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01.02.2017Empowering performer unions in Africa
FIA is successfully drawing a three-year programme in targeted African countries to a close. With a special focus on South...[more]
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01.02.2017Living (and dying) in Bollywood
FIA has been actively promoting proper health and safety standards in the burgeoning Mumbai film and television industry for some...[more]
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01.02.2017Theatre and freedom of expression in the Arab-speaking world
At the end of 2016, FIA was invited to attend the opening of the 9th International Arabic Theatre Festival, held in Oran,...[more]
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31.01.2017Performer unions meet in Uruguay to strengthen regional...
Delegates from FIA-LA, the Latin American group of FIA, gathered with UNI-MEI/Panartes delegates in Montevideo, Uruguay, for a 3...[more]
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22.12.2016The Prime Role of Culture and the Arts in Society
The European Social Partners in the Live Performance Committee (Pearle* for the employers and the EAEA (made up of FIA , FIM...[more]
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21.12.2016Dance Futures: First meeting of the steering group
Dance is more a vocation than a profession. But the dancing career is intensive, insecure and short. Dancers are a highly...[more]
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21.12.2016Atypical Work Project Handbook: The Future of Work in the...
Throughout 2015 and 2016, FIA coordinated work on its European « Atypical Workers » project, in partnership with FIM,...[more]
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21.12.20162016 Study: Analysis of the EU Audiovisual Sector Labour...
Read the labour market analysis in English or French and the country reports (in English)Read the executive summary of the labour...[more]
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21.10.2016FIA unions around the world united with SAG-AFTRA members...
The International Federation of Actors firmly stands by SAG-AFTRA members in the US as they strike to earn very reasonable and...[more]
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19.10.2016Celebrating diversity in all its colours at the FIA 21st...
Close to 150 trade union delegates flocked from over 50 countries around the world to the bustling city of São Paulo to take part...[more]
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13.10.2016FIA 21st Congress – Panels reports
As at past congresses, some of the key concerns of FIA were addressed through panel discussions over the three days of...[more]
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25.09.2016Closing of the FIA 21st Congress: Ferne Downey re-elected...
SAO PAOLO, 25 September 2016: The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its worldwide membership successfully conclude...[more]
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22.09.2016Opening of the FIA 21st Congress: A major event for the...
SAO PAULO, 22 September 2016: performer unions flock from around the world to attend the 21st Congress of the International...[more]
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09.09.2016Meeting the challenge of atypical working: Final event and...
The Media, Arts and Entertainment sector has seen significant changes in the structure of the labour market and in the...[more]
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06.09.2016Acting for Diversity: a common goal for FIA members
Talent, and only talent, must be the paramount reason for a performer’s engagement. And yet, too many performers today are...[more]
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28.07.2016Report from the EuroFIA Group Meeting in Lisbon
The EuroFIA Group met in Lisbon on the 22nd to the 24th of June 2016. The meeting was kindly hosted by Portuguese union STE and...[more]
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28.07.2016Report from the Closing Conference of the OIRA project for...
The OIRA II project by the European Social partners came to a close with a final event that took place in Athens on the 15 and...[more]
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28.07.2016Final conference of the Creative Skills Europe project:...
The final conference of the Creative Skills Europe project took place on Monday 6 June 2016. Delegates and guest speakers...[more]
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28.07.2016WIPO Beijing Treaty: one new ratification and an ongoing...
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the...[more]
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25.07.2016WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market
Event report – 20 April 2016 - The creative content economy has seen radical change to access and business models for more than...[more]
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14.06.2016FIA Child Performer Toolkit
Children have always acted, in productions aimed at children as well as in order to create authenticity in the portrayal of...[more]
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07.04.2016The professional status of performers under threat in France
Outrage among professional performers is growing over the adoption on second reading of the "Creation" bill presented...[more]
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06.04.2016Getting ready to celebrate World IP day and campaign for...
