Experimentation of the culture pass will begin on February 1st, 2019

The culture pass is a "passport" of 500 euros which should allow 18 year olds (ie an audience of 800,000 people) to have access to cultural activities and offers. It will begin on February 1st, 2019.

The Minister of Culture Franck Riester announced to the JDD that "the first wave of experimentation" of the culture pass will begin on February 1, 2019, before a second before the summer, for a budget of about thirty million euros on year.

Initially planned to be tested this autumn, the culture pass will be finally in two months, "in the five departments initially defined (Bas-Rhin, Hérault, Finistère, Guyana, Seine-Saint-Denis)," said the minister , adding that "more than 10,000 young volunteers have been identified" .

"Before the summer, a second wave will allow other territories and communities to enter the system. This second wave should concern 50,000 young people who will use this first version, " he continued.

Promise of the candidate Emmanuel Macron, the cultural pass is a "passport" of 500 euros which should allow young people of 18 years (an audience of 800 000 people) to have access to activities and cultural offers.

Waves of experimentation

Asked about the budget of these two test phases in 2019, Franck Riester estimated it to "thirty million euros" , an amount "perfectly suited to experimentation" , knowing that his ministry will "also call on public and private patronage " .

If several other waves of experimentation are to be expected, the minister has kept a date as to the generalization of the culture pass to all 18 year olds. "We will evaluate the device in the autumn of 2019, and as soon as we are ready, we will generalize it! " He said about this device whose amount is estimated at 400 million euros annually.

The 800,000 young people involved in this culture pass will have access to a "wide range of offers: shows, cultural products, music and dance classes, a digital musical, audiovisual and cinematographic offer," the minister said. who also wishes to promote access to the general news media.

"We must make sure that they do not use the pass only to subscribe to online offers they already know ... We will also editorialize the content, for example by promoting auteur films" , he developed.