The organisation On the Move (OTM) supports artists and culture professionals to operate internationally and works on reimagining cultural mobility as fairer, and more sustainable and inclusive. ITI Germany, IGBK and Dachverband Tanz are members of OTM.
Follow this link to On the Move’s website– including informationen on all projects, activities, basic knowledge etc. on the issue of cultural mobility.
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Within OTM, the network of Mobility Information Points (MIP) has joined forces. MIP are information centres and/or websites tackling administrative challenges facing artists and culture professionals when working across borders. Key issues are e.g. visa, social insurance, taxes, customs.
MIPs exist in several European countries and one in the USA. The partner organisations are central contact points for artists and organisers when it comes to administrative issues of international mobility in relation to their respective countries. As the German MIP, touring artists is part of this important network.
More information of the MIP network is available here
Links to our partner organisations – providing information about their respective country:
Cultuurloket – Belgium (only available in Dutch)
Consultancies and public info sessions on legal and administrative matters in the creative sector in Belgium. Detailed online information (in Dutch).
TINFO – Finland
Online information for the theatre sector in Finland: Toolkit for Theatre Production and Mobility. The guide provides advice for productions and performances abroad.
MobiCulture – France
Individual consultation, seminars, online information for artists and creatives who come to France for work.
DutchCulture Mobility Info Point – Netherlands
Help desk service for artists and culture professionals in the Netherlands on international projects and cooperations. Individual consultations, workshops, online informationen for artists from abroad who work in the Netherlands.
Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute – Poland
Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista - Loja Lisboa Cultura (Lisbon Culture Bureau) – Portugal
Information service for artists and organisations, support with legal and administrative aspects, information on financial support and international mobility. Online information for artists from abroad.
Swedish Performing Arts Coalition/ ITI Schweden – Sweden
Motovila – Slovenia
Contact point that supports the international mobility of artists and culture professionals; information, workshops, conferences.
CzechMobility.Info – Czech Republic
Informationen for artists and culture professionals in the Czech Republic working internationally and for artists abroad who are involved with the Czech culture scene. CzechMobility.Info is facilitated by the Czech Arts and Theatre Institute.
Tamizdat – USA
Non-profit organisation that supports cultural mobility and international cultural exchange. Tamizdat supports the international performing arts community with issues arising from international borders and US immigration policies and procedures.
Arts Infopoint UK, Wales Arts International – UK
Supporting the cultural sector with information and advice on practical issues related to artist mobility and visits to the UK.
Some OTM members have set up a working group on (En)forced mobility. Its members share experiences and knowledge and exchange on practices and common actions. They bring artists’ and culture professionals’ interests to the public whose mobility is not purely voluntary and instead the result of reasons including censorship and persecution, natural disasters, extreme poverty, armed conflict, violations of human rights or other difficulties.
Information on the working group (En)forced Mobility can be found here.