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                                                          <p
                                                          align="right"><i>Mitgliedernewsletter
                                                          der IG Kultur
                                                          Steiermark -
                                                          alle zwei
                                                          Wochen mit
                                                          aktuellen
                                                          Neuigkeiten
                                                          und Terminen
                                                          aus dem Kunst-
                                                          und
                                                          Kulturbereich!</i><br>
                                                          </p>
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                                                          <p><b>*************************************************</b></p>
                                                          <p><b>*
                                                          Konjunkturpaket
                                                          für
                                                          Nachhaltigkeit
                                                          in Kunst und
                                                          Kultur |
Presseaussendung der IG Kultur Steiermark</b></p>
                                                          <p>Die
                                                          Arbeitsbedingungen
                                                          im Kunst- und
                                                          Kultursektor
                                                          waren schon
                                                          vor
                                                          COVID-19
                                                          extrem prekär.
                                                          Die
                                                          Verlängerung
                                                          des
                                                          Veranstaltungsverbots
                                                          bis
                                                          (vorläufig)
                                                          Ende Juni bzw.
                                                          bis Ende
                                                          August
                                                          bedeutet für
                                                          die
                                                          meisten
                                                          Künstler*innen,
Kulturarbeiter*innen und Kulturvereine, dass
                                                          sie sechs
                                                          Monate keine
                                                          Möglichkeit
                                                          haben, in
                                                          ihrem Beruf
                                                          bzw. mit
                                                          ihren
                                                          Tätigkeiten
                                                          Geld zu
                                                          verdienen. </p>
                                                          <p>Auf Grund
                                                          dieser
                                                          Verlängerung
                                                          fordert die IG
                                                          Kultur
                                                          Steiermark
                                                          vom Land
                                                          Steiermark und
                                                          von der Stadt
                                                          Graz ein
                                                          Konjunkturpaket
                                                          für
                                                          Kunst und
                                                          Kultur zu
                                                          entwickeln.
                                                          Einige
                                                          Bundesländer (<a
href="https://www.tki.at/19/veranstaltung/coronavirus/unterstuetzungsmoeglichkeiten/"><span
lang="uz-Cyrl-UZ">Tirol</span></a>,
                                                          <a
                                                          href="https://presse.vorarlberg.at/land/dist/vlk-61397.html"><span
lang="uz-Cyrl-UZ">Vorarlberg</span></a>,
                                                          <a
href="https://www.igkulturwien.net/news/singlenews/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=414&cHash=1de78f3952e2c83ccb37c66aea4c894e"><span
lang="uz-Cyrl-UZ">Wien</span></a>)
                                                          haben dafür
                                                          bereits <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">etablierte
Förderinstrumente</span>
                                                          – <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">Arbeitsstipendien,
Atelierförderungen und
                                                          Kunstankäufe –
                                                          eingesetzt, um
                                                          Künstler*innen
                                                          in ihrer
                                                          Lebens- und
Arbeitssituation in der COVID-19 Krise zu unterstützen und die</span>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">allgemeine</span>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">künstlerische
                                                          und kulturelle</span>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">Entwicklung
                                                          am Laufen zu
                                                          halten. Die
                                                          Länder</span>
                                                          <a
href="https://www.tki.at/19/veranstaltung/coronavirus/unterstuetzungsmoeglichkeiten/"><span
                                                          lang="de-DE">Tirol</span></a>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">und
                                                          <a
href="https://kupf.at/presseaussendungen/kupf-ooe-begruesst-kulturhaertefonds-des-landes-oo/">Oberösterreich</a></span>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">bereiten
                                                          darüber hinaus
Soforthilfefonds für
                                                          Kulturbetriebe
                                                          vor, die die
                                                          Hilfsmaßnahmen
                                                          des Bundes
                                                          ergänzen
                                                          sollen. </span>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p>Die
                                                          Förderstruktur
                                                          des Landes
                                                          Steiermark und
                                                          der Stadt Graz
                                                          erlaubt bzw.
                                                          erzwingt die
                                                          Verschiebung
                                                          von
                                                          Veranstaltungen
                                                          auf einen
                                                          späteren
                                                          Zeitpunkt.
