Lithuanian's Government economic and financial action plan for Covid-19

Where
Lithuania
Type of institution
National Government
Categories
  • Direct support for artists and cultural professionals
    • Social benefits
Type of measure
Emergency response
Date
April 2020

The Government adopted the Economic and Financial Action Plan for COVID-19 that focuses on ensuring the health of the population, helping small and medium-sized businesses, and stimulating employment and the economy. The plan provides for an allocation of 50 million euros (US$ 58.9 million) for self-employed persons who have contributed to social security but are unable to carry out their working activities due to lockdown measures. The plan also provides a lump- sum of 257 euros (US$ 301) per month for up to three months. This provision also applies to self-employed persons in the cultural and creative industries. Two million euros (US$ 2.3 million) were also allocated to the Artists Social Security Programme3 to pay for the creative downtime of artists unable to generate income due to lockdown measures. The Ministry of Culture is currently implementing this measure.

(See COVID-19 measures for culture and creative sectors in Lithuania)

Goal(s) of UNESCO's 2005 Convention
Cultural Domain(s)
Cinema/ Audiovisual Arts
Design
Media Arts
Music
Performing Arts
Publishing
Visual Arts
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