This Cultural Mobility Flows Report presents data on the activities of the Mobility Information Points (MIPs), conducted between 1 January and 31 December 2025. MIPs are organisations that help artists and culture professionals with the administrative issues of cross-border mobility, through free information and consultation services. Key issues include visas, social insurance, taxes, and customs. MIPs are all members of On the Move.
The report covers two main fields of work: consultations (in-person or online sessions during which MIPs give individual advice to artists or culture professionals), and engagement activities (usually workshops covering specific issues connected to cultural mobility). It is based on data collected throughout the year by 10 MIPs based in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The gathering of this data began in early 2023 and was formalised thanks to the support from ECAS through the MIP-Amplifier project. A preliminary report was produced in 2023, with a sample of data from a two-month period between 1 September and 31 October 2023. In 2024, a second, full-year report was published. This report continues this work by looking at the scope and reach of MIP activities throughout the year 2025, highlighting recurring topics within consultations, and providing insights into mobility paths and how artists and cultural professionals move, or want to move, between countries. The 2025 edition includes for the first time the Swedish Arts Grant Committee, which joined in 2025 as the MIP for Sweden.
The MIPs are more in demand than ever. This 2025 report captures the growing need for MIP services, while confirming the important role that these organisations play in navigating administrative information related to cultural mobility.
The publication is co-funded by the European Union, part of the New Solidarities’ project.
