The Ministry of Culture and Sport is already working on the Royal Decree that regulates the implementation of the Youth Culture Bonus 2023
Since the Youth Cultural Voucher application period ended on 31 October, a total of 99,371 transactions have been made in participating institutions in Spain (as of 18 December 2022), which represents a total investment of 3,626,943.51 euros in the cultural sector. December was undoubtedly the month in which the highest number of transactions was recorded: from 1 to 18 December 55,577 purchases or acquisitions were made with the Bonus Giovani Cultura for an equivalent value of almost two million euros.
Since it was set up, the Ministry of Culture and Sports has been collecting and analyzing data on the use of the Youth Cultural Bonus, which will make it possible to discover the cultural habits and interests of young people in Spain. Until now, purchases in specialized stores have been mainly distributed among movies, video games, shows and books. As of 18 December, there were 2,115 member companies (some with multiple offices in Spain). This translates into 3,114 points of sale available (see the geographical map here), to which another 743 requests are added currently in progress. The deadline for companies to join remains open.
From the granting of the aid, young people have one year to use the 400 euros in cultural products or services. The Youth Cultural Voucher works with a prepaid card issued by the post office and which the beneficiary can have virtually on their mobile phone or physically receive at home. With this card you can enjoy cultural experiences and products, which are divided into three sections to encourage investment diversification, with the following distribution:
- €100 for physical products, such as books, press or records.
- 100 euros for digital products, such as digital press, podcasts or online video games.
- 200 euros for the performing arts: theatre, opera, cinema, dance or museums.
The goal of Ministry of Culture and Sports With this pioneering initiative, it has a double meaning: on the one hand, it shows the interest of a broad spectrum of the young Spanish population in culture, which this initiative helps to maintain as an audience and cultural consumer for the future; and, on the other hand, it offers further support to the cultural sector to get out of the crisis, with an investment higher than 112 million euros.
Youth Culture Bonus 2023
The Cultural Youth Bonus is consolidated in State budgets 2023 with a deposit of 210 million euros. The Ministry of Culture and Sport is already working on the second tender of the initiative, in particular, preparing the Royal Decree which will regulate its implementation. For this we will take into account the experience of the first edition and the improvements incorporated for the optimization of the application and the processing system.
