Let's THRIVE in 2025!

We are pleased to announce that the European Union through its Creative Europe programme has selected IETM to receive a Creative Europe Network Grant for the period 2025 - 2028. The allocation of this network grant enables IETM to continue and strengthen its core activities over the course of the next four years.

Under the acronym THRIVE (Transfer, Harness, Resiliate, Innovate, Venture and Explore), IETM will consolidate, transfer and amplify knowledge for and with our network; implement new projects, activities and training models; continue to invest in our in person and online events and strive to create conditions for international collaborations and meaningful connections across the IETM membership and beyond. 

THRIVE's objectives are to:

• Build skills and expertise within the performing arts sector to address global issues;
• Harness the innovation leadership in the performing arts, scaling-up and multiplying innovations ;
• Contribute to the creation of a favourable environment for the sector, defined by relevant policies and regulatory frameworks
• Make the IETM network more global, while promoting equitable, sustainable and inclusive approaches to cross-border collaborations.