2010-04-13

PRACTICS. See Mobile See Practical

PRACTICS. See Mobile See Practical is a 3-year project coordinated by the Finnish Theatre Information Centre which joined forces with ten other cultural organisations from six EU-countries with the aim to facilitate the provision of information about EU cross-border mobility in the cultural sector.

The project will develop so-called PRACTICS Infopoints which are conceived as EU Cultural Mobility Contact Points and piloted in four EU-countries: Belgium, Spain, Wales and the Netherlands. Their task will be to offer relevant and user-friendly information to:

1. foreign cultural workers who want to work in the countries in which the PRACTICS Infopoints are based

2. national cultural workers who want to work in another EU-country

The objective of the PRACTICS Infopoints is to offer cultural professionals concrete administrative support in order to help them overcome obstacles in perusing an international career. This involves answering questions, providing handbooks and advising on legal, fiscal and social issues. The PRACTICS Infopoints offer concrete toolkits to artists and cultural workers wanting to be mobile. By doing so the PRACTICS Infopoints aim to stimulate mobility between EU countries.

In addition, the project will conduct research in Finland and Italy to find out how such a PRACTICS Infopoint could be set up there in the future. It will offer training in issues related to mobility and promote coordination and networking within the cultural sector. The project partners will engage in the exchange of staff and thus enhance their capacity to support mobility beyond the duration of the project.

On the basis of the concrete piloting and mapping cases the project will identify key mobility stimulators and formulate recommendations for overcoming obstacles to mobility and for continuing the PRACTICS Infopoint-network in the future.

Further details at the following link: http://www.practics.org/

Interarts: http://www.interarts.net/es/

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