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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

📢 Have you signed the EU-wide petition calling on the UK Government to declare its interest in participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme? ✒️ Show your support, sign the petition initiated by the Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations: www.openpetition.org/uk/petition/...

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United Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027 - Online petition

This is a Europe-wide petition calling on the UK Government to formally declare the United Kingdom's interest in fully participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme (https://culture.ec.europa.eu...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🎶Last week, Pearle* joined the "Music Sounds Better With You" event of the UK Mission to the European Union. 🇪🇺 ↔️ 🇬🇧 It brought together EU and UK policymakers, including MP Ian Murray, artists and music professionals to discuss how to strengthen cross-border collaboration between the EU and the UK.

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Start your INSPIRE training programme now! 🧩 Explore the 5 modules on sustainability, digitalisation, entrepreneurship, and people management in the performing arts. 🎯 For performing arts professionals & VET and Higher Education educators. 👉 Create an account and start learning shorturl.at/ZBH0G

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🔥 Have you submitted your Perform Europe application yet? If not, no worries - you have one more month to do so! 🚀 Prepare your proposals and organise your partnership to submit your application in time! Apply before 22 October: performeurope.eu/open-call/

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Perform Europe Open Call for Touring Performing Arts

Apply for the Perform Europe Open Call! Get up to €60,000 for performing arts partnerships across Creative Europe promoting inclusion, diversity and greening.

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎭⚙️ Last week, Pearle* participated in the Creative Skills Week for a session on cross-sectoral innovation and skills collaboration, where we presented the INSPIRE Online Training Programme, with a focus on leadership, resilience, and soft skills. © photos LyanneArt

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎬🎭 This month marks the start of a new project phase for Creative Skills Europe, continuing to promote access to training for all professionals in the audiovisual and live performance sectors through the European Framework of Action on Skills. 🚀 Stay tuned: www.pearle.eu/.../creative....

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🛡️ Yesterday, the EU live performance social partners (Pearle*, @uni-europa.bsky.social, @fiaactors.bsky.social and FIM) met in Brussels to take stock of the OiRA project's evolution and review of the OiRA tools. 👉Keep an eye out; more news will come soon: rb.gy/u49w1y @osha.europa.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎭 Successful productions need teams that communicate, trust, and support one another. 🌟 That's exactly what Module 5 of the INSPIRE Online Training programme is about: building soft skills for respectful, safe, & collaborative work environments. 🎓 Take the course now vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

🔑 Unlock your entrepreneurial potential with Module 4 of the INSPIRE Online Training Programme. 🌱 Get ready to grow as an innovator, leader, and strategist in the performing arts sector! 🎓Ready to get started? Join the platform and discover the full programme: vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

💻 Upgrade your digital and ICT skills with Module 3 of the INSPIRE Online Training Programme. 🎓 Create an account on the platform, get your certification and check out the 4 other modules: vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Looking for some light reading for the summer? ☀️ 📖 Browse the collection of Cookbooks and infographics developed by Pearle* and @european-festivals.bsky.social on all issues related to cross-border work in the live performance sector! 👉 www.pearle.eu/activity/the...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Start greening your performing arts productions, check out Module 2 of the INSPIRE Online Training Programme! 🎭 🌿Learn how to use resources more efficiently, plan eco-friendly productions and raise awareness about environmental responsibility. 🎓 Take the course: vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🚐 Since Brexit, touring to and from the UK has been quite the struggle. 🇪🇺 ➡️⬅️ 🇬🇧 Requirements to work in the UK are confusing and cumbersome, while the 90/180-day Schengen rule significantly limits touring flexibility. 🔗Check out the Pearle* report on mobility for solutions: shorturl.at/pR37y

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

💻 Have you checked out the INSPIRE Online Training Platform? ♻️ In Module 1, learn the essential concepts of sustainability in the performing arts sector, from climate change to energy efficiency, and applicable regulations. 🎓Get your certification, take the course: vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🎤Inviting third-country national artists to perform at a festival, venue, or concert hall means battling unclear visa rules, delays, and heavy paperwork. 📑 Live performance shouldn’t be held back by bureaucracy. 🔗Check out the Pearle* report on mobility for solutions: shorturl.at/0GliN

