Emergency fund launched to support creative industries in Jordan
Published 19 Aug,2020 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — As many cultural operators in Jordan are grappling with extraordinary financial pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EUNIC Jordan, with financial support of the European Union in Jordan, has created an emergency fund and is launching a call for proposals for operators and organisations registered in the country to submit projects to promote and enhance creative industries in 2020.
“Cultural operators play an essential role in Jordanian society, as has been demonstrated throughout the COVID-19 period,” said EU Ambassador to Jordan, Maria Hadjitheodosiou in a EUNIC statement.
“We have witnessed how people’s quality of life relied on the creative industries to help them manage through curfew periods or quarantine. Jordanians have sought out cultural goods like books, newspapers and magazines, film and television productions, digital media, recorded music, and diverse kinds of virtual access to the visual and performing arts,” she said.
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