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property...[more]
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04.04.2016To be an actor today in Turkey
What actors do is play a role, to portray life and convey stories to an audience that resonate with their feelings. Based on...[more]
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01.04.2016Getting to know our host in Sao Paulo
As the 2016 Congress of the International Federation of Actors fast approaches, it is time to find out a little more about our...[more]
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25.03.2016FIA mourns passing of Ken Howard
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its 89 member unions are saddened by the passing of Ken Howard, President of...[more]
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07.03.2016Taking a trip down FIA's memory lane
How was the International Federation of Actors born? Where did the organisation stand during the Cold War? Who contributed the...[more]
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12.02.2016Giant leap for performers within reach in Morocco
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) welcomes the news of the unanimous adoption by the Chamber of Deputies in Morocco of...[more]
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29.01.2016FIA-LA and UNI-MEI/ Panartes annual Joint Seminar in...
Delegates from FIA-LA, the Latin American group of FIA, gathered with UNI-MEI/Panartes delegates in Iguazu, Argentina for a 3 day...[more]
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28.01.2016OIRA: Two Health & Safety Tools for the Live Performance...
The FIM, FIA, UNI-MEI and Pearle* project to further develop and promote Online Interactive Risk Assessment in the Live...[more]
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20.01.2016Working on FIA's History
FIA has a very rich and diverse history that started in 1952 in Paris, when the British Equity and the Syndicat Français des...[more]
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19.01.2016Latest news about WIPO
After concluding two very successful new international treaties in 2012 and in 2013, dark clouds seem to be gathering again over...[more]
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19.01.2016Looking for a theatre in Madagascar? How about penguins...
If you Google "theatre in Madagascar" nowadays, all you are likely to get is information about a popular animation...[more]
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19.01.2016Pack your Netflix in your suitcase!
As part of its overall strategy to finalise the Digital Internal Market, the European Commission has released new measures to...[more]
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19.01.2016A colourful logo for FIA 21st Congress
As most of you know, the 21st World Congress of the International Federation of Actors will take place in the city of São Paulo,...[more]
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11.01.2016Your performance, your rights: A new flyer and website to...
In 2012, the member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met at a Diplomatic Conference in Beijing to...[more]
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06.11.2015FIA mourns passing of Eddie Cofie
The International Federation of Actors was deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden passing of Eddie Cofie,...[more]
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30.10.2015
Adoption of the ‘Law of the Actor’ in Argentina: A...
On the night of 28 October 2015, the ‘Law of the Actor’ (‘Ley del Actor’), officially recognising performers as workers, was...[more]
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29.10.2015
National legislations and collective agreements for...
The present study was commissioned and coordinated by FIA and UNI-MEI through their regional groups in Latin America, FIA-LA and...[more]
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16.10.2015
1980 UNESCO Recommendation as relevant as ever
The report on the state of implementation of the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation regarding the Status of the Artist has just been...[more]
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13.10.2015
Promoting safer standards in Bollywood
Global federations FIA, UNI MEI and FIM met with film workers' unions in Mumbai on October 7-9, 2015, to address health and...[more]
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13.10.2015
Sudden passing of Joe Mboulè
It was with profound regret and great sadness that the International Federation of Actors learned of the sudden and untimely...[more]
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12.10.2015São Paulo, host of FIA 21st Congress
Four years after Toronto and the impressive work of the Canadian members of FIA, it is now up to SATED/SP to host FIA 21st...[more]
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21.09.2015
Launch of the Live Performance OIRA Tools - 17 September,...
On the 17th of September, the European social partners of the live performance sector launched two online interactive tools to...[more]
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21.09.2015
Collective Bargaining for Atypical Workers: Report from...
Trade Unions from across Europe, representing workers in the media and culture sectors, have demanded urgent action at European...[more]
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04.09.2015
FIA stands in solidarity with Levent Üzümcü after his...
At the end of August 2015, Levent Üzümcü, well-know Turkish actor and member of the Actors’ Union of Turkey, one of FIA Turkish...[more]
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03.09.2015
Council of Europe: A Renewed Commitment to Improving...
At the high-level conference “Women in today’s film industry: gender issues. Can we do better?" held in Sarajevo on August...[more]
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29.07.2015
The EU Parliament and copyright reform
After a hectic negotiation and several deferments, the European Parliament finally adopted on July 9 by a generous majority vote...[more]
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28.07.2015
New European Study on Remuneration for Authors and...
The European Commission has just made public an eagerly anticipated study entitled “Remuneration of authors and performers for...[more]
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23.07.2015
FIA Declaration on Copyright for Performers in the Digital...
