Culture drives Europe: Commission introduces new €21 million mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals

The European Commission has signed an agreement with the Goethe Institute to implement a new mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals worth 21 million euros: Culture Moves Europe.
New Culture Moves Europe will become a permanent action within the Creative Europe program which was preceded by the successful pilot project I-portunus that took place between 2018 and 2022. The scheme is based on recommendations arising from this pilot phase.
It will offer grants for:
• artists
• cultural operators
• host organizations

from all sectors covered by the CULTURE program and from the participating countries of the Creative Europe program. Emerging artists will receive special attention.
Culture Moves Europe has a budget of 21 million euros for the next three years. This will enable 7,000 artists, creators and cultural professionals
• goes abroad for professional training or international cooperation
• co-produces
• jointly creates
• present your work to a new audience

THE FIRST INVITATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AUTUMN OF 2022.