Events Archive
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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19.05.2023FIA, UNI MEI, SFA & SAG-AFTRA Event at Cannes Film...
Palais Stage, Cannes, at 9.30am on May 19th FIA is pleased to invite you to this event, co-organised by FIA, UNI-MEI,...[more]
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18.04.2023The equitable remuneration of performers in subscription...
Subscription video on demand (SVOD) is revolutionising the audiovisual industry, with important implications for the...[more]
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06.04.2023FIA proudly supports American Actors’ Equity
The International Federation of Actors and its affiliates around the world pledge solidarity and support to American Actors’...[more]
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17.03.2023Artificial Intelligence and human talent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous, and its use, powered by ever-more sophisticated algorithms, is spreading rapidly. In...[more]
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06.03.2023Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee Audiovisual - Monday 6th...
The European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Audiovisual will convene on Monday 6 March 2023 from 9:30 to 13:00. This...[more]
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03.03.2023
Sectoral Social Dialogue Live Performance
The European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Live Performance will convene on Friday March 3rd 2023. The draft agenda and...[more]
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23.02.2023Unions at ILO: Securing decent work in arts & entertainment
ILO meeting lays foundation for better arts & entertainment jobs globally[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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26.01.2023The future of work in the arts and entertainment sector...
For many years, our sector has been neglected within the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and has not been able to...[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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24.01.2023Konvertigo: A New Belgian Transition Scheme for Dancers,...
Conducted by FIA with the support of IOTPD, the International Organisation or the Transition of Professional Dancers, from 2016...[more]
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22.12.2022Free Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti !
Actress Taraneh Alidoosti during a photo call for the film 'The Salesman' at the 69th international Cannes Film Festival on May...[more]
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15.12.2022Update: Recommended Health and Safety Guidelines
In 2007, the FIA Secretariat published the Recommended Health and Safety Guidelines under the title ‘Act Safe’ in two different...[more]
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06.12.2022
European 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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20.10.2022FIA's Future is Now!
The FIA Youth Group is finally taking shape! With the FIA Executive Committee taking place in London and hosted by Equity UK,...[more]
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20.10.2022FIA Global Diversity Working Group Meeting in London – 1...
The FIA Global Diversity Working group (GDWG) is a thematic working group created during FIA’s 2016 Congress held in Sao Paolo,...[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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30.05.2022Second FIA Webinar on Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity
As part of its deep and ongoing commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion, FIA undertook in 2020 to organise a series of...[more]
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27.05.2022Third global meeting of FIA’s live performance unions - 21...
There hardly is a country in the world with no theatre or live shows, and most FIA affiliates have grown a solid jurisdiction in...[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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25.03.2022Violence and Harassment in the Workplace in the Audiovisual...
In July 2021, the regional groups of the International Federation of Actors (FIA-LA) and the Media, Entertainment & Arts...[more]
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18.03.2022Launch of the 'Survey on violence and harassment in the...
On March 18th, FIA and UNI MEI will be organising a brief online event to publicly launch the final report and campaign on...[more]
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18.03.2022Most Latin American Actors Face Violence and Harassment,...
Almost 90 percent of surveyed film, TV and stage performers have experienced workplace discrimination, says a new report.[more]
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18.03.2022Almost 90% of Performers Have Experienced Violence,...
Online Article by K.J. Yossman Almost 90% of workers in the audiovisual and performing arts industries in Latin America,...[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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23.02.2022Regional Survey on Violence and Harassment in the Workplace...
In July 2021, the regional groups of the International Federation of Actors (FIA-LA) and the...[more]
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23.02.2022
FIA Webinar on Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity,...
The second FIA Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity Webinar will take place on February 23 2022, from 5 pm to 6:30 pm...[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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03.02.2022New Developments in FIA’s Work on Global Diversity
Diversity is a key part of what makes the audiovisual and live performance sectors so rich and creative. Ensuring equal access...[more]
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07.10.2021Gender Equality Thursday 2 – Addressing Bias and combatting...
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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16.09.2021
Gender 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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16.08.2021FIA-LA and Panartes launch survey on violence and...
The Latin American groups of FIA (FIA-LA) and UNI MEI (Panartes - UNI Americas) and their affiliates launched an online...[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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08.03.2021International Women's Day Statement from FIA President...
A global pandemic has changed everything – including our sense of security and hopefulness. On this IWD 2021, we are confronted...[more]
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29.01.2021
International webinar on the ratification of the WIPO...
FIA continues to promote the ratification of the WIPO Beijing Treaty by countries around the world, with a view to setting a new...[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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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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16.12.2020Freedom of Expression - The State of Play for Queer Artists
Freemuse, the international network advocating for freedom of artistic expression and cultural diversity recently published its...[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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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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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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08.07.2020
FIA, UNI MEI and FIM teamwork on post Covid-19 return to...
