EuroFIA
EuroFIA is the European group of the International Federation of Actors. It gathers performers’ unions, guilds and professional associations in the EU and the accession countries, with the current exception of Lithuania and Malta, as well as in Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
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08.08.2023Report: Digital Working in the Media, Arts & Entertainment...
Now available to download in English, French and Spanish! In recent years, the Media, Arts, and Entertainment sector has...[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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06.07.2023Free to Access: the New “Green Toolkit Film & TV”
The European social dialogue project "Strengthening capacities of social partners to meet the challenges of environmental...[more]
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28.06.2023Calling for Equality and Safety for Women in Film at Cannes...
Photos Helena Depambour - Marché du Film Film workers’ unions elevated solutions to making the industry more accessible and...[more]
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12.06.2023Media freedom rules vs. the promotion of European...
EuroFIA, along with various other organizations in the audiovisual sector, has jointly signed an open letter to the European...[more]
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29.05.2023EuroFIA Tallinn - 29-31 May 2023
The EuroFIA group will hold its annual in-person meeting in Tallinn this spring, hosted by our Estonian member ENL. We will...[more]
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09.02.2023Joint statement from authors’ and performers’ organisations...
True culture needs originals: Transparency and consent are key to the ethical use of AI [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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24.01.2023
Meeting 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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06.12.2022European Social Dialogue - Live Performance Committee...
The European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Live Performance will convene on December 6th 2022. The draft agenda and...[more]
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02.12.2022
Follow Online! VRdays - Digital Models - Sustainable Work...
The registrations to attend in person have closed, but you can still access a Livestream for this event. You can use this link...[more]
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21.11.2022
European Social Dialogue - Audiovisual Committee Plenary...
The European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Audiovisual will convene on November 21st 2022. The draft agenda and...[more]
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21.10.2022New Legal Blog: Future of Collective Bargaining and...
Have the new European Competition Law Guidelines on Collective Bargaining for self-employed piqued your interest? Would you enjoy...[more]
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21.10.2022New Commission Guidelines remove the Competition Law...
Collective bargaining for self-employed, freelance performers has long been hampered in Europe by the application of European...[more]
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26.09.2022Digital Business Models - Decent work for Creators -...
The European trade union federations in the Media Arts and Entertainment sector are working together to examine the opportunities...[more]
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14.09.2022Meeting 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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29.06.2022
EuroFIA Madrid - June 27-29th
We are pleased to confirm that the next EuroFIA meeting will take place in Madrid from the 27th to the 29th of June 2022. We...[more]
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28.06.2022
EuroFIA Resolution Addressing the Threats of Streamers in...
EuroFIA Meeting, Madrid, 28 June 2022 The European group of the International Federation of Actors (EuroFIA) brings together...[more]
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26.05.2022Green and Sustainable Production in the European...
FIA, together trade union sister federation UNI MEI and employer counterparts CEPI and FIAPF, is currently engaged in a two year...[more]
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04.03.2022Press Release
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2022, Live Performance social partners launch website [more]
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04.03.2022
Launch of the Gender Equality on & Off the Stage Project...
The European Project: ‘Gender Equality on and off the Stage: A Mapping Project of the European Live Performance Sector' ran...[more]
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24.02.2022Joint FIA and UNI MEI Letter of solidarity and support to...
As the appalling aggression against Ukraine and its people rages, FIA and sister organisation UNI MEI wrote a letter of support...[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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09.02.2022Coming Soon! Outcomes of the Gender Equality On & Off the...
FIA, together with Employer Federation Pearle* Live Performance Europe, were the lead partners in our recent European Project:...[more]
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09.02.2022Pandemic Restrictions and Recovery Measures in Europe:...
Over the past turbulent two years, EuroFIA unions have frequently convened to exchange views and experience regarding their...[more]
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16.09.2021Gender Equality Thursday 1 – The Covid-19 Pandemic & its...
As part of the joint EU funded project “Gender Equality on and off the Stage: A Mapping Project of the European Live Performance...[more]
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04.08.2021Autumn Webinar Series: Gender Equality Thursdays - please...
As part of the joint EU funded project “Gender Equality on and off the Stage: A Mapping Project of the European Live Performance...[more]
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04.08.2021Project Reports and Conclusions - Social Dialogue in the...
The European social partners in the Live Performance Sector, who are EAEA (composed of FIA, FIM and UNI MEI) representing the...[more]
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29.06.2021Webinar 3: To distribute or not to distribute is never the...
Online Event: June 29th from 14h00 to 16h00 CEST To attend the webinar, REGISTER HERE The European social partners behind...[more]
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03.06.2021Launch of the NEW Risk Assessment tool for Audiovisual...
