Projects
Every year, FIA is actively involved in various projects dealing with issues that our members find most relevant. Previous fields of initiative have included, for instance, trade union development, the free movement of dancers, social dialogue, gender equality, intellectual property and more. Funding for these projects is keenly sought after by the Secretariat and often originates from external sources, e.g. the European Commission, national Trade Union Centres, international governmental organisations or performers' collecting management organisations.
Wherever possible, these projects are run together with sister federations such as the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) or Union Network International – Media, Entertainment and Arts (UNI-MEI) for cost-effective reasons and in order to maximise results.
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21.01.2021
FIA 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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22.12.2020
Event 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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14.10.2020
European 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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01.10.2020
Event 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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09.07.2020
RIP 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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06.07.2020
2020: 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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04.06.2020
Good 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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17.04.2020
Event 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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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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15.01.2020
Building 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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25.10.2019
European 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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22.10.2019
Building 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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11.10.2019
Annual 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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19.07.2019
Building 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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12.07.2019
FIA 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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09.07.2019
FIA 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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05.04.2019
April 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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27.03.2019
Building 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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28.01.2019
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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17.01.2019
EU 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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17.01.2019
FIA 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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17.01.2019
Reaching 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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13.12.2018
European 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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30.10.2018
Organising 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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26.10.2018
A 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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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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11.04.2018
European 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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10.04.2018
FIA 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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04.04.2018
Third 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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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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11.01.2018
The 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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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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30.11.2017
Career 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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06.10.2017
Report 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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17.07.2017
Irish 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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20.06.2017
Dance 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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21.04.2017
New 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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20.04.2017
Dance 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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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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22.12.2016
The 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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21.12.2016
Dance 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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21.12.2016
Atypical 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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21.12.2016
2016 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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21.10.2016
FIA 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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09.09.2016
Meeting 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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28.07.2016
Report 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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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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04.04.2016
To 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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12.02.2016
Giant 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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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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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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21.09.2015
Launch of the Live Performance OIRA Tools - 17 September,...
On the 17th of September, the European social partners of the live performance sector launched two online interactive tools to...[more]
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21.09.2015
Collective Bargaining for Atypical Workers: Report from...
Trade Unions from across Europe, representing workers in the media and culture sectors, have demanded urgent action at European...[more]
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29.04.2015
First 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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20.02.2015
European Risk Assessment Tool for the Live Performance...
Through their joint project-based work since 2012, the European social partners in the Live Performance sector (Pearle* for the...[more]
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20.02.2015
Creation of a European Skills Council for the Live...
Through a successful application for funding to the European Commission, the European social partners (including FIA on the trade...[more]
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20.02.2015
Hope for Greek Public Broadcaster ERT in a Climate of...
The world was shocked by the unprecedented black-out of the Greek Public Service Broadcaster ERT on the 11th of June 2013....[more]
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14.05.2014
Culture and media employers and workers successfully...
From the outset, employers and workers representatives crossed swords and made their respective stands very clear at the ILO...[more]
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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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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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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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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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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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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]