The decree that regulates the Paulo Gustavo Law, signed last Thursday (11), made R$ 3.8 billion available to states and municipalities, which must present action plans for the cultural sector in the country. In an interview with the Brasil em Pauta program, on TV Brasil, the Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, spoke about the importance and urgency of the measure. “During those pandemic years, our sector was the first to stop and the last to return. We are, precisely, executing an emergency law, a right of the cultural sector, which has not yet recovered from that process of so many losses that we had, and Paulo Gustavo received this tribute, this great actor, this incredible figure that we lost”, he highlighted. According to the ministry, the investment of R$ 3.8 billion is the largest ever allocated to culture and aims to reach 27 states, benefiting 5,570 municipalities. “[O decreto] it responds to several appeals from the sector and does one important thing: decentralization. This contribution will reach all cities in Brazil, all regions. The ministry begins by seeking to implement this issue of shifting investment, of fostering. For us, this is a great achievement”, explained the minister. Of the amount to be made available, R$ 2 billion will be allocated to the states and R$ 1.8 billion to municipalities. To access the resources, governments must register through the TransfereGov platform and they will have 60 days to register the action plans to be developed with the financial contribution. After the approval of the proposals, the resources will be released. “It is such an intense moment that we will be able to enforce, feed, help and honor the cultural sector in Brazil, cultural agents and the population. Your city hall will be able to propose festivals, courses, public notices, including projects to create cultural centers. We now need to take advantage of this new cultural moment in Brazil”, said Margareth Menezes. Rouanet Law Still on the decentralization of resources, the minister spoke about the Culture Incentive Law, known as the Rouanet Law. “We are holding dialogues with companies to raise awareness of this new moment. the ministry [da Cultura] it is also bringing a prerogative of being able to indicate, because before only companies could choose. We, at this moment, will be able to guide companies so that this decentralization takes place”, he added. Through the Rouanet Law, companies and individuals can sponsor various forms of cultural expression, deducting the total or partial amount of income tax support. Sponsored projects must offer tickets, cultural products free of charge or at popular prices, as well as promote training and capacity-building activities with communities, which contributes to expanding the population’s access to culture. Margareth explained that it is an investment in culture, as each company can have 4% of the tax and individuals can also have 6%. “Is this money lost money? Of course. It returns through actions and also through the prerogative that there is a social counterpart for each project. And people complain that there are some projects that have a greater weight of sponsorship, of millions. The ministry does not make that choice, it makes the analysis. What does that project contemplate? Sometimes a play employs 100 people, a musical sometimes employs 170 people and has mandatory social feedback,” she pointed out. The minister also said that she is in “frank” dialogue with companies on this topic. “We want Brazilian society to believe in Brazil’s cultural sector, which is a powerhouse, and we are going to put an end to this view of criminalizing the artist, of criminalizing doing culture in the country. It is the opposite: this is a tool for emancipation, not for criminalization, ”she emphasized. The complete interview will be shown this Sunday (14), at 22:30, on the program Brasil em Pauta, on TV Brasil.
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