Make-a-thek's dual-track initiative for 2026–2027 addresses a persistent challenge in the performing arts: the material and logistical barriers to sustained international dialogue. The Mobility Scheme (Track A) and Knowledge Exchange Programme (Track B) are designed not as production grants but as infrastructural support for artists whose practices are rooted in movement, exchange, and cross-cultural encounter. With stipends of 1,000 EUR and 850 EUR respectively, the programme acknowledges that mobility—whether physical, intellectual, or collaborative—requires resources that are often scarce, particularly for practitioners operating outside institutional frameworks. The programme's structure reflects a curatorial commitment to process over product. By selecting up to twelve participants per track annually, Make-a-thek ensures a focused cohort, allowing for meaningful interaction and sustained engagement rather than diffuse networking. While the exact allocation of funds—whether for travel, accommodation, research, or other mobility-related costs—is not specified in the provided information, the stipends are intended to facilitate the logistical underpinnings of international exchange. This approach prioritizes the conditions that make dialogue possible, rather than the outputs that might result from it. For performing artists whose work is inherently collaborative, site-responsive, or dependent on cross-border encounter, these tracks offer a rare form of support: unrestricted stipends that recognize mobility itself as a creative and intellectual necessity. The programme is global in scope but rooted in EU contexts, suggesting a particular interest in exchanges that engage with European artistic networks and discourses. Artists are invited to propose projects or lines of inquiry that align with the programme's ethos of movement, exchange, and sustained engagement.