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🚀 Did you get the news? The third Perform Europe Open Call is open! 🤝 The call encourages partnerships to propose touring proposals that can lead to real change in the sector, with a focus on inclusion and diversity 🫂, and the fight against climate change 🍃. ⚙️ Apply now: cutt.ly/jt993KBe

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Perform Europe Launches Third Open Call to Support Cross-Border Touring in the Performing Arts - Perform Europe

Perform Europe, the forward-looking European funding scheme for cross-border touring in the performing arts sector, has launched its third Open Call, offering €1.4 million in total to support innovati...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🌍 When working across borders as a performing arts professional, which topics are the most challenging? 📖 Make your tours and cross-border work smoother; check out the Cookbooks for Cultural Managers or the infographics for a quicker overview! 🔎 @european-festivals.bsky.social 🔗 shorturl.at/B1GSG

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🧩 Touring a performance across Europe shouldn’t feel like solving a puzzle. 🚛 But touring artists, transporting sets, instruments, costumes, means having to navigate complicated transport and cabotage rules. 👉 Check out the Pearle* report on mobility for solutions: shorturl.at/Elcov

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

☀️ Want to level up your skills? Check out the INSPIRE Online Training Platform for performing arts professionals. 📚 With 5 modules on sustainability, digitalisation, entrepreneurship and resilience & soft skills, the platform is free & available now! vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🗺️ Touring artists and crews face arbitrary enforcement of rules, lack of flexibility or delays that can derail entire tours due to complicated customs and ATA Carnet rules. 🚧 📚 The Pearle* report on mobility provides solutions to simplify customs rules: shorturl.at/je5sz

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🧩 Last week, Pearle* took part in the Creative FLIP conference, which concluded 7,5 years of the project. 💬 The conference featured talks and workshops on creating resilient futures, fairer approaches to finances and working conditions, learning opportunities and more.

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🤫 The secret is out... the Perform Europe project for inclusive and sustainable touring is coming back for a third edition! 👀 A new Open Call is coming soon, so keep an eye out and prepare your ideas! 👉 Find out more: performeurope.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📑 Check out the Pearle* 2025 Activity Report to discover how we’re supporting the live performance sector! 📊 In 2025, Pearle* contributed to 35 consultations and participated in almost 370 meetings on topics such as #employment, #mobility, #culturalpolicy and more. 🔗 www.pearle.eu/publica.../p...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

©️ Clearing #copyrights in a cross-border context can be quite a headache due to differing national frameworks or a lack of transparency! 📚 The Pearle* report on #mobility provides recommendations to EU institutions & member states to smoothen these processes. 🔗 www.pearle.eu/publication/...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📢 Calling all current and future performing arts professionals! ⚙️ You want to level up your skills in the fields of #sustainability, #digitalisation, #entrepreneurship, #resilience and people management? The INSPIRE online learning platform is now available! 👉 vle.inspire-performing-arts.eu

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The 71st Pearle* conference took place last week in Helsinki, and we’re still buzzing from these 2 days! Thanks to our hosts STEFI & SUOSIO and to @liandersson.bsky.social for an exclusive session on employment affairs. 👉Read our press release & look back on the event www.pearle.eu/news/pearle-...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🎻 🎸 What is a violinist without their violin? Or a guitarist without their guitar? 📑 The recent Pearle* mobility report proposes actions at EU level to facilitate travelling with musical instruments, and allow musicians to give the best shows, with the best tools! 🔗 www.pearle.eu/publication/...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🇫🇮 The 71st Pearle* Conference in Helsinki is only a month away! We look forward to an exclusive session with MEP @liandersson.bsky.social, chair of the EMPL Committee at @europarl.europa.eu This will be a one-of-a-kind opportunity to gain insights into EU initiatives on employment & social affairs

