09.12.2020

Mobility Information Points

Mobility Information Points (MIP) are information centres and/or websites in several European countries, and one in the USA, who aim to tackle administrative challenges that artists and cultural professionals can face when working across borders. Relevant issues can be around visas, social security, taxation, customs etc. 

MIP are usually key players at national and European levels who advocate – together with other networks and organisations – for better conditions for artists and cultural professionals working internationally. 

Find the MIP presentation and the contacts here

Check as well On the Move's hot topics' section. 

Coronavirus situation's update:

Check the section 7 of our special webpage on the coronavirus's impact on arts, culture and cultural mobility (done in collaboration with Circostrada). Discover the actions developed by most of the Mobility Info Points such as:

Belgium: Information and taylor-made advice related to the Corona virus by Cultuurloket - link

Czech Republic: Arts and Theatre Institute - Culture in quarantine (with regular editions) - link

Finland: TINFO updated information (7 May) - link

Germany: Touring Artists updated information - link

FAQ for transnational artists in Germany - link

The Netherlands: DutchCulture’s Mobility Info Point helpdesk voor gevolgen coronavirus op internationale samenwerking| - link (and information in English - link) 

Portugal: Regular updates on the facebook page of Polo Cultural Gaivotas Boavista

Slovenia: Motovila>  Kako Slovenija pri premoščanju posledic pandemije covid-19 rešuje svoj kulturni in ustvarjalni sektor - link

USA: Tamizdat: Revamped set of services - link

Pro Bono Legal assistance - link

MIP joint events:

Future:

15 December: Focus on: incoming mobility routes with Arts Infopoint UK and Latitude Law, with Wales Arts International - online

Past: 

18 November: #Mobility4Creativity: Working across borders – how and why? - online

3 September: internal MIP meeting (online)

14 May and 2 July 2020: Internal MIP meeting (online)

20 March 2020, SXSW,  Bridges & Walls: Artist Visa Strategies & Advocacy, with representatives from Tamizdat, On the Move and Wales Arts International > cancelled

12 December 2019: Cultural Mobility to the USA - A webinar by Cultuurloket with Tamizdat

14-15 October 2019: internal MIP meeting in Brussels hosted by Cultuurloket. 

17 May 2019 (with DutchCulture, Touring Artists and Czech Mobility Info Point): Xchanges Festival, Hamburg, Germany /  The MIP session will be part of the Xchanges: Meetup

17 May 2019 (with MobiCulture, Touring Artists and Cultuurloket) in Festival Passages, Metz, France in collaboration with Agence Culturelle Grand Est