Event Reports
FIA regularly holds several meetings and events such as workshops, conferences, congresses, etc. Some of these activities are of more specific relevance to its regional and linguistic groups. We invite you to select the category of your interest and hear more about upcoming events or find out about previous meetings and read activity reports.
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08.04.2024Event Report: FIA Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity...
As part of its continuous commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion, FIA is organising a series of webinars focusing on...[more]
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21.12.2023EuroFIA Meeting Report – Online November 2023
The EuroFIA group convened for an online meeting on the 16th of November 2023 for an exchange and update on key areas of joint...[more]
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07.07.2023Meeting Report: EuroFIA Tallinn
More photos are available on the FIA Flikr Account On the 27th to the 29th of May this year, the EuroFIA group gathered in...[more]
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07.07.2023Meeting Report: Final Event of the Atypical Work Project,...
For two and half years, FIA and our sister European trade union federations in the Media, Arts and Entertainment sector - FIM,...[more]
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25.01.2023Digital Models – Decent Work, Event Report from Rotterdam,...
FIA, FIM, UNI MEI and the EFJ, the European trade union federations in the Media Arts and Entertainment sector, are engaged in a...[more]
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24.01.2023Meeting Report: Online EuroFIA Group Meeting
The EuroFIA group met online on the 15th of December 2022. The meeting time was dedicated in part to updates on various relevant...[more]
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24.10.2022Performer unions more united than ever - Event report FIA...
All the pictures of the event are available for download on the FIA Flickr Account by clicking here. After more than two years...[more]
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14.09.2022
Meeting Report: EuroFIA Group Meeting, Madrid Spain
It was with great joy that we were able to finally reconvene an in-person meeting of the EuroFIA group, after a two and half year...[more]
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09.02.2022
Meeting report: EuroFIA Online Meeting 14th December 2021
The EuroFIA group convened for an online meeting at the close of 2021. Once again, the group had to meet in a virtual format, as...[more]
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08.01.2021
Meeting Report: First virtual Meeting of the EuroFIA Group,...
In light of the pandemic, the EuroFIA group took the decision to convene in November via an online platform: the first virtual...[more]
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23.10.2020Event report: Joint Webinar on Ethnic Diversity – 14...
In light of the current global fight for racial justice, FIA has decided to organise a series of webinars discussing the...[more]
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21.10.2020First Joint FIA-LA and UNI MEI / Panartes Webinar on...
FIA and UNI MEI brought their regional memberships together to share experience and best practices with respect to ensuring...[more]
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21.01.2020Meeting Report from the EuroFIA Tel Aviv, 20-21 November...
The November Meeting of the EuroFIA in Tel Aviv was hosted by Israeli actors’ Union Shaham and the meeting opened with a warm...[more]
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04.06.2019Capacity building Workshop in Bogota, Colombia - May 2019
From 25 to 28 of May, FIA, UNI MEI and UNI Americas carried out a joint workshop in Bogota to provide targeted capacity...[more]
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17.01.2019FIA-LA and UNI MEI-Panartes joint Regional Seminar,...
Delegates from FIA-LA and from UNI MEI/ PANARTES (the Latin American group of UNI MEI) gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for...[more]
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16.01.2019
Event Report from the EuroFIA Meeting, Rotterdam 7-8...
The EuroFIA group met in Rotterdam on the 7-8th of October 2018, hosted by the Kunstenbond, which is currently the coordinating...[more]
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17.10.2018FIA-NA & English-speaking Group Meeting in Tokyo -...
The FIA-NA & ESG is a regional group composed of FIA affiliates based in North America and the English-speaking unions around...[more]
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05.07.2018Capacity building Workshop in Bogota, Colombia, 4-6 May 2018
In early May FIA, carried-out a three day capacity building training in Bogota in cooperation with UNI MEI and UNI Americas, and...[more]
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04.04.2018Third Seminar of the Dance Futures project, Madrid
The third seminar of our European project Dance Futures took place on the 20/21 of March, in Madrid, Spain. The European meeting...[more]
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17.01.2018FIA-LA and UNI MEI-Panartes joint Steering Meeting and...
A small delegation of FIA-LA and UNI MEI Panartes delegates met in Buenos Aires from 8 to 10 of November 2017 to prepare a...[more]
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10.01.2018FIA-LA Meeting hosted by SAG-AFTRA in Miami
The Latin American delegates of FIA-LA met in Miami, Florida, in early December (4-5 December 2017) for a 2 day meeting kindly...[more]
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09.10.2017Meeting Report from the EuroFIA Group in Warsaw, 27-28th...
The EuroFIA group met for the second time this year in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by Polish affiliates ZASP and ZZAP, who extended a...[more]
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06.10.2017Report from the Dance Passport Meeting
The Dance Passport Meeting took place on September 26th, in Warsaw, Poland. This meeting was organised within the framework of...[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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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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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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28.01.2016Meeting Report: EuroFIA Group, Bled, Slovenia 12-13...
The EuroFIA group met on the 12th of November in the beautiful alpine resort of Bled, Slovenia, kindly hosted by FIA's Slovenian...[more]
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27.01.2016Workshop 3 on Atypical Workers: Improving Social Rights and...
This event was the third workshop of the Atypical Workers project and was on the theme of improving social rights and working...[more]
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01.07.2015EuroFIA 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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03.06.2015FIA Executive Committee in Dublin, 3 June 2015
Documentation updated and completed post-meeting![more]
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06.05.2015Capacity building Workshop in Colombia, Bogota, 6-7 May 2015
In the context of their ongoing LO-TCO financed projects in Latin America, FIA-LA and UNI-MEI Panartes held a 2 days...[more]
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05.12.2014Meeting 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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16.10.2014FIA 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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11.06.2014Solidarity 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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04.04.2014FIA-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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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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14.11.2013EuroFIA 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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30.09.2013Download 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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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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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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28.04.2013FIA-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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13.04.2013Two 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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17.01.2013FIA 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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30.11.2012FIA-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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01.11.2012Read 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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30.09.2012Canadian 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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27.09.201220th 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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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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02.06.2012EuroFIA 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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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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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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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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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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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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24.10.2008
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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24.10.2008FIA 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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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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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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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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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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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]
