International network
for contemporary
performing arts

Réseau international
pour les arts du spectacle
contemporains

Rete internazionale
per le arti performative
contemporanee

コンテンポラリー
パフォーミングアーツ
国際ネットワーク

Internationales Netzwerk
für zeitgenössische
darstellende Künste

Международная сеть современного 
исполнительского 
искусства

Red internacional
para las artes escénicas
contemporáneas

Internationaal netwerk
voor hedendaagse
podiumkunsten

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Rede internacional
para as artes performativas
contemporâneas

الشبكة الدولية
لفنون الأداء
المعاصرة

Alþjóðlegt
tengslanet
í sviðslistum

Xarxa internacional
d'arts escèniques
contemporànies

Rhwydwaith rhyngwladol
ar gyfer celfyddydau
perfformio cyfoes

Rrjeti ndërkombëtar
për artet skenike
kontemporane

Διεθνές δίκτυο
για σύγχρονες
παραστατικές τέχνες

Međunarodna mreža 
za savremene 
scenske umjetnosti

Mezinárodní síť 
pro současné 
divadelní umění

International netværk
for kontemporær
scenekunst

Internasionale netwerk
vir kontemporêre
uitvoerende kunste

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Nemzetközi hálózat
a kortárs
előadóművészetért

國際當代表演藝術網絡

líonra idirnáisiúnta
na taibhealaíona
comhaimseartha

Starptautiskais tīkls
laikmetīgai
skatuves mākslai

Netwerk internazzjonali
għall-arti performattivi
kontemporanji

Międzynarodowa sieć
na rzecz współczesnych sztuk
performatywnych

Internationellt nätverk
för samtida
scenkonst

Međunarodna mreža
savremenih izvođačkih
umetnosti

Международна мрежа
за съвременни
сценични изкуства

Rrjet ndërkombëtar
për arte skenike
bashkëkohore

Міжнародная сетка
сучасных
перфарматыўных мастацтваў

Međunarodna mreža
za suvremene
izvedbene umjetnosti

国际当代表演艺术网络

Rahvusvaheline
kaasaegsete etenduskunstide
võrgustik

현대 공연 예술을 위한 국제 네트워크

Tarptautinis tinklas
šiuolaikinis
scenos menai

Интернационална мрежа
за современа
изведувачка уметност

شبکۀ بین المللی
برای هنرهای نمایشی معاصر

Rețeaua internațională
pentru artele spectacolului
contemporan

Medzinárodná sieť
pre súčasné
scénické umenie

Çağdaş
gösteri sanatları için
uluslararası iletişim ağı

Call for solidarity with IETM members in Australia, Hungary and Flanders

These past weeks some IETM members have plunged into a real fight for survival. In Flanders and Brussels, IETM’s homebase, the government announced in mid-November a 60% cut for art projects subsidies. In Australia, one of the countries outside of Europe with the largest number of IETM members, the Department of Communication and the Arts is being merged into a new ‘super’ department called the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. This week, the Hungarian government announced the reorganisation of state funding for the arts, threatening the whole independent sector.  And just yesterday, we’ve heard that the Creative Europe budget is at risk as the MFF negotiations continue to unfold. One cannot help but wonder: what is next?

This development is undeserved and is in contradiction to the valuable contribution artists and arts organisations bring to their regions and countries – and most importantly to their artistic community and practice.

In these gloomy times, the IETM community will continue fighting to defend the value of the arts and its place in our societies. The recent example of the #BringBackCulture campaign, which urged the European Commission President to ensure the word “Culture” was brought back to Commissioner Mariya Gabriel’s title, shows us that we can achieve positive changes when we mobilise as a sector.

We urge you to join us in showing solidarity with our members and those of their artistic communities whose place in society is being questioned and whose very existence is placed under threat. We have asked three of our members in Australia, Flanders and Hungary to write a concise update on the situations in their countries/regions and suggest concrete actions on what we, as an international performing arts community, can do to support them:

Also, please take a moment to sign Culture Action Europe’s petition for a fair EU budget for culture in the next MFF 2021-2027. You can learn about the state of the negotiations here.

With our very best wishes,

Ása Richardsdóttir
IETM Secretary General