FIA is very happy to announce the launch and publication of the new European Online Interactive Risk Assessment Tool (OiRA) for...[more]
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21.01.2021FIA Document: Reflections on the Challenge of Organising...
Inspired by FIA’s recent publication and work on organizing atypical workers, Michael Crosby has written a short document to...[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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06.01.2021Newly Released Private Copying Global Study shows Potential...
CISAC, BIEM and Dutch Society Stichting de Thuiskopie launched a new study 23 November 2020 on private copying systems globally....[more]
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22.12.2020Event Report: Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour...
The representatives of the unions of Central and Eastern Europe taking part in the EU project “Building Social Dialogue in a...[more]
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19.11.2020
Online EuroFIA Meeting, Morning, 19th November 2020
The EuroFIA group of FIA will meet on November 19th 2020 from 10am to 1pm CET (9am to 12am UK/Irl). Due to the current pandemic,...[more]
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16.11.2020
FIA & 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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29.10.2020Private copying levies challenged once again in Europe
The private copying levy is an important achievement in Europe, where it generates fair compensation for rightsholders in many...[more]
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14.10.2020European Social Partners of the Live Performance Sector...
PEARLE*- Live Performance Europe representing over 10 000 organisations and the EAEA - European Arts and Entertainment Alliance,...[more]
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01.10.2020Event Report from the FIA Webinar on the EU DSA...
The recent EU Digital Services Act consultation (closed Sept 8) examined a range of issues regarding the operation of digital...[more]
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09.07.2020RIP Kate Elliott, Freelance Union Trainer in the Atypical...
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the sudden death from illness of Kate Elliott, our freelance union trainer, on...[more]
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06.07.20202020: Handbook on Trade Union Organising in the Media, Arts...
This Handbook on Trade Union Organising is the outcome of a joint project by the four European trade union federations in the...[more]
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04.06.2020Good Practice on Gender Equality and Diversity in the...
The social partners of the EU Social Dialogue Committee in the Audiovisual sector - including commercial and public broadcasters,...[more]
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17.04.2020Event Report from the Conference “Organising and Bargaining...
This conference, hosted by Irish Equity & SIPTU in Dublin, took place in mid-February of this year in the charming and...[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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07.04.2020
New EU Project ‘Gender Equality on and off the Stage’ &...
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new EU-funded project called ‘Gender Equality on and off the Stage: A Mapping...[more]
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06.04.2020COVID19 Crisis: FIA supports the #saveEUculture campaign
The Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) all over Europe are hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live events and performances...[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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20.01.2020Copyright review winds now blowing towards the EU member...
The final adoption of directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has shifted the pressure onto the EU member...[more]
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15.01.2020Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Third...
The third study visit of the EU project "Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Peer-learning and Capacity...[more]
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16.12.2019Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market -...
The EU project "Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Peer-learning and Capacity building for Central and...[more]
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25.10.2019European Social Partners in the Live Performance Sector...
The annual plenary session of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Live Performance took place on the 10th of October 2019....[more]
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22.10.2019Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market:...
The second study visit of the EU project "Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Peer-learning and Capacity...[more]
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22.10.2019
A new transition scheme for dancers in Belgium: Konvertigo
About a year after the end of the EU project "Dance Futures: Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting...[more]
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28.08.2019RIP Dermot Doolan, Former FIA Vice-President
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of FIA’s former Vice-President Dermot Doolan last weekend following a period...[more]
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19.07.2019Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: First...
The first study visit of the EU project “Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Peer-learning and Capacity...[more]
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12.07.2019FIA Survey on Circus Artists
Following up on Motion 11 of the 21st FIA Congress about circus performers, approved in São Paulo, in 2016, the FIA Secretariat...[more]
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09.07.2019Meeting Report from the EuroFIA Hamburg: June 11th-13th 2019
The EuroFIA group was received in Hamburg by its four German affiliates: GDBA; VdO; BFFS and ver.di who extended a warm welcome...[more]
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13.06.2019
Register Now! EuroFIA Group Meeting and Meeting with CMOs...
This meeting has been scheduled from the 11th to 13th of June as follows: 11th June: Half Day EuroFIA Meeting 12th June:...[more]
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25.04.2019
The Challenges of SVOD - One day FIA seminar in the EESC...
Following the EuroFIA SVOD Panel in Rotterdam, the working group of EuroFIA members on SVOD was convened and decided it would be...[more]
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09.04.2019On copyright… and democracy
March 26, 2019, will be a date to remember. Not only because it delivered a long awaited, much needed - and bitterly...[more]
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05.04.2019April 2019: New Publications Series from Creative Skills...
