Open Call: International Touring & Environmental Responsibility Programme

Designed for those new to environmentally and socially conscious touring. These sessions will be introductory sessions designed to introduce participants to the core aspects of sustainable touring and sustainable international collaboration. The sessions will blend presentations with interactive activities, discussions and inspiration from guest speakers to provide a holistic and comprehensive foundation for understanding and reducing the environmental impacts of collaboration and touring whilst considering the imperative areas of inclusivity, equity and environmental justice.

Content
Over seven sessions, participants will have the opportunity to network, share insights and explore different touring topics, such as:

• International touring and the role of arts and culture in a climate, nature and justice crisis. How does touring relate to the urgent issues of climate change, biodiversity loss and social justice? We will delve into the unique role of and culture in creating positive change.
• Understanding touring impacts. An introduction to tools and approaches to help understand touring impacts and how to track progress.
• Tour routing strategies. An opportunity to consider different models for tour routing, and balancing environmental concerns with wellbeing, equity and inclusion.
• The circular economy in the arts. An introduction to the principles of the circular economy and its purpose in cultural production.
• Value chains and collective efforts. Looking at the role of collaboration and value chains in addressing systemic challenges.
• Guest Speaker Inspiration Sessions. Exploring emerging models for sustainable touring

For those who have already taken steps toward sustainable touring (e.g. through trial projects, partnerships, or new models). You may be a previous ITER participant, someone who is looking to take their sustainable touring work to the next level, or someone who has an understanding of sustainable touring concepts and can evidence having trialled these in practice. The programme will delve into leadership in the context of sustainable touring. What are effective strategies to advocate for scaling solutions and driving transformative change across the sector? What partnerships and collaborations are needed to advance this agenda?

Content
Over six core sessions we will explore themes such as:

• Creating a vision for the future. How might we rethink international touring?
• The power of collaboration. Tools to map and activate your network.
• Turning ideas into action. Strategies to test and scale solutions.
• Communication to power collective action.