                                                          Doch wenn alle
                                                          entfallenen
                                                          Veranstaltungen
                                                          im
                                                          Herbst
                                                          2020/Frühjahr
                                                          2021
                                                          nachgeholt
                                                          werden sollen,
                                                          birgt dies die
                                                          Gefahr eines
                                                          "Kollapses der
Veranstaltungslandschaft". Um
                                                          diesen Kollaps
                                                          zu vermeiden
                                                          fordert die IG
                                                          Kultur
                                                          Steiermark
                                                          eine
                                                          "Weniger ist
                                                          Mehr"-Strategie.
                                                          Gerade jetzt
                                                          bietet sich
                                                          eine
                                                          gute
                                                          Möglichkeit,
                                                          die seit
                                                          langem
                                                          geforderten
                                                          Fair Pay
                                                          Maßnahmen
                                                          endlich
                                                          umzusetzen.
                                                          Also im Rahmen
                                                          bestehender
                                                          Fördersummen
                                                          weniger
Veranstaltungen durchzuführen, dafür die Honorare und Löhne den
                                                          FairPay
                                                          Richtlinien
                                                          anzupassen und
                                                          damit die
                                                          dringend
                                                          notwendige
Existenzgrundlage für eine nachhaltige Kulturarbeit zu schaffen. </p>
                                                          <p><a
href="http://igkultur.at/artikel/konjunkturpaket-fuer-nachhaltigkeit-kunst-und-kultur">Mehr
                                                          dazu.</a></p>
                                                          <p><b>*************************************************
                                                          </b>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><b>*
                                                          Veranstaltungsverbot
                                                          bis Ende Juni</b></p>
                                                          <p>Vergangenen
                                                          Freitag fand
                                                          die <a
href="https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/ZIB-Spezial-zum-Coronavirus/13891307/ZIB-Spezial/14048577">erste
Pressekonferenz</a> spezifisch zu Kunst und Kultur angesichts der
                                                          Corona-Krise
                                                          mit
                                                          Vizekanzler
                                                          Werner Kogler
                                                          und
                                                          Kulturstaatssekretärin
                                                          Ulrike Lunacek
                                                          statt. Im
                                                          Fokus stand
                                                          die
                                                          Präsentation
                                                          eines
                                                          möglichen
                                                          Fahrplans zu
                                                          schrittweisen
                                                          Lockerungen
                                                          für den
                                                          Kulturbereich.
                                                          Dabei wurden
                                                          folgende
                                                          Eckpunkte
                                                          skizziert:</p>
                                                          <p>· bis 30.
                                                          Juni 2020 sind
Veranstaltungen weiterhin gänzlich
                                                          untersagt;
                                                          Mitte Mai soll
                                                          entschieden
                                                          werden, welche
Veranstaltungen
                                                          ab 1. Juli
                                                          wieder möglich
                                                          sind. <span
                                                          lang="de-DE">Fix
                                                          ist, dass
Großveranstaltungen bis 31. August 2020 verboten sein werden, etwa
                                                          Musikfestivals
                                                          und Stadtfeste
                                                          bzw. alle
                                                          Veranstaltungen,
                                                          bei denen
                                                          „viele
                                                          Menschen eng
                                                          zusammen
                                                          stehen“.</span>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p>·
                                                          Klarstellung,
                                                          dass die
                                                          Lockerungen
                                                          für kleine
                                                          Betriebsstätten
                                                          des Handels
                                                          seit 14. April
                                                          auch für den
                                                          Kulturbereich
                                                          gelten,
                                                          konkret etwa
                                                          kleine
                                                          Buchläden,
                                                          gewerbliche
                                                          Galerien,
                                                          Werkstätten
                                                          und Ateliers,
                                                          Ton- und
                                                          Fotostudios,
                                                          Tätigkeiten
                                                          der Forschung,
                                                          Archivierung
                                                          und
                                                          Restaurierung,
                                                          sofern die
                                                          Schutzbestimmungen
                                                          eingehalten
                                                          werden können;</p>
                                                          <p>· ab Mitte
                                                          Mai (das
                                                          genaue Datum
                                                          sowie die
                                                          Voraussetzungen
                                                          werden
                                                          noch per
                                                          Verordnung
                                                          definiert),
                                                          sollen Museen
                                                          und andere
                                                          „Orte der
                                                          Präsentation
                                                          von Kunst und
                                                          Kultur“, wie
                                                          Ausstellungsräume,
                                                          Archive,
                                                          Bibliotheken
                                                          und
                                                          Büchereien,
                                                          wieder öffnen
                                                          dürfen;</p>
                                                          <p>· ab 18.