Most people spontaneously think of authors as being “creators”. Whilst this is certainly true, fewer people tend to think of...[more]
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22.07.2015
World Live Performance Conference - Workshops Reports
In order to address more topics and to give more opportunities to the participants to take the floor, the organisers of FIA...[more]
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09.07.2015
Chile and Qatar ratify the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
WIPO issued a press release today informing that the number of countries that have so far committed themselves to the Beijing...[more]
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07.07.2015
World Live Performance Conference, Dublin, June 2015
Intense and inspiring. Those are the words that best describe the two and a half-days World Live Performance Conference of the...[more]
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01.07.2015
EuroFIA Meeting Report and Documentation Meeting, Dublin,...
The EuroFIA group met on the 2nd of June in Dublin, Ireland, shortly preceding the FIA World Live Performance Conference. The...[more]
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18.06.2015
The Live Performance Sector from a Global Perspective: A...
With a view to preparing its second World Live Performance Conference - held in Dublin from June 4th to June 6th 2015 - the...[more]
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11.06.2015
FIA World Live Performance Conference – THE STAGE / Michael...
by Michael Quinn A “common vision” is needed by artists working within the live performance sector if they are to...[more]
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06.06.2015
Actors and poverty, just who is to blame? The Green Room /...
Stephen Spence - Equity UK, and Mary McColl - Actors'Equity US, were Orla Barry’s special guests to talk about why...[more]
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06.06.2015
International Federation of Actors celebrates successful...
Dublin, 6 June 2015: The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its worldwide membership concluded a three-day...[more]
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04.06.2015
Opening of the Second World Live Performance Conference: A...
Dublin, 4 June 2015: for the second time in its history, the International Federation of Actor (FIA) and its worldwide members...[more]
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03.06.2015
FIA Executive Committee in Dublin, 3 June 2015
Documentation updated and completed post-meeting![more]
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20.05.2015
Update: FIA Manual on WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
The Arabic version of the FIA BTAP Manual is available for download at the bottom of this page[more]
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08.05.2015
EU Commission DSM strategy: some good but also a few...
Whilst the European Parliament was debating about a rather controversial own initiative report about copyright...[more]
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07.05.2015
Fair Internet for Performers campaign kicks off successfully
One day prior to the European Commission public presentation on May 6 of its Digital Single Market strategy, EuroFIA, FIM,...[more]
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05.05.2015
Promoting ratification of the WIPO Beijing Treaty in Asia
On April 27, our Federation attended a WIPO seminar held in Singapore to promote the ratification of the Beijing treaty among...[more]
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27.04.2015
Workshop on Services for Atypical Workers, Amsterdam, May...
The first workshop of the Atypical Workers Project will take place in Amsterdam on the 20th of May 2015. This workshop will focus...[more]
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26.04.2015
Celebrating World IP Day and calling for ratification of...
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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16.04.2015
Three Culture Ministers in the EU uphold copyright in the...
EuroFIA welcomes the recent declarations by Culture Ministers in France, Germany and Italy stressing, among other things, the...[more]
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15.04.2015
Regional cooperation for stronger unions in Latin America
For several years now, FIA members in Latin America have been collaborating actively to address the daily challenges performers...[more]
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10.04.2015
ILO Meeting of Experts makes progress on Atypical Work
The International Arts and Entertainment alliance IAEA (made up of FIA, FIM and UNI-MEI) was represented by its President, John...[more]
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10.03.2015
Dark clouds loom over the EU IP landscape
Performers and other copyright owners prepare for a long fight to safeguard their legitimate interests, as the European...[more]
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10.03.2015
Building capacity in Africa
(More pictures are available on the FIA Flikr account) Solidarity is not a term that we, at FIA, take lightly and if...[more]
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02.03.2015
A distinguished guest for the second World Live Performance...
In June, Dublin will host the International Federation of Actors second World Live Performance Conference. From June 4th to June...[more]
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02.03.2015
EAEA Position on the TTIP Negotiations
In view of the current work underway in the European Parliament to produce a set of recommendations to the European Commission in...[more]
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20.02.2015
European Risk Assessment Tool for the Live Performance...