Since 2011, the European Social Partners in the Live Performance and Audiovisual sectors have been committed to working...[more]
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27.03.2019Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: First...
The first meeting of the EU project "Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Peer-learning and Capacity...[more]
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28.02.2019Ongoing Study on Gender Equality and Diversity in the EU...
Daphne Tepper (right) presenting the study at the EuroFIA meeting in Brussels (June 2018) In 2011, the European social partners...[more]
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17.01.2019EU member states agree ecodesign rules for lighting,...
EU member states have reached agreement on the updated eco-design rules to be applied to lighting in the EU. The important...[more]
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17.01.2019FIA warmly welcomes the Council of Europe recognition of...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a decision in December that constitutes an important recognition of...[more]
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17.01.2019Reaching the Full Potential of Social Dialogue for Atypical...
The joint FIA, FIM, UNI MEI and EFJ project on atypical work and social dialogue in our sector is reaching the end of its first...[more]
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17.01.2019Meeting report: Final Event of the Dance Futures Project
The final event of the Dance Futures project took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on the 6th of November 2018. This event...[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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13.12.2018European Social Partners adopt Joint Statements on the...
The European Sectoral Social partners in the Live Performance and Audiovisual Sectors have adopted joint statements warning of...[more]
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10.12.2018
Joint statement: The EU urgently needs remuneration rules...
Proposed by the European Parliament and backed by a large majority of its members on 12 September, the opening provision in...[more]
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07.11.2018
EuroFIA Group: November 7-8 2018, Rotterdam - Documents and...
The next meeting of the EuroFIA group will take place in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, with the support of our Dutch affiliate...[more]
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05.11.2018Launch of the Dance Passport: A Union Solidarity Network...
ROTTERDAM, 6 November 2018: the International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its European members representing dancers launch the...[more]
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30.10.2018Organising Forum: Approaches to Union Organising of...
As part of our joint project "Reaching the Potential of Social Dialogue for All Workers: Organising and Representing...[more]
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26.10.2018New Publication: Trade Unions Protecting Self-employed...
For the past two years, FIA has been actively involved in the ETUC project “New Trade Union Strategies for New Forms of Work”,...[more]
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23.07.2018
Copyright review still raging in the EU
After a strenuous fight, the Legal Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament finally approved its long-awaited report, amending...[more]
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11.07.2018
Two Joint Positions from the European Live Performance...
The European Sectoral Social Partners in the Live Performance Sector, constituted by Pearle* Live Performance Europe on the...[more]
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05.07.2018Event Report: EuroFIA Meeting - 5-7 June 2018, Brussels
The EuroFIA group met in Brussels, Belgium on the 5-7 of June 2018. We are grateful to the European Economic and Social Council...[more]
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07.06.2018Can performers get a fair deal in the digital age? -...
“Closing the real value gap for performers means introducing an unwaivable remuneration right for on-demand use.” — Murray...[more]
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11.04.2018European Project: Reaching the Full Potential of Social...
For several years, EuroFIA has been working intensively around the theme of labour market change and the shift to increasingly...[more]
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10.04.2018FIA Sends a Renewed Call for Collective Bargaining in Greek...
In response to a request from Greek affiliate Hellenic Actors Union (HAU) in March 2018, FIA extended its full support to their...[more]
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09.04.2018
EU reforms: the clock is ticking!
Time is running alarmingly short and the pressure to complete several ambitious reforms in the EU is increasing exponentially. In...[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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20.03.2018
Seminar: Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for...
The is the third and last seminar of the project "Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting...[more]
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30.01.2018
Third meeting of the Dance Futures steering group,...
The steering committee of the project "Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting Sustainable...[more]
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19.01.2018
Copyright reform and new broadcasting rules in the EU: the...
At the outset of the last year before parliamentary elections and a new Commission, two key reforms are crawling forward. Whether...[more]
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19.01.2018Life Off-Stage: A Survival Guide for Artists and Cultural...
There is a wealth of resources available, both online and offline, to inform, advise and support artists and cultural...[more]
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11.01.2018The European Pillar of Social Rights: FIA responds to the...
Since launching the broad policy package called the “European Pillar of Social Rights” in April of last year, the Commission has...[more]
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10.10.2017Contested Labour Law Reforms and Attacks on Workers' Rights...
Last month, thousands of protesters marched in France against President Emmanuel Macron's contested labour law reforms and their...[more]
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10.10.2017
FIA Warmly Welcomes the new Council of Europe...