                                                          Mai sollen
                                                          Einzeltrainings
                                                          und
                                                          Einzelproben
                                                          zum Erhalt
                                                          der
                                                          künstlerischen
                                                          Fertigkeiten
                                                          wieder
                                                          zulässig sein,
                                                          etwa Sprech-,
                                                          Gesangs- oder
                                                          Tanztrainings
                                                          – unter
                                                          bestimmten
                                                          Bedingungen;</p>
                                                          <p>· ab 1.
                                                          Juni sollen
                                                          Proben im
                                                          darstellenden
                                                          Bereich, wie
                                                          Theater
                                                          und Musik, im
professionellen Bereich wieder möglich sein, sofern
                                                          die
                                                          erforderlichen
Sicherheitsmaßnahmen eingehalten werden können.
                                                          Dies gilt
                                                          explizit nicht
                                                          für den Hobby-
                                                          bzw.
                                                          Amateurbereich.</p>
                                                          <p>Detailinformationen
                                                          zu diesem
                                                          Fahrplan,
                                                          soweit auf
                                                          Basis der
                                                          aktuellen
                                                          Informationen
                                                          möglich,
                                                          findet ihr in
                                                          unseren
                                                          <a
                                                          href="https://igkultur.at/artikel/faq-corona-virus-veranstaltungsverbot">aktualisierten
                                                          FAQs zum
                                                          Veranstaltungsverbot</a>.
                                                          Wir hoffen, zu
                                                          diesen
                                                          Ankündigungen
                                                          bald
                                                          schriftliche
                                                          Informationen
                                                          und rechtliche
                                                          Grundlagen zu
                                                          erhalten, um
                                                          verlässliche
                                                          Auskünfte
                                                          erteilen zu
                                                          können.
                                                          Angesichts der
                                                          zahlreichen
                                                          Nachfragen,
                                                          stellen wir
                                                          hier ein
                                                          <a
href="https://igkultur.at/covid-19/analysen-stellungnahmen/zusatzinformationen/transkript-der-pressekonferenz-aktuelles-und">Transkript
                                                          der
                                                          Pressekonferenz
                                                          zur Verfügung</a>.</p>
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                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><b>*
                                                          Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten</b></p>
                                                          <p>Eine
                                                          Übersicht über
                                                          <b>bestehende
                                                          regionale
                                                          Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten</b>
                                                          haben wir <a
href="https://igkultur.at/artikel/aktuelle-informationen-fuer-kunst-und-kulturschaffende-der-steiermark?bundesland=steiermark">hier</a>
                                                          zusammengestellt.
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><u><b>NEU:
                                                          </b></u>Der
                                                          Gemeinderat
                                                          hat den
                                                          Beschluss zur
                                                          Änderung
                                                          der
                                                          Auszahlungs-
                                                          und
                                                          Abrechnungstermine
                                                          der
                                                          mehrjährigen
                                                          Förderungen
                                                          in der
                                                          Gemeinderatssitzung
                                                          am 23.April
                                                          2020 gefasst.
                                                          Herr Stadtrat
                                                          Günther
                                                          Riegler hat
                                                          alle
                                                          Fördervertragsnehmer*innen
                                                          in einem
                                                          <a
href="http://igkultur.at/sites/default/files/news/downloads/2020-04-24/Schreiben%20Stadtrat%20Riegler%20_%20F%C3%B6rdernehmerinnen%20und%20F%C3%B6rdernehmer.pdf">Schreiben
                                                          über die
                                                          vorübergehenden
                                                          Richtlinien</a>
                                                          anlässlich der
                                                          COVID 19
                                                          Pandemie zur
                                                          Vorgehensweise
                                                          bei bereits
                                                          gewährten
                                                          Förderungen
                                                          informiert.</p>
                                                          <p><span
                                                          lang="de-DE"><u>Gemeinnützige
                                                          Vereine:</u></span><u>
                                                          </u><span
                                                          lang="de-DE"><br>
                                                          Sechs
                                                          Wochen sind
                                                          vergangen,
                                                          seit das
                                                          Veranstaltungsverbot
                                                          beschlossen
                                                          wurde.