Through their joint project-based work since 2012, the European social partners in the Live Performance sector (Pearle* for the...[more]
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20.02.2015
Reaching out to Atypical Workers: Organising and...
Since early 2015, FIA been coordinating work on its European « Atypical Workers » project, in partnership with FIM,...[more]
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20.02.2015
Creation of a European Skills Council for the Live...
Through a successful application for funding to the European Commission, the European social partners (including FIA on the trade...[more]
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20.02.2015
Hope for Greek Public Broadcaster ERT in a Climate of...
The world was shocked by the unprecedented black-out of the Greek Public Service Broadcaster ERT on the 11th of June 2013....[more]
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09.02.2015
Deadline extended till 15/02/2015! UNESCO 1980...
Source: UNESCO, Section on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions UNESCO is undertaking an important review of the implementation...[more]
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08.01.2015
FIA stands in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo victims along...
Source: IFJ Website (Brussels, 8.1.2015) Over 200 Brussels-based journalists and supporters gathered together at the...[more]
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15.12.2014
European Mobility Resources for Mobile Performers
Are you trying to organise an artistic project abroad, touring, or taking up a foreign engagement? Such opportunities can throw...[more]
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10.12.2014Outcome of the Rome Opera Conflict: Reinstatement of the...
On the 25 November 2014, during a full session, Rome Opera House staff approved by 97% the agreement signed two days earlier...[more]
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05.12.2014
Meeting of the EuroFIA Group, Budapest 07-08 November 2014
The EuroFIA group met in Budapest this November, hosted by Hungarian union SDS in their historical premises.[more]
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01.12.2014
The flip side of Bollywood
Mumbai boasts one of the most prolific and popular industries in the entire world of entertainment: it is the Mecca of Indian...[more]
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16.10.2014
FIA Executive Committee Meeting in Paris
(More pictures available on the FIA Flickr account) The FIA executive took place in Paris on the 26th and 27th of...[more]
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15.10.2014
How cyberlocking is bleeding the entertainment industry
A new independent study unveils shocking profits by illegal online services, known as cyberlockers, from advertising,...[more]
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13.10.2014
Block dismissal of all artists employed by the Rome Opera
A shocking decision by the public authorities in Italy decided to lay off all orchestra musicians and members of the choir of the...[more]
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13.10.2014
Gender Bias without Borders: New Research into Female Roles...
The Geena Davis Institute, a research-based organization focused on Gender in Media recently released a new research study...[more]
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08.10.2014
Europe’s Creative Industries suffer destruction of 400,000...
New study confirms a €20 billion value destruction and 200,000 jobs destroyed in the core sectors of the top five markets of the...[more]
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19.09.2014
The impact of IP regimes on access to culture: IAEA joint...
FIA, FIM and UNI-MEI have submitted a joint response to the consultation of the UN special rapporteur on cultural rights on the...[more]
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17.09.2014
FIA Manual on WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
In 2012, the member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met at a Diplomatic Conference in Beijing to...[more]
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05.09.2014
European Ten-country Survey on Contracts and Income of...
Europe Economics and the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam are undertaking a study on the remuneration...[more]
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01.09.2014
FIA Attends Seminar on TTIP and Culture in Copenhagen
This seminar, organised by the Nordic Artists’ Councils, was a useful opportunity for organisations from the cultural sector to...[more]
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30.07.2014
Update of the OECD Model Tax Convention – Substantial...
In fact, Article 17 no longer refers to “Artistes and Sportsmen” but has been changed to “Entertainers and Sportspersons”...[more]
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20.06.2014
A historical venue for the 2015 FIA World Live Performance...
The countdown is on! In now less than a year, the FIA World Live Performance Conference (WLPC) will finally take place. The...[more]
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19.06.2014
Artists' mobility, social security and taxation in the EU...
Brussels, 19th-20th June – FIA participated in the two-day seminar on Artists' mobility, social security and taxation in the EU,...[more]
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11.06.2014
Solidarity with the workers of ERT, the Public Service...
The overnight closure of ERT on June 11th 2013 sent a shockwave through the international community. A wave of protest movements...[more]
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06.06.2014
“The Lost Signal of Democracy” to be screened during next...
