth Cultural Bonus will be carried out through a website (https://beneficiarios.bonoculturajoven.gob.es/) and a dedicated app, in which the applications will be submitted. Once the support is granted, a virtual prepaid card is received for use via the mobile device. They will also be available in physical format for those who need it. The card is identified by a number and the identity of the beneficiary.
The 400 euros of the Cultural Youth Bonus are intended to be spent in three different segments. In this way, it aims to promote discovery and access to various cultural expressions. These three sections are: one of 200 euros for live culture, 100 euros for physical cultural consumption (books) and 100 euros for the consumption of digital products.
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200 euros for live arts, cultural heritage and audiovisual art. For example tickets and subscriptions for performing arts, live music, cinema, museums, libraries, exhibitions and scenic, literary, musical or audiovisual festivals.
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100 euros for cultural products on physical support: books; magazines, newspapers or other periodicals; video games, sheet music, records, CD, DVD or Blu-ray.
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100 euros for digital or online consumption: subscriptions and rental of music, reading or audio reading or audiovisual platforms, purchase of audio books, purchase of digital books (e-books), subscription for downloading multimedia files (podcasts), subscriptions to online video games, digital subscriptions to press, magazines or other magazines.
As for the subscription to digital platforms with the cultural bonus, Iceta explained that the subscription will be “up to four months”, but that “no one forbids the platforms to give away more months” than those paid with the bonus.
The cultural bonus also includes the video game sector because, according to the ministry, it “has a lot of growth potential, it combines technology, many ways of creating and it is on many occasions the first gateway to the world of culture for the youngest, because through the video game they can watch movies.” , discover books or historical figures».
Bulls, textbooks, stationery, software, hardware, musical instruments and sporting events are excluded. Pornographic products and products containing sexist stereotypes against women are discarded.
Source: La Verdad
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