International Federation of Musicians

The International Federation of Musicians, founded in 1948, is the organisation for musicians’ unions and equivalent representative organisations. It is counting about 70 members in 65 countries. FIM’s main objective is to protect and further the economic, social and artistic interests of musicians represented by its member unions. This leads to such activities as: — Furtherance of the organisation of musicians in all countries, — Federation of unions of musicians throughout the world, furtherance and strengthening of international collaboration, — Promoting of national and international protective legislative (or other) initiatives in the interests of musicians, — Making of agreements with other international organizations in the interests of member unions and of the profession, — Obtaining and compilation of statistical and other information referring to the music profession and provision of such information to member unions, — Moral and material support of member unions in the interests of the profession and in accordance with the objects of FIM, — Furtherance of all appropriate efforts to make good music a common property of all people, — Holding of international congresses and conferences, — Close collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Labour Office (ILO) and UNESCO, and the maintenance of continuous relations with all international organisations which could be of service to FIM. FIM has a permanent relationship with UNESCO, the ILO, WIPO, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. FIM is a member of the International Music Council (IMC). It collaborates with all national and international organisations representing workers in the media field. It is a member of the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA) and the Council of Global Unions (CGU). FIM works closely with collecting societies administering performers’ rights.