Sebraetec Supera Cultura will subsidize up to R$ 10 thousand for recovery of entrepreneurs in the area

Formed eminently by micro and small businesses, the creative industry and the cultural sector of Rio Grande do Sul were also greatly affected by the floods in May and are seeking recovery. These sectors can now count on the Sebraetec Supera Cultura program, which aims to assist entrepreneurs in this segment in the assembly of plans for the recovery of spaces, structures and equipment. Conducted in partnership with the State Secretariat of Culture (Sedac), the program will offer financial contribution of up to R$ 10 thousand. Small businesses linked to the cultural segment, such as artists, musicians, photographers, designers, seamstresses, artisans, art and recording programs, since they can have microenterprises.

“This program was very well accepted, and there was a repressed demand.The partnership with Sedac was precisely to create a hotline with the cultural sector. It is necessary to value these micro and small businesses in the sector. Now there is an exclusive channel for the culture of Rio Grande do Sul. It is an opportunity for companies to reinvest and restructure. The production chain was greatly impacted during the floods of May. In addition to everything that involves this segment have paralyzed, many had material losses.It is an area already weakened after the pandemic period, which reinforces the need for a specific program Economy Sanda and Paim, a specialist in Tourism.

The creative industry encompasses a wide range of companies and professionals who use creativity as the basis for their products and services, which includes areas such as fashion, design, digital games and cinema.The cultural sector as a whole covers institutions and projects dedicated to the production and promotion of culture, such as bookstores, ateliers, art studios, museums and event producers. 

Thus, several types of businesses, from music schools to architecture offices, through sewing and makeup studios, are part of these sectors that have been severely affected by flooding. Therefore, adds Amanda Paim, the importance of the launch of Sebraetec Supera Cultura to assist and rebuild this sector as soon as possible.

“Soon the State began to evaluate the damage of the flood of May, Sedac mobilized its structure to support and support the cultural class. Among the initiatives, the partnership with the Legislative Assembly for the Sarau do Solar, the realization of the festival of performing arts Movimenta Cena Sul with resources of Banrisul, the speed in the release of resources of the Paulo Gustavo Law (LPG), the immediate work to resume cultural programming in the institutions of Sedac. Other actions provided resources directly to cultural agents, such as the support of individual microentrepreneurs with the program Arabebra more business and Agora, the reorganization of the business from the entrepreneurial Seine.

To gain access, the cultural agent or entrepreneur needs to register on the program website 5 sebrae.rs/sebraetecsuperaculturarsfrom this, a Sebrae RS consultant will visit the physical space of the company or project to assess the damage caused by flooding, as well as the loss of materials and structures that have not yet been solved.

On occasion, a survey will be carried out of what the business needs to repair or acquire to re-operationalize its work. The program will subsidize, for example, recovery or purchase of sound and light equipment, tools, furniture and repairs in the structure of the space.

From the needs raised, Sebraetec Supera Cultura will help the entrepreneur to hire services and buy or repair the items of the company or project. At the end of these repairs, Sebrae RS will reimburse part of the costs, financially supporting what is missing for the full recovery of the business. In addition to financial support, the initiative will help strengthen the entire cultural production chain of Rio Grande do Sul, recovering business and moving services.