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EuroFIA meeting and forum of exchange with collecting societies in Istanbul on June 1 - 3

The European group of FIA will meet with collecting societies on June 1st in Istanbul. CASOD, FIA’s Turkish affiliate, will be hosting this fourth annual forum of exchange between European performers’ unions and collecting societies. Read more about the meeting’s content.

VIDEO General Secretary of FIA advocates for performers’ rights at European Commission’s conference on the review of the IPR Enforcement Directive

The General Secretary of FIA, Dominick Luquer, recently spoke at a conference organised by the European Commission and focused on the review of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (DIR 2004/48/EC). He reminded participants that piracy strongly damages audiovisual performers’ employment opportunities and income. He also shared some suggestions on how to improve the Directive to meet the challenges of commercial scale, online piracy. Read more and watch the video of the speech.

FIA 2012 Congress microsite is now open

The FIA Congress website is now open for you to register! Log in with the password you were sent by e-mail and confirm your participation to this major event of the federation, which will be held in Toronto from 27th to 30th of September, 2012. Read more about the FIA Congress in our meetings section.

SAG and AFTRA merger approved

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), two of FIA’s American members, have merged on Friday 30th of March after an impressive 82% and 86% of their respective voting members showed their massive approval.

FIA 2012 Congress will be held in Toronto from 27th to 30th September, 2012

The preparation of FIA’s 2012 Congress is well underway, with Canadian members ACTRA, CAEA and UDA already well-advanced in their hard work to host this major event of the Federation. Click here to read more about the first steps leading towards the 2012 FIA Congress.

FIA gains resumption of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on audiovisual performances

The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously approved a recommendation which moves to resume the suspended Diplomatic Conference of 2000, in order to conclude the negotiation of an International Treaty on the protection of Audiovisual Performances.

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 and Spanish. It is a resource on existing schemes, as well as a rich source of input where the creation of a new scheme is being examined. Soon to be available in Russian!

EuroFIA Delegates met in Berlin on June 25th, 2011

EuroFIA’s first meeting of 2011 took place in Berlin on the 25th of June. Kindly hosted by our German affiliate Ver.di, the meeting brought EuroFIA members together to discuss and reflect on several issues of concern for performers and their unions.

2011 Executive Committee Meeting in Sydney, April 16th and 17th

The 2011 FIA Executive Committee meeting took place in Sydney on April 16-17 and was kindly hosted by the Actors Equity branch of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance in Australia. Read more about the issues that were discussed.

EuroFIA adopts emergency motion in support of FNV-KIEM and the Dutch cultural sector, Berlin 25th June

At its meeting in Berlin on the 25th of June, the EuroFIA group adopted an emergency motion of support for its Dutch member and the cultural sector in the Netherlands, in light of the short-sighted cuts that threaten to fundamentally damage and weaken the Dutch cultural sector.

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