                                                          Gemeinnützige
                                                          Kulturvereine
                                                          warten bis
                                                          heute
                                                          vergeblich auf
                                                          die <a
href="https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2020_I_16/BGBLA_2020_I_16.html">gesetzlich
                                                          beschlossene
                                                          Soforthilfe</a>,
                                                          die Härtefalle
                                                          von
Non-Profit-Organisationen in Folge von COVID-19 durch Finanzzuschüsse
                                                          abfedern soll.
                                                          Von den
                                                          beschlossenen
                                                          Instrumenten
                                                          wie dem
                                                          <a
                                                          href="https://www.wko.at/service/haertefall-fonds-phase-2.html">Härtefall-Fonds
                                                          in der WKO</a>
                                                          oder den <a
                                                          href="https://www.aws.at/aws-ueberbrueckungsgarantien">AWS
Überbrückungsgarantien für Kredite</a> sind gemeinnützige Vereine
                                                          (bislang)
                                                          explizit
                                                          ausgeschlossen.
                                                          Bereits vor
                                                          Wochen haben
                                                          wir
                                                          gemeinsam mit
                                                          anderen
                                                          Dachverbänden
                                                          die rasche <a
href="https://igkultur.at/artikel/coronakrise-bundesregierung-bei-haertefallfonds-fuer-gemeinnuetzigen-sektor-saeumig">Umsetzung
                                                          der
                                                          versprochenen
                                                          Unterstützung
                                                          für NPOs</a>
                                                          eingefordert.
                                                          Vizekanzler
                                                          Werner Kogler
                                                          <a
href="https://igkultur.at/covid-19/analysen-stellungnahmen/zusatzinformationen/transkript-der-pressekonferenz-aktuelles-und">versicherte
                                                          nun</a>, dass
                                                          mit
                                                          „Hochdruck“ in
                                                          Verhandlungen
                                                          mit dem
Finanzministerium daran gearbeitet werde, dass der „größte Teil“
                                                          der nun
                                                          anfallenden
                                                          Kosten von
                                                          Non-Profit-Organisationen
                                                          ersetzt wird
                                                          – „diese
                                                          Sicherheit
                                                          wolle er
                                                          mitgeben“.
                                                          Wann es soweit
                                                          ist,
                                                          blieb
                                                          weiterhin
                                                          offen.</span>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><u>Härtefall-Fonds
                                                          der WKO:</u><br>
                                                          Ab heute,
                                                          12.00 Uhr,
                                                          können
                                                          EPUs, neue
                                                          Selbständige,
                                                          freie
                                                          Dienstnehmer*innen
                                                          und
Kleinstunternehmen Anträge zur <a
                                                          href="https://www.wko.at/service/haertefall-fonds-phase-2.html">Phase
                                                          2 des
                                                          Härtefall-Fonds
                                                          bei der WKO</a>
                                                          stellen. Die
                                                          Unterstützungen
                                                          für
                                                          Einnahmenausfälle
                                                          ist mit max.
                                                          EUR 2.000,-
                                                          pro Monat
                                                          gedeckelt
                                                          und erfolgt
                                                          für max. 3
                                                          Monate
                                                          (insgesamt
                                                          somit max.
                                                          Zuschuss von
                                                          EUR
                                                          6.000,-). Zu
                                                          begrüßen ist
                                                          die
                                                          grundsätzliche
                                                          Ausweitung der
Zugangsberechtigten (Entfall der Einkommensuntergrenze;
Mehrfachversicherungen und Nebeneinkünfte sind nun kein
Ausschlussgrund). Problematisch erscheint, dass die Berechnung nur
                                                          bedingt auf
                                                          die
                                                          Einkommensrealitäten
                                                          von Kunst- und
Kulturschaffenden Rücksicht nimmt, wie wir in einer <a
href="https://igkultur.at/covid-19/analysen-stellungnahmen/wie-weiter-mit-corona-unterstuetzungsfonds">Stellungnahme
                                                          des Kulturrat</a>
                                                          darlegen.<br>
                                                          Die
                                                          Antragstellung
                                                          hat jeweils
                                                          monatlich zu
                                                          erfolgen. Die
                                                          Förderhöhe
                                                          berechnet sich
                                                          automatisch
                                                          auf Basis des
                                                          geschätzten
                                                          Nettoeinkommenentgangs
                                                          im Vergleich
                                                          zum
Referenzzeitraum des letzten verfügbaren Einkommensteuerbescheids
                                                          (jeweiliges
                                                          Monat oder 1/3
                                                          des
                                                          Referenz-Quartals)
                                                          bzw.
