IMC News
Ramy Essam has been awarded Premio Grup Yorum Prize
IMC Music Rights Champion Ramy Essam has been awarded the first Premio Grup Yorum Prize by Premio Tenco in Italy.
Gigger and International Music Council in global cooperation, starting in Sweden
Gigger starts in November its active work within the Swedish music scene in cooperation with the International Music Council (IMC), to support fair conditions in the Music Gigger sector.
IMC is the world's largest network of organizations and institutions working in the field of music, founded by UNESCO with an outreach of some 200 million individuals globally.
The overall aim of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by IMC with Gigger is to benefit the global music ecosystem and notably IMC member organisations gathering creative actors, individuals and groups.
Ten NGOs comdemn death sentence for Nigerian singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu
The International Music Council and other NGOs* have written to Kano State Governor (Nigeria), to call for the dropping of charges against 22-year old singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy.
IMC contributes to a study on the effects of COVID-19 on the return to the rehearsal hall
Paris, August 10 2020
The International Music Council proudly announces its financial contribution to a study on the effects of COVID-19 on the return to the rehearsal hall. This donation was made possible thanks to the fundraising efforts of its member, the National Music Council of the United States.
EMC Summer News 2020
Dear readers,
We still have fresh news from the European Council & the European Commission with the MME calls and we're glad to share our lastest publications: new podcast, the EAM in DE and our last Activity Report. Plenty to read & listen to for the summer! Your EMC Team
"Culture: An Accelerator Under-Used?” – Side Event at UN High-Level Political Forum
The International Music Council and its fellow members of the Culture2030Goal campaign are pleased to announce a virtual Side Event as part of the official programme of the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), on 13 July 2020, 12:00-13:30 NYC time. The speakers will tentatively include members of the Culture 2030 Goal campaign, UN agencies, Government representatives and parliamentarians.
This event comes in timely after the #CultureCovid19 Statement, launched with a webinar on 21 May 2020 and available in several languages on the #Culture2030Goal website, has been officially endorsed by H.E. Mr. Tijjani Muhammed-Bande, President of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
#Culture2030goal coalition members welcome un general assembly president’s endorsement of statement on culture and Covid-19
1 July 2020
Culture has a vital role both in the immediate response to COVID-19, and in planning for longterm sustainable development. This fact is at the heart of the statement by IMC and its fellow members of the #Culture2030Goal Coalition on Culture and COVID-19 launched on 21 May.
With the endorsement of this statement by His Excellency Mr Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the 74th UN General Assembly, there is a clear recognition at the highest levels of the need to give culture a more central role in decision-making, now and into the Decade of Action.
The #Culture2030Goal statement, originally signed by eight members of the coalition, and now with well over 200 supporters, makes the connection between culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and long-term development planning.
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IMC Executive Board co-opts three new members
Paris 01.07.2020
Under the leadership of President Alfons Karabuda, the Executive Board of the International Music Council has co-opted three new members.
Patricia Caicedo (Colombia/Spain/Catalonia), Ghita Kaldi (Morocco/Senegal) and Maria Claudia Parias (Colombia) join the Executive Board in its task to steer the implementation of the roadmap adopted by members at the last IMC General Assembly held in Paris in September 2019.
EMC Online Workshop: Music & Sustainability
After having cancelled the European Forum on Music 2020 (EFM) – due to the Covid-19 crisis – the EMC has decided to put a series of events online to discuss with musical artists, policy makers and environmental experts how music activities can contribute to the protection of our environment. While the Covid-19 crisis puts enormous pressure on the music sector at large, it is clearer than before that any way out needs to put attention to environmental aspects.
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