Delegates from the European group of the International Federation of Actors (EuroFIA) will gather in Athens on June 6 and 7,...[more]
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15.05.2014
EuroFIA 2014 joint Survey on the Situation of Work Life...
Sharing experience, identifying difficulties and drawing on good practices in the field of Work-Life balance in the audiovisual...[more]
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14.05.2014
Culture and media employers and workers successfully...
From the outset, employers and workers representatives crossed swords and made their respective stands very clear at the ILO...[more]
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08.05.2014
FIA signs Declaration on the Inclusion of Culture in the...
“We believe that culture is both a driver and enabler of sustainable development and that the explicit inclusion of targets and...[more]
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07.05.2014
FIA updates its Visual Identity and Logos
FIA is working on strengthening its communications and online presence with, for exemple a new website to be launched this...[more]
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26.04.2014
WIPO celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April...
On April 26 every year, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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24.04.2014
China ratifies the Beijing treaty !
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the...[more]
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04.04.2014
FIA-LA Meeting in Guarulhos, Brazil 04-05 April 2014
One year after its last meeting in Sao Paulo, the Latin American group of FIA, FIA-LA, gathered again in Brazil in the city of...[more]
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04.04.2014
FIA attends Forum de Chaillot on Future of European...
Organised by French minister of culture Aurélie Filippetti, the International Conference of Chaillot gathered fifteen European...[more]
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17.03.2014
European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Live...
supporting the unemployment insurance scheme for “intermittent” workers in live performance sector in France[more]
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11.02.2014
FIA meets Asian governments at WIPO-SCAPR event and...
At a meeting organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Societies Council for the Collective...[more]
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10.02.2014
The Moral Rights of Performers Handbook 2013
How can audiovisual performers, and dubbing artists in particular, best protect their moral rights? A new FIA Handbook offers a...[more]
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20.01.2014
Work-Life Balance: joint seminar in Brussels
FIA, FIM, Uni-MEI and IFJ held a joint seminar on “Promoting Work-Life Balance in the Live Performance and Audiovisual Sectors”...[more]
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14.11.2013
EuroFIA Meeting in Brussels
The EuroFIA group held its most recent meeting in Brussels, Belgium on November 14th and 15th 2013. European members met for one...[more]
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13.11.2013
Euro FIA/ On The Move Joint Seminar on Performers’ Mobility...
The Euro FIA seminar, which was held in Brussels on November 13 and kindly hosted by ACOD-Cultuur, focussed on “Frequent Problems...[more]
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02.10.2013
FIA meets with UN Rapporteur Fareeda Shaheed to discuss...
FIA’s longstanding commitment to promote artistic freedom and generate political support around this important issue took shape...[more]
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30.09.2013
Download the FIA 20th World Congress Resolutions
The Toronto FIA Congress’s main aim was to define the political agenda of FIA for the four years to come. Input from FIA members...[more]
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20.09.2013
FIA denounces the shocking assassination of Greek rapper...
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) joins its Greek member the Hellenic Actors’ Union and the worldwide artistic...[more]
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26.06.2013
FIA Executive Committee meeting in NYC
The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Actors took place in New York, USA from June 26 to 27, 2013. The...[more]
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01.05.2013
FIA-LA's Workers Day Statement on Performers' rights
During a recent meeting inSão Paulo, delegates from the Latin American group of the federation (FIA-LA) unanimously endorsed a...[more]
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30.04.2013
AfroFIA meeting in Johannesburg
Fifteen delegates from the African group of the International Federation of Actors (AfroFIA) met in Johannesburg from April 30 to...[more]
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28.04.2013
FIA-LA Meeting in São Paulo
The 2013 meeting of the Latin American group of the International Federation of Actors (FIA-LA) took place in São Paulo from...[more]
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13.04.2013
Two Turkish motions adopted at EuroFIA meeting in Edinburgh
The first EuroFIA meeting of 2013, kindly hosted by Equity, UK, took place in Edinburgh from April 13 to 15. Delegates from all...[more]
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26.03.2013
FIA workshop in Mumbai
In March 2013, FIA organized, jointly with FIM and UNI-MEI, a workshop in Mumbai, India. The meeting was about the improvement of...[more]
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13.03.2013
Creative Australia: Australian Government Invests in Culture
“It’s not just the employment they bring, I see the artist as central to us as a nation and to securing its future”. Simon Crean,...[more]
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17.01.2013
FIA workshop in Kazakhstan
Kazakh FIA member KCWU kindly hosted this third workshop of FIA’s LO-TCO backed project in the FSU countries (Former Soviet...[more]
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15.01.2013
Cuban theatres destroyed after hurricane Sandy: Call for...
