Cultural Exchange Coalition
The Cultural Exchange Coalition brings together creative and cultural organisations from across the United Kingdom and European Union with a shared ambition to transform the inaugural UK-EU Summit’s Common Understanding commitment to support cultural exchange into meaningful actions – strengthening creative collaboration, removing barriers and driving shared growth.
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Our Mission
Culture is Europe’s most powerful connector – a living expression of shared values, creativity and cooperation that transcends borders.
Yet the current barriers to UK-EU touring are weakening that connection. Arrangements put in place following the UK’s exit from the EU are not working. They are failing artists, audiences and venues, as well as harming growth, damaging revenues and undermining the influence cultural exchange has long delivered.
We are a coalition of people and organisations from across the UK and EU who create, support and sustain culture and creativity. From artists and technical crews to businesses and representative organisations. In response to the UK-EU Summit 2025 we created the Cultural Exchange Coalition to support and promote the huge shared benefits of cross-border cultural collaboration.
The Common Understanding agreed in 2025 by the UK and the EU sets out a joint commitment to support cultural exchange. We call on political leaders to deliver on this commitment and negotiate to remove the barriers hampering the cultural exchange which is vital to our creative communities, our economies and our citizens.
This is an opportunity for both sides to demonstrate leadership: to show that Europe and the UK remain open, outward looking and confident in its cultural power.
Patron Mono Carolina Caycedo Land of Friends Photo_ Tom Nolan. ©
Co-Chair Anita Debaere, PEARLE
Co-Chair Dave Webster, MU
The Cultural Exchange Coalition is convened by UK Music and PEARLE
Our Members
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A Greener Future
Acción Cultural Española AC/E
Activate Performing Arts
Ad Lib Productions Ltd
AIM - The Association of Independent Music
Angharad Cooper Consultancy Ltd
Apollo Entertainment SRL
ARC Research & Consultancy
Art27 Scotland
Association for Electronic Music
Association of British Orchestras (ABO)
Bectu
BLACMEX
British Arts Festivals Association
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
Bulgarian Association of Employers in Culture - BAROK
Bundesverband der Konzert- und Veranstaltungswirtschaft e.V.
Cap-Cap Produccions
Caroline Phillips Management Ltd
Carry On Touring
Center for Music Ecosystems
Centrala
Charmworks
Circostrada network
CISAC
Come Play With Me
Concerted Artists
Contemporary Visual Arts Network CVAN
Creo
Cultural Reserve Nexus
Curated Place
Czech Cultural Institut
D6: Culture in Transit
David Jones
Double Vee Concerts
EFA
European Arenas Association
European Concert Halls Organisation (ECHO)
European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE)
FAIR-MEDIASIND
Featured Artist Coalition (FAC)
Federation of Scottish Theatre
Festival of Fools
FESTIVAL.ORG
Finnish Musicians' Union
Forevergreen Associazione Impresa Sociale
Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Ghislaine Granger
Glosa - sindikat kulture in narave Slovenije
Groves Artists Limited
Highlights Productions
IAO (International Artist Organisation)
iDEA
IMPALA
Independent Commission on UK EU Relations
Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)
International Artist Managers' Association
International Federation of Musicians (FIM)
International Theater Amsterdam
Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK)
Jazz North (Registered Charity Number 1166241)
Joint Audio Media Education Support (J.A.M.E.S.)
Konzertbuero Schoneberg GmbH
Künstlersekretariat Astrid Schoerke GmbH
L Tips Agency
Landstreicher Booking GmbH
Les Inédits d'Amélie
Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment (LIVE)
Live Music Now Scotland
Live Nation
Liveurope
Made of You Group
Malcolm Nix Bookings VOF
Manasamitra
Mapamundi Música
Music Export Poland
Music Managers Forum (MMF)
Music Publishers Association (MPA)
Musician's Union of Poland
Musicians Union (MU)
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)
Newcastle Circus ArtsOn the Move
One Dance UK
One World Orchestra
Organisation
Out of Line Music GmbH
Out There Arts (National Centre for Outdoor Arts and Circus)
OutdoorArtsUK
Pearle* Live Performance Europe
People Entertainment Group
Phoenix Athens
Professional Lighting & Sound Association (PLSA)
Proteus
PRS for Music
PRS Foundation
RBX GmbH
REMA
RESEO
RESET! Network
Road Rebel B.V.
Rotterdam Festivals
Sanctuary of Creation
Seaglass Arts
Serious
Snam-CGT
Society of Polish Philharmonics
SOLT / UK Theatre
St Ghosty Creatives
Stichting This is not a show | Katja Heitmann
Suisseculture
Swiss Musicians' Union (SMV-USDAM)
The Mighty Creatives
The Summer School Foundation
Theater Artemis
Théâtre Sans Frontières
Things That Go On Things
Trac Cymru
UAU
UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity
UK Music
unisono - Deutsche Musik- und Orchestervereinigung
Vertigo Valley Festival
Watermans & Bell Square London
X-ray Touring
XTRAX
Yes
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