Internationalisation and the Caribbean | HowlRound Theatre Commons

The webinar will be live streamed by HowlRound. The conversation will be in English, with interpretation into Spanish, and with live captioning. Live Captioning is ensured by The National Captioning Institute.

Background

As part of its pluriannual program co-funded by the European Union, On the Move twice a year proposes Mobility Webinars to investigate collectively international artistic and cultural mobility. Together with partners, the network conceives these online sessions as knowledge building and peer-to-peer exchange, strengthening training activities and inviting guest experts to share their lived experience and views in order to help us embrace different perspectives on key transversal topics such as green mobility, inclusive and accessible opportunities, digital mobility, etc.

For this sixth webinar, On the Move and the ACP-EU CULTURE partner to explore the international cultural mobility flows from, to, and within the Caribbean region. The webinar will use the takeaways from the mapping recently carried out for the preparation of the Cultural Mobility Funding Guide focusing on the Caribbean region, to be published in September 2024, as well as the Cultural Mobility Flows Report on European Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories (2022).

Objectives

Today we would like to share more stories and information to highlight how structural limitations, lack of knowledge and lack of awareness, generates inequalities in accessing mobility opportunities within the Caribbean region and in connection with it, particularly from Europe. 

The aims of the webinar are to: 

• Share the key learning of the mapping related to cultural mobility opportunities in the Caribbean region
• Identify the solutions from lived experiences and recent initiatives to contribute to strengthen mobility opportunities within the Caribbean region and connected to it
• Contribute to outline recommendations to cultural operators and decision-makers for better cross-border cultural relations, access to mobility information, and professional development in relation with the Caribbean region

Watch the livestream on this page, or click here to sign up to join the Zoom.

On the Move

On the Move is an international information network dedicated to artistic and cultural mobility, gathering seventy-three members from twenty-seven countries. Since 2002, On the Move provides regular, updated and free information on mobility opportunities, conditions, and related funding and advocates for the value of cultural mobility. 

Co-funded by the European Union, On the Move implements an ambitious multi-annual program to build the capacities of local, regional, national, European and international stakeholders for the sustainable development of our cultural ecosystems. Click here for the On the Move website.

ACP-EU CULTURE

Implemented by the Organisation of the ACP States and funded by the European Union, the ACP-EU towards a viable cultural industry » program (ACP-EU CULTURE) intends to boost the potential of the cultural and creative sector and its contribution to the social and economic development of the ACP countries.

Implemented by the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (OACPS) and financed by the European Union (EU), the ACP-EU Culture program illustrates the ambition to boost the competitiveness of cultural and creative industries in ACP countries.

With a budget of €40 million for the period 2019-2026, the program aims to encourage entrepreneurship, cultural innovation, and youth participation; create decent jobs and increase the income of artists and cultural professionals; and promote the quality of productions and their distribution on national and international markets. Click here for the ACP-EU Culture.

“Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.”

Preliminary schedule

15:00 CEST: Welcome words by Marie Le Sourd, Secretary General, On the Move

Representatives of Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) & DG INTPA (European Commission) tbc

15:15–16:25 CEST: Panel discussion and exchange with participants

Panellists:
Ana Maria Hernandez, cultural producer and curator, plataforma aruba
Jake Neuberger, programme assistant for Latin America and the Caribbean, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
Jordi Baltà Portolés, independent consultant and researcher
Magdalena Moreno Mujica, executive director, International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA)

16:25 CEST: Conclusions and Perspectives

16:30 CEST: Closure of the Cultural Mobility Webinar

List of countries and territories covered in the Cultural Mobility Funding Guide – Caribbean region

(publication of the EN version on 2 September 2024, publication of the ES version on 23 September 2024)

Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago

Anguilla (UK)
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Cayman Islands (UK)
Montserrat (UK)
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)

Guadeloupe (FR)
Saint Martin (FR)
Martinique (FR)

Aruba (NL)
Bonaire (NL)
Sint Eustatius (NL)
Sint Maarten (NL)
Curaçao (NL)
Saba (NL)

Navassa Island (US)
Puerto Rico (US)
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)

San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina (CO)

Dependencias Federales de Venezuela (VE)