The study aims at describing network practices in a quantitative as well as a qualitative way. It analyses how networks evolve, how they are becoming more diversified and less homogeneous and defines some of the important qualitative changes that networking produced in the activities of both individuals and their organisations. The methodology adopted includes questionnaires and in-depth interviews as well as participation in working groups. The core of the survey is the analysis of the behaviour of members, inside as well as outside the network, the identification of the motivations on which the network is based and the expectations about the network activities. The study found that networks are complex environments which maintain a process of dialogue and intercultural exchange; stimulate artistic creativity at a transnational level; strengthen partnerships at the European and international levels; guarantee a space for liberal and independent confrontation and dialogue.