                                                          alternativ der
                                                          drei letzten
                                                          verfügbaren
                                                          Bescheide. Ein
Einkommensteuerbescheid mit
                                                          positiven
                                                          Einkünften
                                                          seit 2015 ist
                                                          somit
                                                          Voraussetzung
                                                          – davon
                                                          ausgenommen
                                                          sind
                                                          Neugründer*innen,
                                                          diese erhalten
                                                          bis zu EUR
                                                          500,- /
                                                          Monat. Da die
                                                          Details
                                                          kontinuierlich
                                                          präzisiert
                                                          werden,
                                                          empfiehlt
                                                          sich ein Blick
                                                          auf die <a
                                                          href="https://www.wko.at/service/haertefall-fonds-phase-2.html">FAQs
                                                          der WKO zu
                                                          Phase 2 des
                                                          Härtefall-Fonds</a>.</p>
                                                          <p><u>COVID-19
                                                          Fonds des
                                                          KSVF:</u><br>
                                                          An der
                                                          Ausgestaltung
                                                          einer
                                                          weiteren
                                                          finanziellen
                                                          Unterstützung
                                                          (Phase 2)
                                                          durch den
                                                          COVID-19
                                                          Fonds des
                                                          Künstler-Sozialversicherungsfonds
                                                          (KSVF) wird
                                                          noch
                                                          gearbeitet.
                                                          Details sind
                                                          bislang nicht
                                                          bekannt,
                                                          seitens des
                                                          Kulturrats
                                                          sind wir im
                                                          intensiven
                                                          Austausch dazu
                                                          mit den
                                                          zuständigen
                                                          Stellen.
                                                          Einreichungen
                                                          zu
                                                          Unterstützung
                                                          für Phase 1
                                                          des Covid-19
                                                          Fonds (EUR
                                                          500,- bzw. EUR
                                                          1.000,- an
                                                          Soforthilfe)
                                                          sind
                                                          jedenfalls
                                                          weiterhin
                                                          möglich.
                                                          Wichtige
                                                          Präzisierung
                                                          der letzten
                                                          Tage: Als
                                                          Nachweis der
                                                          künstlerischen
                                                          Tätigkeit ist
                                                          den Anträgen
                                                          (sofern
Antragsteller*innen noch keine Unterstützung durch den KSVF
                                                          erhalten)
                                                          unbedingt ein
                                                          Lebenslauf
                                                          beizulegen! <a
href="https://www.ksvf.at/corona-FAQ-Phase-1.html">Details
                                                          dazu hier</a>.</p>
                                                          <p><span
                                                          lang="de-DE"><u>Kurzarbeit:</u></span><span
                                                          lang="de-DE"><br>
                                                          Die
                                                          rückwirkende
                                                          Beantragung
                                                          von
                                                          Kurzarbeit-Beihilfe
                                                          für ab Anfang
                                                          März
                                                          war nur bis
                                                          20. April
                                                          möglich. Ab
                                                          21.4.2020,
                                                          kann
                                                          Kurzarbeit nur
                                                          für
                                                          Zeiträume ab
                                                          frühestens
                                                          1.4.2020
                                                          beantragt
                                                          werden. <a
href="https://www.ams.at/unternehmen/personalsicherung-und-fruehwarnsystem/kurzarbeit">Information
                                                          des AMS zur
                                                          COVID-19
                                                          Kurzarbeit</a>.</span>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><u>Prämien
                                                          /
                                                          Bonuszahlungen
                                                          für
                                                          Mitarbeiter*innen:</u><br>
                                                          Prämien
                                                          bzw.
                                                          Bonuszahlungen
                                                          für
                                                          Mitarbeiter*innen,
                                                          die angesichts
                                                          der
                                                          Corona-Krise
                                                          „außergewöhnliches
                                                          leisten“, sind
                                                          bis maximal
                                                          EUR
                                                          3.000,-
                                                          steuerfrei
                                                          (und auch
                                                          sozialversicherungsfrei).
                                                          Dies gilt aber
                                                          nur, wenn es
                                                          sich um eine
                                                          nachweisbare
                                                          Mehrbelastung
                                                          im
                                                          Zusammenhang
                                                          mit der
                                                          Corona-Krise
                                                          handelt, wie
                                                          etwa für
                                                          Bedienstete in
                                                          Supermärkten.
