TheInternationalists.org publishes directory profiles and opportunity summaries to help readers research international theatre, cross-cultural collaboration, and professional exchange. This policy defines the checks required for those listings, explains their limits, and sets standards for updates, status labels, and reported concerns.
Directory entries may cover organisations, networks, festivals, residencies, archives, and other relevant resources. Opportunity listings concern a particular call, application round, workshop, residency, grant, or participation offer. An organisation’s inclusion in the directory does not establish that every programme it offers has been checked.
Verification means checking specified information against identifiable sources at a recorded time. It does not certify an organisation’s legal status, financial stability, safeguarding practices, contractual reliability, or ability to deliver a programme. A source-checked listing is not a guarantee of quality, safety, funding, eligibility, or acceptance.
Before publishing a directory profile, the editorial standard is to identify the organisation or resource, establish its relevance, and locate a credible official source. Checks should cover the published name, location or geographical scope, principal activities, and an appropriate website or contact route. Claims of awards, accreditation, partnerships, or institutional support require their own supporting evidence.
Opportunity checks must relate to the specific edition or application round. A previous call, general homepage, or recurring programme name is insufficient evidence that applications are currently open. The listing should be checked against the organiser’s current announcement, application guidance, or other directly attributable confirmation.
The review should establish, where applicable:
- Who is responsible: The organiser, host, administering body, and official application route.
- What is offered: Programme purpose, format, location, activity dates, and expected participation.
- Who can apply: Relevant disciplines, career stages, citizenship, residency, language, and other stated conditions.
- When to apply: The deadline, closing time, time zone, and any separate stages.
- What support is provided: Fees paid to participants, stipends, accommodation, travel support, production support, or other stated benefits.
- What applicants must contribute: Application fees, participation charges, uncovered expenses, required materials, and significant obligations.
Citizenship, residence, and activity location must be recorded separately where they affect eligibility. A programme taking place internationally is not necessarily open to every nationality. Phrases such as “emerging artist,” “fully funded,” and “all expenses paid” should reflect the organiser’s defined conditions rather than an editorial assumption.
Costs and funding must be described precisely. Travel support may be capped, reimbursed after participation, or conditional on receipts. Accommodation may cover only certain nights. A production budget may not include an artist fee. Listings should make material distinctions visible and identify information the organiser has not specified.
Official programme pages, dated guidance, and attributable organiser communications are preferred sources. Third-party directories, newsletters, and social posts can help identify opportunities, but important details should be traced to the responsible organisation. A social account should be linked credibly to that organisation before it is treated as authoritative. AI output and search snippets alone do not verify a listing.
If essential details such as the organiser, application route, or eligibility cannot be established, the opportunity should be withheld from actionable listings pending clarification. Conflicting deadlines or other unresolved material conditions should be flagged clearly, and an “open” label should not be applied while the application status remains uncertain.
Dates must retain their stated context. Where an organiser provides a time and time zone, those details should be preserved. Any local-time conversion must account for the relevant date. If no closing time or zone is given, the listing should say so rather than invent one. “Rolling applications” should be used only when supported by the organiser’s current information.
Each source-checked listing should identify its source and display a last checked date. That date records an actual editorial check; it must not be advanced merely because formatting changed or the page was republished. A checked date describes the information reviewed at that time and does not imply continuous monitoring.
Opportunity status labels should distinguish open, closed, postponed, cancelled, and status uncertain, where relevant. Organisational status requires separate assessment. An expired call does not mean its organiser is inactive, and an unavailable website alone does not establish that an organisation has ceased operating.
Review priorities should reflect how quickly information can change. Approaching deadlines, amended calls, broken application links, and reader reports warrant particular attention. A repeated annual programme requires a new check for each round; dates and eligibility must not be carried forward automatically.
Closed opportunities may remain available as clearly marked historical records. They should be excluded from current open-opportunity selections. An archived edition must not direct readers to apply as though its deadline were still current. Where a new edition is documented, the relationship between the records should be clear.
Organisers and readers may suggest listings through the Contact page. Submissions should include an official link, dated guidance, and enough information to assess relevance. Submission does not guarantee inclusion. Any sponsorship, paid placement, or other material commercial relationship must be disclosed, and payment must not replace verification or determine a correction decision.
Reported errors should be reviewed under our Corrections Policy. Incorrectly recorded conditions require correction; a later organiser amendment requires an update. Where credible concerns affect a listing’s reliability, we may restrict its visibility or add an explanatory notice while assessing the evidence.
Before applying, paying, booking travel, or sharing documents, readers should consult the organiser’s current guidance and seek clarification about unresolved conditions. Applications and participation arrangements are handled by the relevant organiser. TheInternationalists.org provides research assistance through its listings and does not confer eligibility or arrange acceptance.
Further reading: On the Move’s editorial approach to clear opportunity terms, funding, and applicant costs. On the Move