Culture Moves Europe - Individual Mobility of Artists + Cultural Professionals

• The Individual Mobility Action of Culture Moves Europe provides financial support to artists and cultural professionals who wish to carry out a mobility project in another Creative Europe country, in collaboration with an international partner (either an organisation or an individual). Through this action, Culture Moves Europe aims to support artists and cultural professionals to develop their careers internationally, learning and cooperating beyond borders. Applicants are free to choose who they want to work with, as well as the outline and goals of their project. The mobility grant is calculated for each artist and cultural professional and contributes to:
  • Travel costs from the place of residence to the destination (and back to place of residence);
  • Daily expenses during the project implementation in the country of destination.
  • In addition, the scheme can also provide extra top-up funding and support for artists and cultural professionals who:
    • have additional costs to carry out the project due to a disability;
    • will travel to or from Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) or OutermostRegions (ORs);
    • have custody of children below the age of 10 at the time of the mobility project.
    • will use sustainable means of transport.

• Artists and cultural professionals can apply with a proposal to carry out a project with a partner of their choice in a Creative Europe country which is not their country of residence. The project should pursue two of the goals listed below.

• Explore: to conduct creative and artistic research, to investigate, inspire and work on a specific theme or a new concept
• Create: to engage in a creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic/cultural work
• Learn: to enhance competences and skills through non-formal learning or collaboration with a specialist
• Connect: to develop a professional network, to strengthen the professional development, to engage with new audiences
• The partner can be, for example, a fellow artist, an organisation or a venue in the country of destination. Applicants must provide proof of collaboration in the application process.
• It is possible to apply either as an individual or as a group of up to five people.
• Virtual and hybrid mobility for applicants with a disability. Artists and cultural professionals with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Two options are now offered: mobility project or virtual project. Depending on the situation, hybrid mobility project can be agreed with the Culture Moves Europe team. In these cases, applicants are eligible to receive an accessibility support in addition to the daily allowance.
• Important: Culture Moves Europe mobility grant cannot be used to merely present previously created work. Projects that simply propose, for example, an exhibition or performance of a previously created work will not be considered. Culture Moves Europe, and these grants, exist to encourage creation, exchanges, connections, and fruitful learnings across borders.
• For full details of this call please refer to this website page and download the 3rd Culture Moves Europe call document 2024 as the information contained on this website is for general information purposes only.

Please download 2024 Call Document for full details for individual mobility funding as the list below is only an indicator. Applicants are responsible for reading the Culture Moves Europe Call for Individual Mobility in its current version at the time of application.

You can apply if:

• You are an individual artist or cultural professional, or a group of 2 - 5 artists or cultural professionals;
• You (and all group members, if applicable) are at least 18 years old;
• Active in the following sectors of the Creative Europe programme: architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts, and visual arts.
• To apply to Culture Moves Europe, applicants must have a mobility project, which includes
  three elements: One destination; One project; One international partner. The mobility project includes the travel and the project implementation in the destination country.
• Each applicant must be a legal resident in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries: Albania, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia and Ukraine.
• This includes the Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions of the European Union: Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT): Greenland (Denmark), French Polynesia (France), French Southern and Antarctic Territories (France), New Caledonia (France), Saint Barthelemy (France), St. Pierre and Miquelon (France), Wallis and Futuna Islands (France), Aruba (The Netherlands), Bonaire (The Netherlands), Curaçao (The Netherlands), Saba (The Netherlands), Sint Maarten (The Netherlands), Sint Eustatius (The Netherlands). Outermost Regions (OR):
  French Guiana (France), Guadeloupe (France), Martinique (France), Mayotte (France), Reunion Island (France), Saint Martin (France), Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain).
• Applicants (individuals or group leaders/members) can only receive one mobility grant under the Individual Mobility Action between October 2022 and April 2025. Applicants can (re)apply if:
  • they have applied to a previous Call for Individual Mobility and were not selected (first call 2022-2023 and second call 2023- 2024).
  • Have already received a grant through the Culture Moves Europe Residency Action, either as Residency Host or Participating artists and cultural professionals.
  • Have not applied yet applied to the Third Call for Individual Mobility running from 1 August 2024 and 30 November 2024.
  • Have previously received an i-Portunus mobility grant.
  • NOT ELIGIBLE: Applications which do not fulfil the previous points will include applicants who are exclusively active in the audio-visual sector; current evaluators of the Culture Moves Europe Pool of Experts for Individual Mobility; staff members of the Goethe-Institut; staff members of the institutions and agencies of the European
    Union.
• For full details of this call please refer to this website page and download the 3rd Culture Moves Europe call document 2024 as the information contained on this website is for general information purposes only.

