The City administration is present with several means, which aim at developing, consolidating and qualifying the city’s resources.
The support and the financing that the associations focussed on music receive from state bodies are regulated by a series of national (The national law no. 163 of 30th April 1985 establishes the Exclusive Fund for Show Business (FUS) and regulates the access to public funds for bodies, institutions, associations, organisms and companies operating in the show business sectors. The FUS reserves 45% of the total funds for the show business to musical and dancing activities) and local laws.
In
the Emilia-Romagna Region, of which Bologna is the capital, the typologies
of public intervention concerning musical activities, with reference
to the production, training of the public and balanced cultural offer
on the regional territory, is disciplined by the regional law no. 13
of the 5th of July 1999: Laws concerning show business. In the context
of the law, the Region passes also a three-year regional Programme that
sets out the targets and the most important measures to be taken in the
show business sector.
The art. 3 of the regional law regulates the role of Local governments, which have to support the musical activities, co-ordinating the policies of valorisation of the cultural heritage and artistic promotion with social policies, in order to answer the needs of cultural and social development of the towns. According to the regional law, moreover, the Local governments, through forms of association, have to organise the supply of theatre services, promotion and event programming; they have to carry out activities concerning restoration, valorisation of the historic heritage and requalification of the locations for musical activities and ultimately promote band and choir activities.
In this context, in April 2005 the city of Bologna passed the Resolution of the City Council Show business system: Approval of the supporting activities for the valorisation of theatre and musical culture in the city; with this resolution the city administration undertakes to support theatres and associations operating in the fields of tradition, research and theatre and musical experimentation, by signing conventions that enable the identified bodies to use the spaces and buildings of the City Council (Arena del Sole, Teatri di Vita, Teatro Testoni, Teatro S. Leonardo, Teatro Ridotto), and to receive financing for a total amount of 1.170.000 Euros.
| Theatre/Association | Recipient | Subsidy |
| Teatro Testoni | La Baracca | 750 000 1 |
| Teatri di Vita | Piccola Soc.coop. onlus | 90 000 |
| Casa delle culture e dei teatri | Teatro Ridotto | 20 000 |
| Teatro San Martino | Gruppo Libero | 20 000 |
| Teatro delle Moline | Teatro Nuova Edizione | 20 000 |
| Centro teatrale La Soffitta | DMS Università di Bologna | 10 000 |
| Teatro Palco Reale | Elsinor | 20 000 |
| Bologna Festival | 70 000 | |
| Musica Insieme | 50 000 | |
| Laminarie | 20 000 | |
| Pierrot Lunaire | 60 000 | |
| Teatrino Clandestino | 40 000 | |
| totale | 1170 000 |
1Total of the subsidies supplied by the City Council for 2005, 2006 and 2007.
As far as the budget for 2006 of the City Council of Bologna is concerned, the total expenses for activities relating to culture and cultural heritage have been reckoned in € 28.976.910. Around 7 million Euros have been allocated as specific consumption of the Cultural Sector, of which 2.5 millions are for activities connected to theatre, music, promotion of young artists and of free forms of association. 157.000 Euro have instead been budgeted for the International Museum and Library of Music.
The City Council has moreover allocated, in its multi-annual plan of public intervention and investments for the period 2006-2008, around 10 million Euros for 20061, 18 for 20072 and 4.5 for 20083 for the Cultural Sector.
Lastly, around 1.5 million Euros for 2006 and 3 millions for 2007 have been allocated for the restoration of the Teatro Comunale4, while 2 million Euros have been budgeted for the maintenance of the other city theatres in Bologna.
| City of Bologna 2006 Budget | Euro |
| Knowledge and Economy Sector | 11.411.000 |
| for the Cultural Sector | 7.381.000 |
| for musical and show activities | 2.594.000 |
| for the International Museum and Library of Music | 157.000 |
Besides the funds allocated by the City administration, the associations and the institutions operating in the field of music can avail themselves of the financial reductions set out in national and local laws, and of the important support of private stakeholders and foundations.
Within the civic network “Iperbole” of the City Council, there is, furthermore, a section dedicated to the associations of Bologna, which offers the various realities of the world of culture and show business of Bologna a virtual space where they can promote their initiatives.
As far as the financing of non-profit bodies that operate in the field of show business and music is concerned, the City Council of Bologna participated in 2001 to the Nofret Project (Networking to Outfit Fund Raising for Employment in the Third sector). The project, carried out with French and German partners, was 70% financed by the European Commission with a contribution of 24.000 Euros from the City Council of Bologna1; it aimed at supporting the needs of employment development in non-profit companies operating in the cultural and show business sectors, through research and diffusion actions, focussed on the identification of good fund raising practices used by small and middle-sized companies operating in Italy, France and Germany, with specific reference to the production of live performances.
The objectives of the project were the diffusion of the innovative solutions identified by small and medium-sized companies, the encouraging of cooperation, the promotion of information exchanges regarding the economic fund raising practices, and the development of monitoring methods concerning the use of resources and the efficacy of these practices in terms of employment development in the artistic sector.
Among the 73 bodies operating in the show business sector considered by the Nofret in Italy1, France and Germany, the Musical Association “da Bach a Bartok2” (from Bach to Bartok) turned out to be one of the most active and efficient non-profit bodies in terms of fund raising, and therefore it has become one of the best practices of the project. The association is in fact managed as a real private company, the activities of which have to produce the profits necessary for its survival. The public financing it receives is used to carry out cultural projects that have a remarkable comeback in economic and image terms both for the Association itself and for the promoting bodies. In little more than 10 years, the Emilia Romagna Festival has increased by ten times its budget, that from an initial amount of around 30 thousand Euros, has now reached more than 300 thousand Euros with annual growth prospects of 30-40%. The financing on behalf of public bodies covers 63% of the total investments.
Redazione Iperbole
- Settore Comunicazione e Rapporto con la Cittadini
- Comune di Bologna
Updated: 07 06 2007
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