In the backdrop of the destructive consequences caused by Hurricane Sandy, Cuban FIA member UNEAC reaches out to the Federation...[more]
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30.11.2012
FIA-LA meeting in Buenos Aires
Delegates from the Latin American group of the federation were charmed by the kind hospitality of FIA’s Argentinean member...[more]
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01.11.2012
Read the FIA Congress magazines from ACTRA and CAEA
It is hard to believe that several months have passed since the FIA Congress 2012 was held in Toronto. Delegates have returned to...[more]
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12.10.2012
Joint Declaration by the EU Audiovisual sector Social...
European social partners of the audiovisual sector signed a joint declaration as they gathered in Tallinn to conclude their...[more]
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30.09.2012
Canadian actress Ferne Downey elected as new FIA president
Ferne Downey was elected new FIA president this week by the federation’s delegates, gathering in Toronto from all around the...[more]
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27.09.2012
20th World FIA Congress starts in Toronto
Delegates coming from around the world have gathered in Toronto to bring the federation’s most important political body together....[more]
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21.09.2012
Sign the petition to free Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder of...
Zubeidi has been held since May 13 and has now been sentenced by the Palestinian Authority to another 19 days of prison. In reply...[more]
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12.09.2012
FIA expresses its support to Russian band Pussy Riot
Following the condemnation of the band’s members to a two-years imprisonment for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and...[more]
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26.06.2012
FIA delegates welcome the Beijing Treaty
FIA delegates were enthusiastic and hopeful after the Treaty on audiovisual performances was eventually finalised and signed in...[more]
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26.06.2012
The Beijing Treaty is born !
The Beijing Treaty is born! FIA celebrates as the Diplomatic conference adopts the long-awaited WIPO Treaty on the Protection of...[more]
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21.06.2012
Main Committee I adopts the 20 substantive articles
The second day of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Beijing began with a meeting of Main Committee I, the committee responsible...[more]
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20.06.2012
The Diplomatic Conference in Beijing gets off to a positive...
The first day of the diplomatic conference got off to a smooth and consensual al start, which augures well for the negotiations...[more]
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19.06.2012
The FIA delegation arrives in Beijing
FIA is sending a hefty delegation to Beijing, to see the conclusion of a negotiation that has taken more than 15 years to come to...[more]
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02.06.2012
EuroFIA meeting in Istanbul
EuroFIA delegates recently met in Istanbul to hold their first 2012 group meeting. FIA member ÇASOD hosted the event, which gave...[more]
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16.04.2012
SAG-AFTRA report to help alleviate discrimination against...
American FIA affiliate SAG-AFTRA has recently published a report on the working conditions and professional outcomes for...[more]
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10.04.2012
FIA-NA and English Speaking Group Meeting in Los Angeles
In early October, representatives of the FIA North America and English Speaking Group (FIANA/ESG) came together in Los Angeles...[more]
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02.02.2012
Support Australian performers and sign Australian Actors...
FIA's Australian member Actors Equity is running a campaign to encourage theatre producers to renew their commitment to building...[more]
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20.10.2011
Dancers’ Career Transition: A EuroFIA Handbook
FIA’s new handbook on professional career transitions for dancers is now freely available for download in English, French,...[more]
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13.10.2011
The FIA Charter for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities
Following the completion of its two projects on gender equality, the European group of FIA has decided to update a gender...[more]
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12.10.2011
Gender Equality in the EU Audiovisual Sector Leaflet
Gender Equality is a fundamental right and key principle of the European Union; and one which improves employment opportunities...[more]
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11.10.2011
EU Framework of Actions by FIA and other European...
FIA and other social partners from the EU Audiovisual Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee have created a tool to promote Gender...[more]
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31.07.2011
WIPO AV Diplomatic Conference to resume in June 2012
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously agreed to reconvene the Diplomatic...[more]
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26.07.2011
FIA gains resumption of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on...