                                                          Die rechtliche
                                                          Grundlage dazu
                                                          findet sich im
                                                          <a
href="https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2020_I_23/BGBLA_2020_I_23.html">3.
COVID-19-Gesetz</a>: „Zulagen und Bonuszahlungen, die aufgrund der
                                                          COVID-19-Krise
                                                          zusätzlich
                                                          geleistet
                                                          werden, sind
                                                          im
                                                          Kalenderjahr
                                                          2020 bis 3.000
                                                          Euro
                                                          steuerfrei. Es
                                                          muss sich
                                                          dabei um
                                                          zusätzliche
                                                          Zahlungen
                                                          handeln, die
                                                          ausschließlich
                                                          zu diesem
                                                          Zweck
                                                          geleistet
                                                          werden und
                                                          üblicherweise
                                                          bisher nicht
                                                          gewährt
                                                          wurden.“ </p>
                                                          Laufend
                                                          aktualisieren
                                                          und erweitern
                                                          wir alle
                                                          unsere
Informationsseiten.
                                                          <p><b>*************************************************
                                                          </b>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><b>*
                                                          KünstlerInnen
                                                          sind gut
                                                          beraten | 2020
                                                          | nächster
                                                          Termin 15.
                                                          Mai 2020 </b>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p>Trotz
                                                          Corona Krise
                                                          bieten wir
                                                          euch am 15.
                                                          Mai um 15 Uhr
                                                          einen
Online-Steuerworkshop. Das Bundesministerium für Finanzen hat
                                                          <a
href="https://www.bmf.gv.at/dam/jcr:a1282965-474e-49f0-a556-c438e1b3afc5/Steuerliche%20Sonderregelungen%20betreffend%20Coronavirus.pdf"
target="_blank">Sofortmaßnahmen
                                                          zu Einkommens-
                                                          oder
                                                          Körperschaftsteuervorauszahlungen
                                                          sowie zur
Abgabeneinhebung</a> für 2020 bekannt gegeben. Damit sollen
Liquiditätsengpässe vermieden und Zahlungsverzögerungen vorgebeugt
                                                          werden. Für
                                                          konkrete
                                                          steuerliche
                                                          Fragen steht
                                                          euch bei dem
                                                          Workshop
                                                          eine
                                                          Steuerberaterin
                                                          zur Verfügung.<br>
                                                          Achtung:
                                                          Anmeldungen
                                                          BITTE
                                                          mit kurzer
                                                          Darstellung
                                                          der
                                                          Fragestellung
                                                          (Stichworte)
                                                          und Angabe
                                                          einer
                                                          Telefonnummer
                                                          bis 5.Mai 2020
                                                          an <a
                                                          href="mailto:office.igkultur@mur.at">office.igkultur@mur.at</a>.
                                                          Die
                                                          Teilnehmerzahl
                                                          ist diesmal
                                                          auf <strong>max.
                                                          10 Personen
                                                          begrenzt</strong>,
                                                          damit genügend
                                                          Zeit für die
                                                          Fragen bleibt.
                                                          Wir bitten um
                                                          verbindliche
                                                          Anmeldung und
                                                          bei
                                                          Verhinderung
                                                          um
                                                          rechtzeitige
                                                          Absage
                                                          des Termins.</p>
                                                          <p>Für alle
                                                          die
                                                          kurzfristig
                                                          ein direktes
                                                          Gespräch mit
                                                          uns suchen
                                                          gibt es nach
                                                          wie vor den <strong>KulturMontag</strong>.
                                                          Jeden Montag
                                                          zwischen <strong>11-13
                                                          Uhr</strong>
                                                          stehen wir für
                                                          euch per
                                                          Jitsi-
                                                          Videochat,
                                                          Telefon oder
                                                          Email zur
                                                          Verfügung.
                                                          Meldet euch
                                                          per Telefon
                                                          0681/ 104 295
                                                          07 oder per
                                                          E-Mail:<a
                                                          href="mailto:office.igkultur@mur.at">
office.igkultur@mur.at</a> und wir schicken euch einen Videochatlink.
