Miquel Iceta: “A little more than a month and a half after launching the initiative, 35% of potential applicants for the Bono Cultural Joven have already applied for it”.

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Bono Cultural Joven

Young people who have turned or will turn 18 in 2023 must apply for the Bono Cultural Joven on the web www.bonoculturajoven.gob.esEnlace external, opens in a new window before September 30
A total of 170,931 young people have applied for the Bono Cultural Joven after the application period opened on June 13. People born in 2005 can apply for the 400 euros intended for the purchase and enjoyment of cultural products, services and activities. To do so, those who have turned or will turn 18 in 2023 must register and complete the application procedure on the website www.bonoculturajoven.gob.esEnlace external, which opens in a new window before September 30.

The Minister of Culture and Sport, Miquel Iceta, has assessed the good progress of the program, highlighting that “a little more than a month and a half after launching the initiative, 35% of potential applicants for the Bono Cultural Joven have already applied for it. I hope that before the end of September, all those who turn 18 this year will apply for it, and thus be able to enjoy the benefits of €400 for the consumption or purchase of products or activities”.

By autonomous communities, 35,167 young people have already applied for their Bono Cultural Joven in Andalusia, 4,881 in Aragon, 3,104 in Asturias, 2,873 in the Balearic Islands, 7,293 in the Canary Islands, 2,081 in Cantabria, 7,697 in Castilla-La Mancha, 7. 746 in Castilla y León, 23,206 in Catalonia, 288 in Ceuta, 20,370 in the Community of Valencia, 3,815 in Extremadura, 8,053 in Galicia, 28,188 in Madrid, 263 in Melilla, 6,045 in Murcia, 2,665 in Navarre, 5,894 in the Basque Country and 1,193 in La Rioja.

The program is open to young Spanish nationals aged 18, as well as foreigners legally residing in Spain, asylum seekers, temporary displaced persons and foreigners formerly under guardianship who are in the process of obtaining a residence permit.

In order to obtain it, the interested young people must proceed to their digital identification through Cl@veExternal link, opens in a new window with basic registration (which can be requested and obtained by video call), Cl@veExternal link, opens in a new window with advanced registration (in person and for those who have not yet turned 18) or through their digital certificateExternal link, opens in a new window.

They can carry out the procedure personally or through the representation of an adult, for which it is necessary to attach the representation form downloadable from the web page, correctly signed by the beneficiary and the representative. In these cases, the family book is not a document proving the representation.

About the Bono Cultural Joven

Once the aid is granted, the beneficiaries have one year to use the 400 euros in cultural products or services in the participating establishments, which already exceeds 3,000 throughout Spain. The Bono Cultural Joven works with a prepaid card that beneficiaries can have in virtual format on their mobile device or in a physical format that they will receive at home or at the address indicated in the application. With that card, you can enjoy cultural experiences and products, which are divided into three tranches to favour diversification among the different cultural sectors, with the following distribution:

100 euros for physical products, for example, books, presses or records.
100 euros for digital products, such as digital press, podcasts, online video games and virtual platforms.

200 euros for live arts: theatre, opera, cinema, dance, museums or bullfighting shows.
The objective of the Ministry of Culture and Sport with this initiative is twofold: on the one hand, it shows the interest of a broad spectrum of the young Spanish population in culture, which this initiative helps to build loyalty as a public and cultural consumer for the future; and, on the other hand, it offers additional support to the cultural sector to recover from the crisis.

In 2022, the first year of this initiative, a total of 277,594 people throughout Spain obtained the Bono Cultural Joven, 56.68% of the estimated population.