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously approved a recommendation which moves...[more]
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26.06.2011
EuroFIA Conference on Transition Schemes for Dancers
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) is running a project on career transition schemes for dancers in Europe with the...[more]
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25.06.2011
EuroFIA delegates met in Berlin
EuroFIA’s first meeting of 2011 took place in Berlin on the 25th of June. Kindly hosted by our German affiliate Ver.di, the...[more]
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16.04.2011
Executive Committee Meeting in Sydney
The 2011 FIA Executive Committee meeting took place in Sydney on April 16-17 and was hosted by the Actors Equity branch of the...[more]
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10.11.2010
EU Framework of Actions by FIA and other European...
FIA and other social partners from the EU Audiovisual Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee have created a tool to promote Gender...[more]
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16.10.2010
EuroFIA meeting in Amsterdam,
EuroFIA’s Dutch member FNV-KIEM kindly hosted the meeting in Amsterdam. FNV-KIEM opened the meeting by noting that at a time...[more]
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30.09.2010
Sofia Declaration: European social partners in the...
European social partners in the Audiovisual sector gathered in Sofia on September 30th and October 1st of 2010 to draw...[more]
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08.07.2010
Handbook of Good Practices to Combat Gender Stereotypes and...
The FIA “handbook of Good Practices to Combat Gender Stereotypes and Promote Equal Opportunities in Film, Television and Theatre...[more]
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15.03.2010
New European Study highlights dramatic digital piracy trends
A new European Study on Piracy and its impact on the Creative Industries was released last week on the 17th of March. It was...[more]
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27.02.2010
European social partners in the live performance sector...
European social partners in the live performance sector met in Dubrovnik, Croatia on the 26-27 February 2010 to take stock of...[more]
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15.01.2010
EuroFIA Project 2010-2011
Transition Schemes for Dancers: Developing Career Transition and Life-long Learning Schemes to Offer Long-Term Career...[more]
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10.01.2010
Gender Checklist for Theatre – An initiative of the Swedish...
FIA’s recently published "Handbook of Good Practices to Combat Gender Stereotypes and PromoteEqual Opportunities in Film,...[more]
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01.12.2009
FIA calls for the release from Prison of Burmese actor U...
During FIA’s last Executive Committee and EuroFIA meetings, our British affiliate Equity UK reminded the present members the...[more]
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14.11.2009
EuroFIA Meeting in London
The second 2009 EuroFIA meeting was held on the 14th and 15th of November in London, where Equity UK kindly hosted the group’s...[more]
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10.11.2009
FIA’s response to DG INFSO and DG MARKT Reflection Document
DG Information Society and Media and DG Internal Market and Services have recently issued a reflection paper on Creative Content...[more]
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15.09.2009
Guidance and Reference Document for Dancers Working Abroad
The EuroFIA working group on dancers has as its main priority the development of practical tools to support dancers and help to...[more]
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03.09.2009
FIA calls for equal extension of term of protection for all...
The European Commission is planning to extend the term of protection of the intellectual property rights of performers from 50 to...[more]
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09.05.2009
EuroFIA Meeting in Warsaw
The EuroFIA meeting continued on the 9th and the morning of the 10th of May. The meeting was hosted by our Polish affiliate...[more]
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08.05.2009
Meeting of EuroFIA and Collecting Societies in Warsaw
This seminar took place immediately preceding the EuroFIA meeting (see report below). It was a very valuable opportunity to...[more]
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24.02.2009
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Live Performance
The Live Performance Committee deals with any matter related with artistic and literary creation, interpretation, operation of...[more]
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10.02.2009
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Audiovisual
In the Audiovisual committee discussions have focused on televisual activities, artistic activities broadcast by technical means,...[more]
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19.01.2009
FIA-FIM Manifesto on the Status of the Artist
This Manifesto on the Status of the Artist is the outcome of cooperation between the International Federation of Actors (FIA) and...[more]
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15.01.2009
EuroFIA Project 2009-2010
Engendering Change: Strategies to Combat Gender Stereotypes and Promote Equal Opportunities for Performers in Theater, Film and...[more]
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24.10.2008
EuroFIA Meeting in Marrakesh
The EuroFIA group had a meeting in Marrakesh just prior to the FIA Congress. It offered a good opportunity for the group...[more]
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24.10.2008
FIA XIX World Congress in Marrakech
FIA’s 19th Congress recently took place in Marrakech from the 24-27 of October 2008. We were received in Marrakech by our host...[more]
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22.10.2008
FIA-NA joins English-speaking group Meeting in Marrakesh
FIA-NA members took part to this meeting along with other English-speaking members from Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia thanks...[more]
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21.10.2008
AfroFIA Meeting in Marrakesh
The AFRO-FIA group of FIA was well represented at the recent FIA Congress in Marrakesh in October 2008. This was of course the...[more]
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21.10.2008
FIA-LA Meeting in Marrakesh
The FIA-LA group took advantage of the presence of many of its members in Marrakesh for the FIA World Congress in...[more]
