These organisations support, encourage and promote working internationally in the arts and cultural sector.

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UK Agencies and Associations

Arts Council England - the national development agency for the arts in England

Arts Council of Northern Ireland - the prime distributor of public support for the arts in Northern Ireland

Arts Council of Wales is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales

British Arts Festival Association - BAFA is the meeting point of arts festivals in the UK, providing information and a professional network for the festivals movement

British Council is the UK's public diplomacy and cultural organisation. They work in 100 countries - in arts, education, governance and science

British Council Arts - search for the best of UK artists to tour overseas

British Council Scotland - Enhances Scotland's international reputation and contributes to building an internationally-oriented, outward-looking Scotland

Crafts Council -  responsible for promoting fine craftsmanship, encouraging high standards and increasing public awareness of contemporary crafts and applied arts

Department for Culture Media and Sport - improves the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries

Foreign and Commonwealth Office - UK Government Department responsible for foreign affairs

International Artists Fellowships - Offers selected artists dedicated periods of professional research and experimentation within different cultural and geographical contexts

National Campaign for the Artsis the UK's only independent lobbying organisation representing all the arts. Its mission is to be the leading independent and UK-wide voice for the arts world in all its diversity.

National Rural Touring Forum - represents a number of mainly rural touring schemes and rural arts development agencies across England and Wales

Scotland Cultural Profile - aimed at encouraging cultural exchange involving Scotland, with over 5,250 key contacts in the Scottish cultural sector

Scottish Arts Council - the main channel for Government funding for the arts in Scotland

TEG (Touring Exhibitions Group)is a professional group in the UK concerned with all aspects of organising and touring exhibitions

Wales Arts International - Works to encourage international exchange and collaboration with Wales

 

UK based Cultural Centres

Africa House

Austrian Cultural Forum

Czech Centre

Danish Cultural Institute

Finnish Institute

French Institute

Germany - Goethe Institute

Hungarian Cultural Centre

India - Nehru Centre

Iran Heritage Foundation

Italian Cultural Institute

Norway | Culture

Polish Cultural Institute

Portugal - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Romanian Cultural Centre

Spain - Cervantes Institute

Ukraine - Ucrainica

British Ukrainian Society

European Links

EUCLID - dedicated on supporting cultural development across the world through cultural information services, information on EU funding, seminars, forums, research and consulting

Europe now | Europe next - an online interactive artistic debate on Europe featuring case studies and discussion threads on themes relating to Europe (today and tomorrow)

IETM is a membership organisation which exists 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

Norway Cultural Profile - a comprehensive database of Norway's arts and cultural infrastructure

on-the-move - website dedicated to international mobility opportunities and information in contemporary performing arts

Slovakia Cultural Profile - a comprehensive picture of Slovenian arts and culture

Slovenia Cultural Profile - a comprehensive picture of Slovenian arts and culture

Ericarts - studies on mobility for cultural workers across Europe for the European Comission. 

International

Afghanistan Cultural Profile - an online guide to Afghanistan's arts and cultural sector

Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) -  a private development agency committed to supporting disadvantaged communities irrespective of gender, ethnicity, religion or language. Its mission is to promote creative and effective solutions to problems that impede social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa

ArtSchool Palestine - online forum for the promotion of contemporary Palestinian arts and culture

Cambodia Cultural Profile - the first major initiative to map the cultural infrastructure of Cambodia

China-UK Connections through Culture - online initiative to encourage partnerships between arts and cultural organisations from China and the UK

culturebase.net - a unique online information source on contemporary international artists, cultural practitioners and experts from all fields. online information source on contemporary international artists from all fields

Japan Cultural Profile - a detailed database of over 5,800 key contacts in the Japanese arts, media, heritage, libraries, archives and tourism sectors

Kadmus Arts provides a platform for multi-faceted content and features on festivals and artists. Everyone in the community — festivals, artists, audiences, and cultural travellers — contribute to the site by sharing information, making connections, and exchanging ideas

Laos Cultural Profile - the first major initiative to map the cultural infrastructure of Laos

OCPA (Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa) - an independent pan-African non-governmental organisation aiming to enhance the development of national cultural policies in the region and their integration in human development strategies through advocacy and promoting information exchange, research, capacity building and cooperation at regional and international level

Res Artis is the worldwide network of artist residency programmes and residential art centres. It represents the interests of more than 200 centres and organisations in 40 countries worldwide that offer to international artists facilities and conditions conducive for making art

Vietnam Cultural Profile - cultural and arts infrastructure of Vietnam