Ten Ways to Compensate for Coronal Injuries in the Exhibition Industry
In order to prevent the increase in damage to the country's exhibition sector, the National Anti-Coronation Headquarters should agree to reopen the exhibitions in the second half of June, observing social distance and observing health protocols so that this important economic sector can play the expected role in mobilizing the country's exports and assistance. Play to the production sector to get out of the recession.
According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, the outbreak of the corona virus since December 2019 has caused heavy damage to the world's exhibition industry, including our country. Following the announcement of the red status by the World Health Organization, all major economic exhibitions, conferences and events in most countries of the world were canceled or postponed.
According to the latest estimates from the UFI, the damage to the world's exhibition industry in a six-month period, about five months, will be one hundred and forty-five billion dollars.
Most countries around the world have developed support packages to help the exhibition industry and prevent more severe shocks to economic development and international trade, according to guidelines from international trade unions active in the industry and economic officials, whose information is listed on the relevant sites.
The outbreak of the corona virus in our country has caused all exhibitions across the country to cancel or postpone their exhibition programs under the guidelines of the Corona National Anti-Corruption Headquarters. Has been.
Iran International Exhibitions Company, through holding numerous meetings with the heads of the country's exhibition centers, the Association of Booth Manufacturers and other related organizations, estimated the damage to the exhibition industry during this period and has made the necessary correspondence to compensate them.
It is imperative that the following measures be taken to prevent the bankruptcy or cessation of activities of the country's exhibition centers and service providers and equipment related to this industry and to maintain the skilled and experienced active force in this industry for which it is impossible to find alternatives in the short term:
1- Placing jobs related to the exhibition industry in the list of ten examples of businesses affected by the corona virus by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, the Social Security Organization and other relevant institutions.
2- The benefit of the labor force working in the section of exhibitions and related services from unemployment insurance coverage (based on the list that the organizations of industry, mining and trade of the provinces and the holders of the country's exhibition centers will present)
3. Tax exemption for damaged exhibition companies for periods when their activities have been suspended.
4. Recognition of exhibitions as industry on the basis of the United Nations Guidelines, which were implemented in the world in 1949, as a result of which the tariffs for exhibition services such as water, electricity, gas and insurance services are calculated at the industrial tariff rate.
5- Compensation for losses of active companies implementing international exhibitions inside and outside and losses due to non-employment of more than one thousand and two hundred people from their labor force in the amount of 30 billion Tomans.
6- Compensation for the losses of 300 companies active in the construction of booths and the provision of exhibition services and the return of insurance paid by 3,300 of their direct employees in the amount of one hundred and fifty billion tomans.
7- Deferment of loans paid to the employees of the exhibition industry by the country's banking network and agreeing to delay the submission of tax returns and settlement of insurance accounts and providing low-interest facilities to them.
8- Allocating 300 billion Rials credit to Iran International Exhibitions Joint Stock Company from the foreseen credits to support the businesses affected by the outbreak of Corona virus.
9- Developing a special support package to help the country's exhibition industry
10- Investigating the problems created for the country's exhibition industry as a result of the spread of Covide Nineteen in the National Headquarters for Combating Corona as soon as possible.
Since exhibitions can be effective in introducing the capabilities of the manufacturing sector and introducing their capacities to achieve production jump this year, and a number of countries in the world have gradually announced the holding of exhibitions with the observance of health protocols and guidelines of the World Health Organization. In order to prevent the increase in the country's exhibition sector, the National Anti-Coronation Headquarters agreed to reopen the exhibitions in the second half of June, observing the social distance and observing health protocols so that this important economic part of the country can play the expected role. Move the country's exports and help the production sector get out of the recession.
* Bahman Hosseinzadeh - CEO of Iran International Exhibitions Company - Samat
