IETM - International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts

The International network for contemporary performing arts (IETM) is a network with over 500 performing arts organisations and individual members working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide. IETM advocates for the value of the arts and culture in a changing world and empowers performing arts professionals through access to international connections, knowledge and a dynamic forum for exchange.

2017-2020 CREATIVE EUROPE PROJECT

The project “Performing Arts in (a world in) Transition II (PAT II)” will include activities to reinforce the sector’s capacity to face today’s challenges. The project aims at facilitating the mobility of artists and art works, cross-border collaborations and knowledge exchange both in and outside Europe.

The project will include an inclusion strategy to support the sector’s efforts to diversify organisations and audiences as well as support social integration. The network’s meetings are the portal to international collaboration and provide capacity building, intercultural dialogue and exposure to best practices and artistic creations.

A special part of the project will be dedicated to strengthening the professional capacities of the sector: IETM Campus and the staff exchange programme. PAT II will include the development of several toolkits, mappings and a series of publications on how art is engaged in important projects of today.