• For full details of this call please refer to the Culture Moves Europe website page and download the 3rd Culture Moves Europe call document 2024 as the information contained here is for general information purposes only.
• Applicants must implement a project in one of the eligible sectors: architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts.
• Project objectives: 2 of the following project objectives must be selected by the applicant:
  • To explore: to conduct creative and artistic research, to investigate, inspire and work on a specific theme or a new concept.
  • To create: to engage in a creative process seeking to produce a new piece of artistic/cultural work;
  • To learn: to enhance the participants’ competences and skills through non-formal learning or collaboration with a specialist.
  • To connect: to develop a professional network, to strengthen the participants’ professional development, to engage with new audiences.
• Project Duration: The project duration is the number of days spent in the destination country to implement the project. It is the basis for calculation of the daily allowance. The duration requested must be justified and last:
  • between 7 and 40 days for individual projects;
  • between 7 and 14 days for group projects.
  The implementation of the project in the destination country must be uninterrupted, which means that segmenting the implementation of the project into different periods is not accepted. The selection of projects is divided into three duration categories and estimated as follows:
  • Approximately 70% for short-term projects (7 to 14 days)
  • Approximately 23% for medium-term projects (15 to 21 days)
  • Approximately 7% for long-term projects (22 to 40 days).
• The earliest start of travel and project implementation is 60 days from the monthly deadline and not before the Goethe-Institut receives the signed grant agreement from the selected applicant. All projects must be finalised no later than 30 April 2025. Artists and cultural professionals must submit the activity report up to one month after finishing the project’s implementation.
• For full details of this call please refer to this website page and download the 3rd Culture Moves Europe call document 2024 as the information contained on this website is for general information purposes only.

• Please download 2024 Call Document for full details for individual mobility funding as list below is only an indicator.
• Culture Moves Europe operates on a lump-sum approach, which means that the amount indicated in the grant agreement is granted regardless of the actual expenses. The grant contributes to the costs connected to the mobility or virtual project. It is not intended to cover all the expenses related to your project. The grant amount shown on the Goethe-Application Portal, at application stage, is indicative, and is calculated individually (including in the case of group applications). The final amount is confirmed only after validation by the Culture Moves Europe team and will be stated in the grant agreement.
• The financial contribution is made up of two components:
  - the mobility grant (A)
  - the top-ups and accessibility support (B).
• The grant is composed of a travel allowance, a daily allowance and individual top-ups and support. The grant calculations are made specifically for each grantee, based on their project and personal situation.
• Daily allowance: €75 per person per day. It is a contribution to accommodation, food, renting equipment, local transport, etc.
• Travel allowance:
  • Travel distance under 5 000 km: €350 per person for round-trip.
  • Travel distance above 5.000 km: €700 per person for round-trip.
  • The distance between the participant’s place of residence and the host’s location is calculated automatically in the online application form. Check the distance calculator for more information.
  • For short distances of under 600 km, travelling by airplane is only allowed in exceptional and well justified cases: for persons with a disability; for travelling from or to an island with no ferry connections; due to force majeure or grave personal circumstances
  • Green top-up - €350 per person for choosing not to travel by airplane (round-trip). Only applicable for distances of 600 km and more.
  • Overseas Countries and Territories or Outermost Regions top-up: €150 per person for travelling from or to Overseas Countries and Territories or Outermost Regions.
  • Visa top-up: €80 per person for expenses related to visa processes.
  • Family top-up: €100 per person for persons with children below the age of 10. The amount is fixed, regardless of the number of children.
  • Accessibility support: For people with a disability, to help cover specific extra costs connected to the travel between the place of residence to the destination (and back), and/or the project implementation. It can be requested for both virtual and mobility project and the budget has to be agreed with the Culture Moves Europe team.
  • The top-ups can be added cumulatively: one person can receive several top-ups at the same time. Justification and proof for the required top-ups and support will be asked.
• Please refer to the Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility Call Document 2024 for full details of grant allowances.