In the context of the Covid-19 crisis and its devastating effect on the media and entertainment industry, FIA and sister...[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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17.04.2020April 28, 2020 – a historic day for audiovisual performers
On the 24th of June 2012, most countries of the world unanimously adopted what, to date, remains the latest multilateral treaty...[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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06.03.2020Happy International Women’s Day 2020: A message from FIA...
Happy International Women’s Day 2020. “50/50 in 2020” is a shared target many use to aim for representation – on screens, on...[more]
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11.02.2020
Final Conference of the EU project “Reaching the Full...
As the four trade union federations spanning the Media, Arts and...[more]
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31.01.2020FIA Manual on Combatting Sexual Harassment
The new manual - Resources, Inspiration and Recommended Practices among Performer Unions for Combatting Sexual Harassment -...[more]
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20.01.2020FIA-LA and UNI MEI-Panartes joint Regional Seminar, Mexico...
Over 50 trade union leaders from FIA and UNI MEI gathered in November in Mexico City for a joint regional capacity building...[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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16.12.2019
Building 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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30.10.2019
The WIPO Beijing Treaty: a successful road from tale to...
Few performers in the FIA community are yet to hear of the WIPO Beijing Treaty, the new kid on the block in the international...[more]
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25.10.2019Lack of Protection for Freelance Performers from Bullying...
In May 2019, a new harassment law was made in Japan, but only company employees are protected by it. It doesn’t apply to...[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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23.10.2019
Global Diversity Working Group Meeting in Vancouver – 2...
The FIA Global Diversity Working group (GDWG) is a thematic working group created during FIA’s 2016 Congress held in Sao Paolo,...[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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11.10.2019Annual Plenary Session of the Sectoral Social Dialogue...
The annual Plenary Session of the sectoral social dialogue committee on Audiovisual will take place on the 11th of October 2019...[more]
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10.10.2019
Annual Plenary Session of the Sectoral Social Dialogue...
The annual plenary session of the sectoral social dialogue committee on Live Performance will take place on the 10th of October...[more]
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19.07.2019Event report: Workshop on the social protection of arts...
Over forty people attended the workshop organized by the Moroccan performers’ union (SMPAD - Syndicat Marocain des Professionnels...[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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09.07.2019FIA Warmly Welcomes the new ILO Convention on Violence and...
The Centenary Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) ended on June 21st with the adoption of a...[more]
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15.04.2019Towards the finish line! A Call on World IP day for the...
Every year, on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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09.04.2019South Africa and copyright
South Africa has a vibrant music and audiovisual industry. It is a recognised hub for international productions seeking to shoot...[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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01.03.2019
#UnionsforEquality : FIA celebrates International Women’s...
March 8th marks the annual celebration of International Women’s Day. Originating in 1911, the event is dedicated to celebrating...[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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29.01.2019
New ILO Study: Challenges and opportunities for decent work...
The present study examines employment in culture and media in 16 countries, from four regions, and covering the very diverse...[more]
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28.01.2019
First meeting of the European project 'Building Social...
The first meeting of the European project "Building Social Dialogue in a Changing Labour Market: Peer-learning and Capacity...[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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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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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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26.10.2018A Path Opens in New Zealand to the Restoration of...
FIA members remember with great clarity the furore that surrounded the 2010 ‘Hobbit Law’ in New Zealand, passed in haste to...[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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25.10.2018Sexual Harassment Working Group Meeting in Tokyo – 24...
The FIA Sexual Harassment Working group (SHWG) is a thematic working group created during FIA’s 2017 Executive Committee meeting...[more]
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24.10.2018Tackling Sexual Harassment: a look at Equity UK’s strategy...
“Enough is enough!” was the message emerging from FIA when issuing its unanimously approved Declaration on Sexual Harassment,...[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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10.07.2018
ILO Survey on Sexual Harassment in the Entertainment...
Together with the International Labour Organisation, the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (the Global Union...[more]
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09.07.2018
UNESCO Global Survey on Status of the Artist
FIA invites its members to participate in UNESCO online survey on the implementation of the Recommendation concerning the Status...[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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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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11.04.2018Celebrating creative women and calling for the ratification...
Every year, on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property...[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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10.04.2018Combatting Sexual Harassment: New FIA Resource Section
As FIA President Ferne Downey noted on International Women’s Day this year: “There’s something in the air – it’s the powerful...[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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09.04.2018The WIPO Beijing Treaty: so near, and yet so far
After more than 20 years of stubborn lobbying and campaigning, one might have expected the ratification of the unanimously...[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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08.03.2018#IWD2018: FIA champions equality every day
Statement from FIA President Ferne Downey[more]
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23.02.2018
Sectoral Social Dialogue Commitee Audiovisual, 23rd...
