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Cooperation agreement signed between WIPO, FIM and FIA
21/09/2009
For many years now, FIM has been a respected player in WIPO, with a legitimate, well-established role there, as in other international bodies. More recently, the regional activity programmes engaged by FIM in Latin America and Africa, as well as that developed in Asia in association with FIA between 2004 and 2007 have been increasingly backed by WIPO from a technical point of view. For their part, at WIPO’s request, federations contribute to conferences and seminars which the former organises at regional or national level. At the various WIPO committee meetings addressing the issues of copyright and related rights, they also express performers’ points of view and make their voice heard where member states are concerned.
Cooperation is now about to enter a more formal phase with the signing, in September 2009, of a Memorandum of Understanding between WIPO, FIM and FIA. This important stage recognizes the federations’ expertise, the value of work accomplished and the need to jointly address the challenges which creators today have to face.
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FIM will be organising the first international orchestra conference from the 7 to 9 April 2008 in Berlin
13/07/2007
From the 7 to 9 April 2008, FIM will be organising the very first International Orchestra Conference in Berlin. This event of worldwide importance is the first in its kind and represents a unique opportunity for exchange and dialogue for musicians from all types and sizes of orchestras ? symphony or opera orchestras, chamber orchestras and instrumental ensembles.
For the first time, orchestra musicians from all over the world will have the opportunity to share their experiences, which will help them identify together the best way to meet the many challenges facing them.
In particular, the conference will address the issue of the future of the performing arts, the challenges of the new media, contractual practices, working conditions and the career paths of orchestra musicians or the place of orchestras in society.
This event benefits from the backing of several unions including DOV (Germany), ver.di (Germany), MFO (Norway) and collecting societies OESTIG (Austria) and GVL (Germany).
International Orchestra Conference webpage: http://www.fim-musicians.com/ioc_en/home.html
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Demise of ANACIMM President, Ali Zibo
03/07/2007
We were sad to learn of the demise of our colleague and friend Ali Zibo, on the 3 July in Niamey, Niger after a long illness.
Ali Zibo, who was President of the National Association for Songwriters and Performers of Modern Music, was first and foremost a great musician. He was considered by his peers as one of the pioneers of modern Niger music. He was always a fervent defender of musicians' rights in his country.
With his passing, the FIM African Committee loses one of its most loyal companions who was also a strong and endearing personality. We shall all miss his humour and good spirits.
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Unesco: First conference of States Parties to the UNESCO Convention for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions (Paris, 18-20 June 2007)
28/06/2007
The first conference of states parties to the UNESCO convention for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions took place in Paris from the 18 to 20 June 2007, at UNESCO Headquarters.
Fifty-six states were brought together to draw up the major guidelines for implementing the convention and Rules of Procedure were adopted which provide a small but real role for "civil society organisations" whose activity comes within the scope of the convention.
Certain states formally undertook to contribute to the international fund for cultural diversity, such contributions being carried out on a voluntary basis.
The parties' conference also elected the twenty-four members of the intergovernmental committee whose task is to draw up the convention's guidelines. The following were elected to the committee: Germany, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Albania, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia, China, lndia, Oman, Tunisia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Saint Lucia, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Mali, Mauritius and Senegal.
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IAEA signs the founding agreement of the GUF Council
26/02/2007
After the founding, in November 2006, of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) -resulting from the merger between the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL)- the creation of the Global Union Federations (GUF) Council marks a new advance in international union cooperation.
The Council's founding agreement, ceremoniously signed in Brussels on the 9 January 2007, confirms the status of IAEA (International Arts and Entertainment Alliance) as global sector union representative. IAEA's President is currently Tomas Bolme (also President of the International Federation of Actors) and its General Secretary is Benoît Machuel (also General Secretary of the International Federation of Musicians).
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WIPO: situation still uncertain after the SCCR's first special session on the protection of broadcasting organisations
26/02/2007
After the SCCR's first special session, held at WIPO headquarters in Geneva from the 17 to 19 January 2007, uncertainty still reigns as to whether a Diplomatic Conference on the protection of broadcasting organisations will be held in 2007.
The discussion process, which has being going on since 1997 under the Finnish presidency of Jukka Liedes, could, however, be entering a positive phase. Despite formal difficulties due in particular to the co-existence of working documents with different statuses, certain points now seem to have reached a consensus, such as the introduction of new definitions for the terms signal and broadcast proposed for some time now by FIM. The question is now to ensure that clarification of these concepts gives rise to protection which is strictly in line with the aim of the future treaty, which must remain that of fighting against piracy of signals.
With regards to protection of audiovisual performances, FIM continues to request the pursuit and conclusion of the work interrupted after the unsuccessful Diplomatic Conference of 2000.
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