On the Move Advocacy and Engagement Reports 2022

At a lectern in a conference hall a woman in front of a mic is standing with her hand raised. A few members of the audience also have raised hands.

With these two reports, written with the support of Claire Rosslyn Wilson, you can discover more the advocacy and engagement actions of On the Move in 2022, through its multiannual programme co-funded by the European Union.

2022 On the Move advocacy report

On the Move supports artists and professionals to operate internationally while working to reimagine mobility as fairer, greener and more inclusive. Advocacy is a key part of this work, which On the Move articulates around participating in key events, developing policy documents, contributing to campaigns, leading and participating in working groups, developing partnerships, and supporting their members through networking opportunities and professional development.

This report provides an outline of the core advocacy activities On the Move carried out in 2022 and the future directions of these advocacy initiatives.

Key advocacy actions are articulated around 4 main issues: 1) Mobility Info Points, 2) Environmental sustainability, 3) Pledge to support a fairer, more accessible, and more responsible cultural mobility, 4) the War in Ukraine.

It is hoped that this report provides a concise overview of the themes, directions and reach of On the Move’s advocacy in the area of international mobility in the cultural field.

2022 On the Move engagement report

Throughout 2022, On the Move participated in a total of 75 meetings: 17 meetings organised by On the Move members and a further 58 meetings organised by On the Move advocacy platforms or Member States, European or international organisations.

Discover more about these meetings and the related shared resources as well as the topics that were particularly tackled through these meetings in which On the Move was a speaker, facilitator, contributor and/or participant.

These two reports echo to a large extent the discussions in which OTM members have been engaged in 2022 (see the Perspective report 2022 here).

Visual: Photo taken at the Ministry of Culture, Slovenia on 13 December 2022, during the presentation by Katie Kheriji-Watts, OTM head of research and publications, of the #MeToo in the arts, from call-outs to structural changes.