"Mobility Matters" study offers a panorama on the mobility of artists and cultural professionals in Europe

This study on the mobility of artists and cultural professionals was directed by the ERICarts Institute for the European Commission.

The European Commission selected the European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research (the ERICarts Institute) to carry out a study. To this end, this institute has worked together with a group of six key experts and 38 national correspondents.

During the course of the study, ERICarts collected information on mobility trends in different regions of Europe, on recent debates taking place within individual countries, on existing mobility schemes, on the main motives for funding bodies to support mobility and on the main resources where professionals can find information about mobility schemes.

The team developed a classification of the main types and objectives of mobility schemes and wherever possible, assessed their effectiveness.

This study also presents a number of recommendations to national and European actors on how to improve the mobility of artists and cultural professionals.

The full report (available in English and in French) provided by the ERICarts Institute, as well as the executive summary, are downloadable on the European Commission website. 

• Points of the 1997 Declaration related to this subject:
  - Parag. 18: (...) New means of private funding, from major foundations to small companies, must be encouraged as supplementary sources of funds, particularly with a view to supporting the creation, the expression and the dissemination of contemporary works.
  - Parag. 19: Public and private funding sources are invited to respond favourably to requests made by artists in developing countries or countries in transition. UNESCO’s intervention is particularly necessary in order to identify and publicize existing opportunities for private funding of the arts worldwide.