Experiența internațională în aplicarea voucherelor culturale pentru copii și tineri

Abstract

One of the relatively recent instruments used to increase the consumption of cultural products and services by the population is the cultural voucher, which, in general, represents a financial instrument intended to be used to benefit from cultural products and services. In particular, the term "cultural voucher" can be defined differently depending on the type of regulatory and issuing entity and the spectrum of its beneficiaries. It could be a state contribution that improves access to culture for primary and secondary school pupils and their pedagogues, a tool for obtaining cultural products and services within a partnership of the government with businesses for the benefit of workers who have formal employment contracts or even an online payment method in the form of a rechargeable electronic card for cultural products and services. In order to demonstrate the diversity of forms and uses of cultural vouchers were used the following research methods: legal analysis, induction, deduction, logical method and literature review. As sources of data were used mainly the national laws and studies that analyze the impact of cultural vouchers on cultural consumption, including among children and young people. The use of cultural vouchers has a positive impact both for consumers and for the industry. This paper was developed and financed within the Scientific Project for the period 2020-2023, registered in the State Register of Science and Innovation Projects of the Republic of Moldova with the code 20.80009.0807.29 State Program Project "Improving the mechanisms for applying innovative instruments aimed at sustainably increasing the welfare of the population of the Republic of Moldova".