                                                          <a
href="https://igkultur.at/artikel/kostenlose-covid-19-rechts-undoder-steuerberatung-fuer-kuenstlerinnen-und-kulturvereine-der">Mehr
                                                          dazu hier.</a></p>
                                                          <p><b>*************************************************
                                                          </b>
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><b>* Corona
Familienhärteausgleich | BMAFJ</b></p>
                                                          <p>Das
                                                          Bundesministerium
                                                          für Arbeit,
                                                          Familie und
                                                          Jugend stellt
                                                          30
                                                          Millionen Euro
                                                          <a
href="https://www.bmafj.gv.at/Services/News/Coronavirus/Corona-Familienhaerteausgleich.html">aus
                                                          dem
                                                          Familienlastenausgleichsfonds
                                                          für den
Corona-Familienhärteausgleich</a> zur Verfügung. Ziel der
                                                          Zuwendungen
                                                          gem.<a
                                                          href="https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/eli/bgbl/1967/376/P38a/NOR12095430">
                                                          § 38a Abs. 5
                                                          FLAG</a> ist
                                                          es, Familien
                                                          mit Kindern
                                                          rasch und
                                                          unbürokratisch
                                                          eine
                                                          finanzielle
                                                          Unterstützung
                                                          zur
                                                          Bewältigung
                                                          von
Mehraufwendungen bzw. Einkommensausfällen aufgrund der
                                                          Pandemiefolgen
                                                          zu gewähren.
                                                          Voraussetzung
                                                          für eine
                                                          Zuwendung ist,
                                                          dass
                                                          mindestens für
                                                          ein im
                                                          Familienverband
                                                          lebendes Kind
Familienbeihilfe bezogen wird. Stichtag für den<br>
                                                          Bezug von
Familienbeihilfe ist der 28. Februar 2020. Zuwendungen können
                                                          gewährt werden
                                                          an Familien
                                                          mit
                                                          Hauptwohnsitz
                                                          in Österreich,
                                                          wenn
                                                          mit Stichtag
                                                          28. Februar
                                                          2020
                                                          mindestens ein
                                                          im gemeinsamen
                                                          Haushalt
                                                          lebender
                                                          Elternteil
                                                          beschäftigt
                                                          war, aufgrund
                                                          der
                                                          Corona-Krise
                                                          seinen
                                                          Arbeitsplatz
                                                          verloren hat
                                                          und arbeitslos
                                                          oder in
Corona-Kurzarbeit gemeldet wurde oder in eine finanzielle
                                                          Notsituation
                                                          geraten ist
                                                          und zum
                                                          förderfähigen
                                                          Kreis
                                                          natürlicher
                                                          Personen aus
                                                          dem
                                                          Härtefallfonds
                                                          der WKO zählt.
                                                          Zuwendungen
                                                          sind in
                                                          Form von nicht
                                                          rückzahlbaren
                                                          Zuwendungen zu
                                                          gewähren. </p>
                                                          <p><b>*************************************************</b></p>
                                                          <p><b>* Lese
                                                          Tipp: Kurt
                                                          Palm, Land
                                                          ohne Kultur:
                                                          Schön brav
                                                          bedanken</b></p>
                                                          <p>"Kunst
                                                          kostet Geld,
                                                          und Geld ist
                                                          teuer." Das
                                                          hat schon
                                                          vor fast
                                                          hundert Jahren
                                                          Bertold Brecht
                                                          festgestellt,
                                                          doch wie uns
                                                          Kurt Palm
                                                          aufweist gibt
                                                          es auch
                                                          Bereiche, in
                                                          denen Geld gar
                                                          nicht
                                                          teuer ist.
                                                          Über die
                                                          Unterschiede
                                                          bei
                                                          Hilfsmaßnahmen,
                                                          politische
                                                          Präferenzen
                                                          und notwendige
                                                          massive
                                                          Aufstockungen
                                                          der Hilfsfonds
                                                          für
                                                          den
                                                          Kulturbereich
                                                          könnt ihr <a
href="https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000116992930/schoen-brav-bedanken">hier
                                                          nachlesen</a>.
                                                          </p>
                                                          <p><b>*************************************************
                                                          <br>
                                                          *
                                                          Regelmäßige
                                                          Kulturneuigkeiten
                                                          findet ihr
                                                          zudem auf
                                                          unserer
                                                          Facebook
                                                          Seite:<br>
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                                                          href="https://www.facebook.com/IG.Kultur.Steiermark/">https://www.facebook.com/IG.Kultur.Steiermark/</a>
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