IETM (international network for contemporary performing arts)

National Network
Belgium
Address

19, Square Sainctelette
Brussels
Belgium

Telephone
+32 4 95230660
Telephone (other)
+32 2 201 0915
E-Mail
nan.vanhoute@ietm.org
E-Mail (2)
ietm@ietm.org
Organisation Type
Other
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
1. a.i.s.b.l. under Belgian law. 4 full time staff + normally 2 – 3 trainees. Constantly works with partner organisations, estimated 60 people /year to create projects 2. +/- 450.000 through our own accountancy + 450.000 through partner organisations 3. Own income from memberships. EU (DGEAC), EU (MED or other programs: Employ Social etc). Dutch cultural ministry and ‘funds’. Flemish cultural ministry. European Cultural Foundation, HIVOS, Prins Claus, Soros, various foundations and other national and local public sources as per project. 4. Large and smaller conferences, person-exchanges, travel grants, publications (digital and print), training, lectures, assistance to newly forming partnerships and networks. 5. cultural associations, organizations and institutions dealing with contemporary performing arts, arts management, public funding for the arts, arts training. Networks. Local, national, regional, European, international. 6. See annual report 2005 and activity plan 2006 attached.
Mission and Objectives

Our Mission is:
To stimulate the quality, development and contexts of contemporary performing arts in a global environment by initiating and facilitating:
▪ Professional networking and communication
▪ The dynamic exchange of information
▪ Know-how transfer and presentations of examples of good practice
Our ambitions are:
To be visionary: to anticipate change affecting our sector, and be an actor in that change
To act politically: improve the conditions in which contemporary performing arts are made, diffused and appreciated
To work in solidarity: to be an agent for mobilising members to mutually strengthen one another through sharing and networking
To anticipate artistic tendencies and evolutions in contemporary performing arts.
To promote professionalism and excellence in contemporary performing arts
To support the dynamism of performing arts by catalysing international partnerships, exchanges, collaborations and knowledge transfer.

Main Projects / Activities

art forms): contemporary theatre, dance, music-theatre, interdisciplinary and multi-media performance and installation, innovative practices, workshops, residencies, co-productions tours. (our members) : Festivals, theatres, arts centers, production houses, service organizations, programmers, producers, documentation centers, public authorities on local, regional and national levels, other networks

Contact (1) Full Name
(Ms) Nan van Houte, Secretary General
Head of the organisation
(Ms) Nan van Houte, Secretary General
Contact (2) Full Name
(Ms) Milica Ilic, Administrator