An inter-governmental organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights...[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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26.09.2017
Dance Passport & EuroFIA meetings, Warsaw, 26-28 September
The next EuroFIA meeting will take place from the 26th to the 28th of September 2017 in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by FIA members...[more]
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17.07.2017Irish Equity wins legislation to recommence collective...
On 31 May 2017, the Irish Parliament adopted the Competition Amendment Bill, which aims to introduce exemptions from...[more]
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13.07.2017
The European Pillar of Social Rights: FIA responds to the...
On the 26th of April 2017, the European Commission released a policy package on the long-awaited European Pillar of Social...[more]
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26.06.2017
EU Copyright review: in the heat of the action
Two comprehensive legislative initiatives are entering their most critical stage in Europe, with both the European Parliament and...[more]
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26.06.2017
Cross-border portability of online content services now...
The regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market was finally approved on June 8....[more]
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20.06.2017Dance Futures: Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers –...
The second seminar of our European project “Dance Futures: Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting Sustainable...[more]
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24.04.2017
Copyright review in the EU
Despite the chilly days in Brussels, European copyright reform is the subject of a roasting debate. Two initiatives by the...[more]
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21.04.2017New Phase of the Creative Skills Europe Project
Based on the lessons learned and recommendations developed in their previous project work on Skills development in the...[more]
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20.04.2017Dance Futures: Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers –...
The first working seminar of our new European project “Dance Futures: Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting...[more]
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04.04.20172017 Meeting of the EuroFIA Group and European CMOs, April...
The annual meeting between the EuroFIA Group and European CMOS representing Audiovisual performers will take place in Copenhagen...[more]
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22.03.2017
Seminar: Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for...
The is the first seminar of the project "Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting Sustainable...[more]
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07.02.2017
EuroFIA group meeting & meeting with CMOs, Copenhagen
The next meeting of the EuroFIA group will take place in Copenhagen from the 4th to the 6th of April, with certain working groups...[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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21.12.20162016 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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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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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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24.06.2016EuroFIA Meeting, Lisbon 22-24 June, 2016 - Documents...
The next meeting of the EuroFIA group is scheduled in Lisbon in June. We will also have a one-day meeting with European CMOs...[more]
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15.06.2016
Closing Conference of the OIRA project for Live...
The OIRA project by the European Social partners will round off with a closing event taking place in Athens on the 15 and 16th of...[more]
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07.04.2016Reaching Out to Atypical Workers - Workshop 4, 7-8 April,...
The last in the series of 4 workshops will take place in Rome on the 7 and 8th of April, 2016. This final workshop will look at...[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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28.01.2016
OIRA: 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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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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26.01.2016Reaching out to Atypical Workers: Workshop 3, 26-27...
2016 will get off to a positive start for the Atypical Workers Project with the next project workshop taking place in Ljubljana...[more]
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19.01.2016
Pack 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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13.11.2015
Annual Meeting of the EuroFIA Group and Audiovisual...
The annual EuroFIA and Collecting Societies Meeting will take place on the 13th of November in the beautiful alpine resort of...[more]
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23.10.2015European Casting Call for European Actors who are Ultra...
Are you up to the challenge of Europe 2016 (Wide Gazing Broad Horizon)? This Greek cultural and athletic project will involve...[more]
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21.09.2015Launch 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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21.09.2015Collective 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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08.09.2015Workshop Two on Collective Bargaining for Atypical Workers,...
The second workshop of the "Reaching out to Atypical Workers" project is scheduled to take place in Dublin on September...[more]
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03.09.2015Council 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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29.07.2015The 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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28.07.2015New 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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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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02.06.2015
Next Meeting of the EuroFIA Group: Dublin, June 2nd 2015
The EuroFIA group will hold its next meeting immediately prior to the FIA World Live Performance Conference. It will take place...[more]
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20.05.2015
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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08.05.2015EU 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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07.05.2015Fair 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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29.04.2015First meeting of the European Skills Council for the Live...
FIA, together with the other social partners in the Live Performance and Audiovisual Sectors, is pleased to announce the first...[more]
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27.04.2015Workshop 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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16.04.2015Three 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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10.03.2015Dark 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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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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20.02.2015European 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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20.02.2015Reaching 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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20.02.2015Creation 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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20.02.2015Hope 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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15.12.2014European 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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05.12.2014Meeting 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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07.11.2014
Next EuroFIA Meeting will be held in Budapest, 7-8 November...
The EuroFIA group will meet in Budapest on the 7th and 8th of November, hosted by our Hungarian member SDS - Színházi...[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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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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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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15.05.2014EuroFIA 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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]