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10.10.2008
2008 Report on Gender Portrayal and Employment...
This report is the outcome of FIA's year-long project "Changing Gender Portrayal: Promoting Employment Opportunities for...[more]
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15.09.2008
Gender Portrayal Project Conference in London
This conference took place in the Drill Hall in London on the 15-16 September 2008. This page is intended as a follow-up page...[more]
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04.04.2008
Changing Gender Portrayal Conference in Riga
Changing gender portrayal: Promoting employment opportunities for women in the performing arts This conference took place in...[more]
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03.08.2007
FIA-LA Meeting in Caracas
The last FIA-La meeting took place in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 3 to 5, 2007, pulling together representatives from...[more]
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13.06.2007
Actsafe: recommended health and safety guidelines - Live...
These guidelines are meant as an essential – albeit not exhaustive – checklist for performers, with practical tips they can keep...[more]
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10.06.2007
Actsafe: recommended health and safety guidelines -Film and...
These guidelines are meant as an essential – albeit not exhaustive – checklist for performers, with practical tips they can keep...[more]
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01.06.2007
EuroFIA meeting in Bucharest
The last EuroFIA meeting was held in Bucharest, Romania, on 1-2 June 2007. The group focused on the follow up to the EU green...[more]
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15.01.2007
EuroFIA Project 2007-2008
Changing gender portrayal: Promoting employment opportunities for women in the performing arts[more]
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24.11.2006
EuroFIA Meeting in Ljubljana
The last meeting of the European group of FIA (EuroFIA) was hosted by GLOSA/ZDUS and took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on...[more]
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26.05.2006
EuroFIA Meeting in Zurich
The European group of FIA (EuroFIA) met in Zurich, Switzerland, on 26-27th of May 2006 to discuss EU policies and to review its...[more]
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13.12.2005
New rules to regulate audiovisual media services in the EU
On December 13, 2005, the European Commission released a proposal for a new directive that shall set a level playing field for...[more]
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21.10.2005
FIA Executive Committee meeting in Sydney
The 2005 annual meeting of the FIA Executive Committee was held in Sydney, Australia. Delegates extensively discussed...[more]
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23.09.2005
EuroFIA Meeting in Prague
The last EuroFIA meeting took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 23-25 September 2005. The meeting was attended by FIA...[more]
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10.07.2005
Music copyright: Europe focuses on collecting societies
The European Commission has released a study focusing on the cross-border licensing of authors’ intellectual property rights in...[more]
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25.05.2005
3rd UNESCO Intergovernmental meeting of Experts in Paris
The third UNESCO Intergovernmental meeting of Experts for a new Convention on the protection and promotion of cultural diversity...[more]
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14.05.2005
FIA-NA Meeting in Toronto
The North American group of the International Federation of Actors (FIA-NA) met in Toronto on May 14 and 15, 2005 - gathering...[more]
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09.05.2005
4th International meeting of Cultural Professional...
The Spanish Coalition for Cultural Diversity hosted a meeting of all existing Coalitions to discuss progress on the negotiation...[more]
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11.04.2005
The future of copyright debated at WIPO: FIA upholds the...
FIA has joined other organisations representing industry and talent (film producers, record labels, publishers, musicians,...[more]
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09.03.2005
An overview of the AfroFIA group and its activities
The Afro-FIA group can only meet sporadically, given the very high costs of travelling in the continent and the many obstacles...[more]
