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Cultural investments via the golden visa scheme have surged, with 85% of total funding occurring in 2024 and 2025, primarily concentrated in the North and Greater Lisbon regions despite a lack of mandatory impact assessments.
Applications open in May. The ministry states that the measure aims to value and qualify 'these community structures rooted in the territories'.
Financial support for the Portuguese Network of Museums translates into a non-repayable grant, limited to a maximum of 50,000 euros per application.
The rights-management association Audiogest said today that the government's new €1 million fund to support the internationalisation of Portuguese culture is “clearly insufficient”, and called for a “broad, sustained and medium-term” strategy.
The Ministry of Culture will launch a funding scheme worth one million euros to support the internationalisation of cultural projects. The announcement was made by the Minister of Culture on RTP's Jornal 2 on Tuesday.
The budget increase for the European Capital of Culture announced by the Government will be divided between the two open calls: €1 million for the national call and €300,000 for the regional call.
