The information gathered covers the following areas:mobility trends in different regions of Europe; recent debates taking place within individual countries; existing mobility schemes (their objectives, kind of support, target beneficiaries, eligibility conditions and the nature of benefits); the main motives for funding bodies to support mobility; and the main sources where professionals can find information about mobility incentives or barriers.

The team developed a classification for the main types and objectives of mobility schemes and tried to assess, on the basis of a rather limited supply of comparable data, their impact/effectiveness.

Recommendations for action are targeted at mobility funders within Member States and call for complementary action on the part of the European Commission, which respects the principle of subsidiarity for EU action in the cultural sector.