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

Your urgent action is needed

Dear IETM member,

It’s a crucial time to defend culture within the EU’s policies, and your urgent action is needed. 

The European Commission has proposed the EU’s budget for 2021-2027. Creative Europe will continue existing as a separate funding programme, despite the reduction of the total number of EU finding programmes by more than a third. The total budget of the programme is suggested to be increased from € 1.4 billion to € 1.85 billion, out of which € 650 million is allocated for the Culture strand, and € 1.2 billion for MEDIA.  Learn more about the Commission’s proposal.

However, it will depend on the Members States and the European Parliament whether this proposal will go through as it is, or will be amended and in which direction. Given the Brexit’s negative impact on the EU’s budget, it is not guaranteed the programme for culture will have an increased budget

We are encouraging you to contact your national governments, members of the European Parliament from your country and your Permanent Representative in Brussels to urge them, during the negotiations ahead, to ensure a substantial increase of culture’s budget within the next EU’s financial framework.

We have drafted a concise reaction to the Commission’s proposal, which you are welcome to translate in your language and use in your advocacy actions. We are also sharing with you a more elaborate statement on why culture deserves a strong EU funding programme. You can find the list of MEP’s here and the Permanent Representatives’ register here

Do you have any questions regarding the process? Would you like to share with us your views about the situation? Please get in touch with us at any moment. Also, feel free to let us know what you are planning to do at your national level to advocate a strong budget for culture. 

We will remain active at the EU level during the negotiation process and will inform you about our actions.

Kind regards,

Nan van Houte