Sectoral-International

At its 21st Congress held in 2016 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the International Federation of Actors adopted Motion 11 on Circus Artists. Through this motion, the Federation committed to conducting an international survey of its affiliates to collect data on the working conditions in the circus sector, with the aim of subsequently formulating recommendations to help …

International Federation of Actors/ Richard, C. (2024). Working Conditions of Circus Artists. FIA. Read More »

Established in 2011, the FIA Rainbow group – former FIA LGBTQ+ working group – aims to raise awareness of and combat the discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ performers in order to ensure a more inclusive and equitable working environment for all performers, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The very first endeavour of this …

FIA Global Survey on Discrimination and Harassment Against LGBTQ+ Performers Read More »

Creating and performing music professionally requires physical and psychological resilience. Professional musicians and music creators operate in a rapidly changing context where music is created, produced, distributed, consumed and monetised in completely new ways. This new landscape puts extra pressure and stress on professionals who, to stay afloat, now need a range of other skills …

European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Vermeersch, L., Van Herreweghe, D., Meeuwssen, M. (2023). The health and wellbeing of professional musicians and music creators in the EU : insights from research for policy and practice, Publications Office of the European Union. Read More »

The 2020 Annual Work Programme for the implementation of the Creative Europe Programme foresee an action on ‘Sectorial support to the theatre sector’ in the form of a general study, the results of which are presented in this report. The findings of this study are expected to contribute to providing better support to the theatre …

European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, (2022). Study ‘The situation of theatres in the EU Member States’ : executive summary, Publications Office of the European Union. Read More »

This report was commissioned by IAO and written by music industry researcher and analyst Daniel Johansson. The views expressed in the discussions are solely representative for the author. IAO is a nonprofit organisation based in Paris that was officially founded in 2015 by its founder-members: FAC (UK), GAM (France), CoArtis (Spain), GramArt (Norway) and FACIR …

Johansson, Daniel. (2022). Streams & Dreams – A Fair Music Economy For All. International Artist Organisation Read More »

In 2020, FIA and other Global Union Federations published a very good document about organising workers in the Media Arts and Entertainment Sector – “Trade Union Organising  in the Media Arts and Entertainment Sector.”In his essay, Michael Crosby offers reflexions based on his unique experience as former Head of Equity Australia and FIA General Secretary. …

Crosby, M. (2021). Reflections on the Challenge of Organising Actors. FIA Document. Read More »