Update on Creative Europe & Brexit

In this update we have information on;

• Creative Europe

• Arts Info-Point UK

• DCMS Post-Brexit Working Groups

Creative Europe

We received an update from Creative Scotland on Creative Europe’s impact in Scotland and the UK, the future programme, and its legacy resources. 

For your reference here are the various resources and links:

• Impacts Report 2014-20

• Case studies publication

• Watch the showreel highlights video

• Watch case study interviews on YouTube

Arts Info-point UK

Developing work of the pilot Arts Infopoint UK: 

• Arts Infopoint UK’s website now has recordings of two previous events. An event in partnership with Creative Europe Desk UK, focusing on incoming mobility routes to the UK with immigration solicitors. And An introductory event with the Mobility Info Point network and PEARLE, focusing on an overview for UK professionals looking to work in the EU post-Brexit

• Upcoming events include:

  • 29/04/21       Artist mobility webinar – country focus France

  • 12/05/21       Artist mobility webinar – country focus Germany

  • 27/05/21       Artist mobility webinar – country focus Belgium & the Netherlands

  • Further focuses being planned for Spain & Portugal and Czech Republic

  • Contact infopoint@wai.org.uk to be reminded when tickets are released – please do share with your networks

• Arts Infopoint hosted a private session with immigration solicitors to brief the other Info Points on visitor and work engagement routes for EU-UK mobility

• Two dedicated part-time staff have been recruited for the Infopoint and will start work mid-April. Based within Wales Arts International, they will be supported in their work by partners in the other Arts Councils

• Mapping of existing resources on outgoing UK-EU artist mobility is completed, and will be published on the website soon

• Some eventual objectives for the Arts Infopoint UK pilot include contributing to centralised information on issues affecting artists mobility to & from the UK

DCMS convened post-Brexit working groups

There is currently a Cultural Touring Working Group, complemented with several subgroups taking forward work on more specific issues related to Brexit/the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA):

• Cultural Export Office working group

• UK Gov Guidance working group

Other work being taken forward:

• Immigration rules (specifically Permit free festivals & permitted paid engagements - some eventual change and flexibility being explored here by Home Office – several Scottish festivals were present a recent discussion)

• Cabotage - how to navigate the new rules that no longer have loopholes

• Engagement in Europe - first step is BEIS (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) making clarifications with the Member States on what regulations are; then identifying what work is needed (language, clarity, challenging rules); where is their appetite for change in legislation, where are their priorities. While the initial mapping is expected in the next few weeks, it does not seem like the other parts of the work are going to be fast-moving.

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