The next meeting of the sectoral social dialogue committee on Audiovisual will take place on the 23rd of February 2018 in...[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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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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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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10.01.2018
FIA expresses grave concern regarding the situation of...
On December 18th, during the massive demonstrations to protest the pension reform plan in Argentina, the actor and activist...[more]
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15.12.2017
Plenary Session of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee...
The annual plenary session of the sectoral social dialogue committee on Live Performance will take place on the 15th of December,...[more]
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30.11.2017Career Management for Skills Development - 2nd Thematic...
The second thematic workshop of the Creative Skills Europe project will take place on Thursday 30 November and Friday 1 December...[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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26.10.2017SAG-AFTRA Obtains International Support for Anti-Harassment...
By Dave McNary SAG-AFTRA has obtained a declaration from the International Federation of Actors urging the industry to...[more]
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26.10.2017
FIA Declaration on sexual harassment - DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD/...
International Actors Org Adopts SAG-AFTRA Declaration On Sexual Harassment[more]
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26.10.2017Enough is enough! FIA calls for an end to the scourge of...
Zagreb, Croatia, 26 October 2017 – The International Federation of Actors (FIA) Executive Committee unanimously approves a...[more]
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11.10.2017The WIPO Beijing treaty ratification: past the turning...
The WIPO Beijing Treaty must be ratified or acceded by at least 30 countries in order to enter into force and become a binding...[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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10.10.2017Breakthrough for the dubbing sector in Hungary: royalties...
For many performers, as FIA members know all too well, the consent given to the incorporation of their performance into an...[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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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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28.07.2017Sixteenth ratification and an ongoing worldwide campaign...
The WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP) is a multilateral treaty acknowledging for the first time the...[more]
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20.07.2017Ending violence and harassment against women and men in the...
Violence and harassment in the workplace has an impact not only on workers and employers, but also on their families,...[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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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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26.06.2017Civil society gets it all together at 2005 UNESCO Convention
The UNESCO 2005 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions is perhaps the only...[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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18.05.2017
Seminar: Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for...
This is the second working seminar of the project "Dance Futures - Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting...[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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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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10.03.2017
Sectoral Social Dialogue Commitee Audiovisual, 10th March...
The next meeting of the sectoral social dialogue committee on Audiovisual will take place on the 10th March 2017 in Brussels....[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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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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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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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 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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28.07.2016WIPO 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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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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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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09.05.2016WIPO 32nd SCCR meeting
The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is where member States meet to advance the WIPO political agenda in their...[more]
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20.04.2016
WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market
The creative content economy has seen radical change to access and business models for more than a decade. The tensions between...[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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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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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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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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26.01.2016
Reaching 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
Latest 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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19.01.2016
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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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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11.12.2015
Plenary Session of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue...
The Social Partners of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Live Performance will hold their 2015 plenary session at the...[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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30.10.2015Adoption 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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29.10.2015National 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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19.10.2015
Sectoral Social Dialogue Commitee Audiovisual, 19 October...
The next meeting of the sectoral social dialogue committee on Audiovisual will take place on the 19th of October in Brussels....[more]
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16.10.20151980 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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13.10.2015Promoting 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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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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04.09.2015FIA 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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03.09.2015Council 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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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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09.07.2015Chile 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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20.05.2015Update: 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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08.05.2015EU 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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05.05.2015Promoting 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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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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26.04.2015Celebrating creativity on World IP Day 2015
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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26.04.2015Celebrating 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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16.04.2015Three 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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10.04.2015ILO 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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10.03.2015Dark 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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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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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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02.12.2014
AEPO-ARTIS Annual Conference in Brussels, 2 December 2014
AEPO-ARTIS is the European umbrella organisation representing performer collective management organisations. Every year,...[more]
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01.12.2014The 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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15.10.2014How 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
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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07.10.2014
ILO Advisory Body Meeting in Geneva, 7 October 2014
The ILO Advisory Body is a tripartite entity meeting several times a year to agree on sectoral proposals to be submitted to the...[more]
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22.09.2014
WIPO General Assembly in Geneva, 22-30 September 2014
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a UN agency serving as a global forum for intellectual property services,...[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 will take part in next ALAI Congress focusing on Moral...
ALAI is an independent organisation studying and discussing legal issues arising in connection with the protection of the...[more]
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17.09.2014FIA 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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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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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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14.05.2014Culture 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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26.04.2014WIPO 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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11.02.2014FIA 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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10.02.2014The 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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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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02.10.2013FIA 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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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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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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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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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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26.06.2012The 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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21.06.2012Main 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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16.04.2012SAG-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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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15.01.2007
EuroFIA Project 2007-2008
Changing gender portrayal: Promoting employment opportunities for women in the performing arts[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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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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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]