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📢Are you interested in taking part in an INSPIRE Train-the-Trainer seminar for the performing arts sector? Join us online on 23 & 27 April to: ✅ Learn from the INSPIRE Practical Handbook ✅ Get equipped with soft, digital, sustainability & entrepreneurial skills 👉Register: forms.gle/7TJdrLBhyXZP...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

💸Taxation & VAT are some of the main hurdles that affect cross-border mobility in the performing arts sector. 📑 Check out the new Pearle* report on mobility challenges for recommendations to unleash the potential of the live performance sector. 🔗 shorturl.at/xUOnE

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

✒️Join the movement & sign the petition for the UK to join the Creative Europe programme! 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 Launched by the Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations, the petition calls on the UK Gov to declare the UK's interest in participating in Creative Europe from 2027. www.openpetition.org/uk/petition/...

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United Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027 - Online petition

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎂 For the 10y of the Cookbooks we thought to give you a behind-the-scenes look at how the infographics come to life👀 📊 From vague ideas and basic shapes to fun and informative infographics, all thanks to our trusted graphic designer! 🔗 www.pearle.eu/activity/the... @european-festivals.bsky.social

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🚐 Have you ever struggled to figure out social security contributions when organising a tour? 💸 The recent Pearle* report on challenges faced by the performing arts sector in cross-border work gathers testimonies & recommendations to reduce administrative burdens🎭 🔗 Check it out: shorturl.at/yeqkG

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📊 The new Pearle* report on #mobility sheds light on the heavy administrative burdens when working across borders. 🗣️ Featuring testimonies from performing arts organisations, the report also provides recommendations to unleash the potential of live performance. 👇 Read the full report

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Pearle* Releases Mobility Survey Findings and Urges EU to Cut Red Tape for Cross-Border Touring

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🇪🇺 🇬🇧 Yesterday the inaugural Cultural Exchange Coalition event promoted EU-UK cultural exchange at the @europarl.europa.eu Hosted by MEPs Hannes Heide and Bogdan Zdrojewski, the event welcomed The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, and Georg Haeusler, Director for Culture, Creativity and Sports at @ec.europa.eu.

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The Perform Europe project just released a new publication on innovative touring models! The Guidebook shares challenges and strategies tested on the ground, while Policy Recommendations highlight emerging risks and opportunities for the performing arts sector. 🔗Learn more: cutt.ly/htYimTf6

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What Can We Learn From 42 Touring Experiments? Perform Europe Guidebook and Policy Insights - Perform Europe

How can international touring in the performing arts respond to ecological urgency, social inequality and changing cultural landscapes? Through its second edition, Perform Europe supported 42 projects...

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🎂 2026 marks the 10th year of the Pearle*/@european-festivals.bsky.social Ultimate Cookbooks for Cultural Managers! 📚They provide support to cultural professionals on cross-border #socialsecurity, #taxation #VAT, #visas, #copyright, the EU Green Deal, #digitalisation, or artistic freedom. 🇪🇺

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

📣 “We are calling on the EU to take concrete measures.” Today, Milo Rau, Artistic Director of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen), encouraged EU Commissioner for Culture, Glenn Micallef, to consider a European Artistic Freedom Act to protect #artisticfreedom across Europe’s cultural sector.

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📢 Pearle* welcomes the @ec.europa.eu EU Visa Strategy and the attention to artistic mobility! We appreciate the EC's acknowledgement of the complexity that the 180/90-day system creates for touring artists. 👉 Full statement: shorturl.at/2QyYd @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @magnusbrunner.bsky.social

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Pearle* welcomes the European Commission’s EU Visa Strategy and the attention to artistic mobility

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Pearle*-Live Performance Europe @pearleurope.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The new @european-festivals.bsky.social/Pearle* Cookbook on Artistic Freedom get its infographic version! 📊🕊️ Explore the highlights of the brochure in a summarised and visual way. 📖 To dive deeper into the subject, don’t forget to check out the full Cookbook! 🔗 www.pearle.eu/publication/...

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