Resolutions and Statements
FIA and its regional groups regularly adopt and release resolutions and statements on various subject matters. Below is a list of articles featuring these declarations; We invite you to select a category of your interest to access specific documents.
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29.09.2023FIA issues Declaration of Global Support for Striking...
SAG-AFTRA Press-Release - 29 September 2023 The International Federation of Actors (FIA) executive committee meeting today in...[more]
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29.09.2023FIA Joins ACTRA's Boycott of Union-busting Corporations
ACTRA Presss Release: ACTRA escalates boycott – targeting six multi-national brands[more]
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09.06.2021The 22nd FIA Congress - virtual but no less real!
Exceptionally, and for the first time in its history, the 22nd FIA Congress was held exclusively in virtual mode, from 4 to 7 May...[more]
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08.01.2021Meeting 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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16.11.2020FIA & fellow European organisations join forces to support...
Our organisations, representing authors, screenwriters, directors, actors, crew, producers and members of the film community...[more]
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15.04.2020
Recommendations from the IAEA regarding management of the...
FIM, FIA and UNI MEI have again joined hands to issue a joint recommendation on measures to mitigate the impact of the current...[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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08.03.2018#IWD2018: FIA champions equality every day
Statement from FIA President Ferne Downey[more]
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28.11.2017FIA Executive productively meets in Zagreb
The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Actors met in Zagreb, Croatia, from October 26 to 27, 2017, gathering...[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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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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23.07.2015FIA 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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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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02.03.2015EAEA 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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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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19.09.2014The 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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16.10.2010
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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]
