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IETM Hull 2019 // Picture: Thomas Harran

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News

08.07.2024

Perform Europe 2024 Grants Unveiled: 42 partnerships from all 40 Creative Europe countries

01.07.2024

IETM Out & About - May and June speaking engagements and upcoming activities

01.07.2024

Call for contributions - Help bring Varna’s new venue for the independent performing arts to life

23.06.2024

Have your say on Creative Europe!

20.06.2024

Priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU

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Events Broaden your international network, exchange ideas on burning topics, enrich your knowledge and explore local artistic landscapes at our various events more

07.12.2023

IETM Green School 2023 - Wrap Up Session

28 - 30.11.2023

IETM Focus Luxembourg 2023

24 - 29.10.2023

IETM Caravan Kosovo 2023

Membership Meet our member organisations and individual professionals working in all disciplines of the contemporary performing arts more

Picture of participants of IETM Hull 2019 sitting in a venue

© Thomas Harran

Picture of participants of IETM Hull 2019 sitting around in a circle

© Thomas Harran

Participants of the Satellite Milan 2019 on red seats facing a speaker surrounded by sign language interpreters

© Massimiliano Monnecchi

Picture of a speaker facing the audience at IETM porto

© Cesar Coriolano

Participants of the IETM Caravan Palestine 2018 in a theatre venue waiting for a performance to start

© Al-Harah Theater

Participants of IETM Rijeka going down a stairway in the streets of RIjeka

©Tanja Kanazir

Members news

30.10.2024

Subscribe to the Newsletter About Performing Arts in Ukraine

28.10.2024

YPAM – Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2024 (November 29 – December 15)

24.10.2024

DUET #3 Tania Cañas ( AUS) + Sara Pérez (ARG)

17.10.2024

International Festivals and Community: Exploring Place-Making and Community Collaboration

13.10.2024

Celebrating International Opera Day 25 October 2025

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Advocacy Learn about and support our various advocacy and solidarity actions more

Policy paper

Ten-Point Reflection on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021-2027)

Policy paper

Reaction of the European Alliance for Culture and the Arts to the European Commission’s proposal for the EU future budget

Policy paper

IETM’s reaction to the New Agenda for Culture: effective measures to implement the ambitious framework

Policy paper

Our recommendations for the future Creative Europe programme

Advocacy and EU news

06.11.2023

Creative Europe call for European cooperation projects open

25.10.2023

Status of the artist: improve working conditions of artists and cultural workers

20.10.2023

Statement from the IETM Board of Directors on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian war

02.10.2023

The Scottish government has reimposed a £6.6m budget cut on arts body Creative Scotland

29.09.2023

Voices of Culture brainstorming report - ‘Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving Green Transition and facing the Energy Crisis’

Projects Discover our European and international projects more

01.2020 - 12.2021

Rewiring the Network (for the Twenties)

01 - 02.2020

Beyond the urban: Contemporary arts and culture as key to sustainable territories

Staff Exchange Programme

Resources Browse publications, reports and articles on today’s essential topics in the contemporary performing arts more

News

IETM Green School 2023 - Wrap Up Session

IETM Focus Luxembourg 2023

IETM Caravan Kosovo 2023

© Thomas Harran

© Thomas Harran

© Massimiliano Monnecchi

© Cesar Coriolano

© Al-Harah Theater

©Tanja Kanazir

Members news

Ten-Point Reflection on the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021-2027)

Reaction of the European Alliance for Culture and the Arts to the European Commission’s proposal for the EU future budget

IETM’s reaction to the New Agenda for Culture: effective measures to implement the ambitious framework

Our recommendations for the future Creative Europe programme

Advocacy and EU news

Rewiring the Network (for the Twenties)

Beyond the urban: Contemporary arts and culture as key to sustainable territories

Staff Exchange Programme

Sensing Earth Workshop

AI, Immersive Tech & Creativity

Mapping the Queer International

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