This Cultural Mobility Flows Report presents data on the activities of the Mobility Information Points (MIPs), conducted between 1 January and 31 December 2024. MIPs are organisations that help artists and culture professionals with the administrative issues of cross-border mobility, through free information and consultation services. Key issues include visas, social insurance, taxes, and customs. MIPs are all members of On the Move.
The report covers two main fields of work: consultations (in-person or online sessions during which MIPs give individual advice to artists or culture professionals), and engagement activities (usually workshops covering specific issues connected to cultural mobility). It is based on data collected throughout the year by 9 MIPs based in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The gathering of this data began in early 2023 and was formalised thanks to the support from ECAS through the MIP-Amplifier project. A preliminary report was produced in 2023, with a sample of data from a two-month period between 1 September and 31 October 2023. This 2024 report uses the initial sample as a basis, building a longer-term picture that captures the scope and reach of MIP activities throughout the year, highlights recurring topics within consultations, and provides insights into mobility paths and how artists and culture professionals move, or want to move, between countries.
On the Move and the MIPs have seen the need to develop such a report as it demonstrates the important role that MIPs play in navigating complex information related to cultural mobility.
The publication is co-funded by the European Union, part of the New Solidarities’ project.
