secretary general report to the 19th fia world congress marrakesh – 24-27 october 2008

Secretary General Report to the 19th FIA World Congress

Marrakesh – 24-27 October 2008

24 - 27th October 2008

FIA 19th World CongressMarrakesh

Introduction The Secretary General Report is intended to give an

overview of the work of the past four years since the Budapest Congress:• How the goals set at the last Congress have been approached• Progress made - work still needed

This Presentation will Offer an overview of some of the key areas of the report; Provide some background for our reflection over the days

ahead of us.



Practical Issues

Staff and Division of Tasks• Three full time staff members - based in London and

Brussels• Not easy to carry out the many tasks FIA has and

meet the aspirations of the members Finances

• Healthy overall but no place for complacency• We will return to this discussion on Monday



Communication and Membership

Membership:• Has remained relatively stable, though with a slight downward

fluctuation• Important for FIA to continue to find ways to be relevant and

offer a service to its members Communication:

• New website, magazine, information on collective agreements• Information flow from members to FIA also vitally important.



Relationships with other Bodies

Sister Federations: together form the IAEA• Internation Federation of Musicians (FIM)• International Federation of technicians, directors etc UNI-

MEI Collecting Societies

• Regularly support the activities of FIA have facilitated many of its projects

• Occasional tensions - planned meeting with collecting societies in 2009



Intergovernmental Organisations

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) The World Intellectual Property Organisation

(WIPO) Council of Europe Commonwealth Foundation and the

Organisation Internationale pour la Francophonie (exploring new funding streams)



Key themes of FIA’s work Intellectual property

• WIPO and AV treaty• Private Copying• Extension of the Term of Copyright Protection• Council of Europe and Broadcasters

Health and Safety• FIA Guidelines

Cultural Diversity• Working group did not materialise as matters moved very fast• FIA participates in the Intergovernmental Committee meeting in

Paris



Additional Key Themes

Social Dialogue• European committees - live performance and

audiovisual Equal Opportunities

• Ongoing gender portrayal project Co-productions Mobility and Status of the Artist New Technologies - Wiki



Cooperation and Development

Aim to help performers in developing countries to develop better collective organisation

Funding is key - FIA’s own resources do not cover this work

FIA was not successful in financing work in Africa and the former Soviet Union countries since the last Congress.



Cooperation and Development

Latin America• Series of regional workshops on yearly basis. Remain

somewhat isolated events• Need to redevelop the approach there to make working more

effective Asia

• Also a series of workshops - with a view to developing presence, visbility and membership

• Meetings successful but outcomes weak in terms of new members or greatly improved contact.



Cooperation and development

Africa• No funds for a regional meeting• Twinning agreement ORUUANO Namibia and CAEA

Canada Eastern Europe and former Soviet States

• Significant EU funding to develop social dialogue in the new member states

• Lack of funding for CIS countries, but fact-finding mission carried out.

secretary general report to the 19th fia world congress marrakesh – 24-27 october 2008

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