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¿Qué es el Consejo de la Música de las Tres Américas?

El Consejo de la Música de las Tres Américas (COMTA) es uno de los consejos regionales del Consejo Internacional de la Música (CIM/IMC) para la región de las Tres Américas. La región incluye: América del Norte, Centroamérica y el Caribe y Sur América.

El Consejo de la Música de las Tres Américas (COMTA) fue creado como grupo regional del CIM/IMC para las 3 Americas por decision de la Asamblea general del CIM/IMC en Korea en 1995, y finalmente fue organizado legalmente en Puerto Rico el pasado año 2013.

DERECHOS
El Consejo de la Música de las Tres Américas sigue los mismos preceptos del Consejo Internacional de la Música y defiende los siguientes derechos:

• El derecho de niños/as y adultos a expresarse musicalmente en libertad
• El derecho de niños y adultos a aprender lenguajes y habilidades musicales diversos
• El derecho de niños y adultos interrelacionarse con la Música por medio de la participación directa, apreciación, creación y el acceso a la información.
• El derecho de todos los músicos a desarrollar su propia expresión y a difundirla a través de los medios de comunicación.
• El derecho de todos los músicos a obtener reconocimiento y una retribución justa por su trabajo

MISIÓN

La misión de COMTA es contribuir a la promoción, intercambio y cooperación entre los pueblos de América y todas sus culturas con especial énfasis en lo musical dentro de un marco de respeto e inclusión.

OBJETIVOS

Los objetivos del Consejo de la Música de las Tres Américas son:

• Promover la vida musical de las Tres Américas y el tratamiento de temas multilaterales de la música y de la vida musical de nuestro continente.
• Contribuir a desarrollar un proyecto regional de desarrollo programático y llevar a cabo actividades que respondan a las necesidades, oportunidades y aspiraciones de la región americana.
• Reforzar las funciones del Consejo Internacional de la Música en la región, favoreciendo una cooperación estrecha y eficaz entre todas las organizaciones miembros.

A fin de lograr estos objetivos, Consejo de la Música de las Tres Américas se centrará en:

• Realizar actividades que promuevan el intercambio musical en la región y en el mundo.  
• Promover la difusión de la música del continente en todas sus formas y expresiones.
• Estimular la participación activa en la vida musical de la región.
• Mancomunar actividades y proyectos con otras organizaciones regionales del continente y del mundo
• Promover la investigación, conservación y difusión del patrimonio musical del continente para asegurar el resguardo, estudio y difusión de la vida musical de la región.
• Impulsar políticas culturales tendientes a optimizar la educación musical del continente, la promoción de nuevos creadores e intérpretes, la dignificación de las minorías culturales en materia de artes y músicas y el rescate del acervo cultural americano en toda su dimensión artística y musical.

The Music Council of the Three Americas (Consejo de la música de las Tres Americas - COMTA) was established as a regional group at the 1995 General Assembly of the IMC in Seoul, Republic of Korea. It was legalised as an independent not for profit organisation in June 2013.

More about COMTA history

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The European Music Council, a regional group of the International Music Council (IMC), is the umbrella organisation for musical life in Europe. It is a platform for National Music Councils and organisations involved in various fields of music from many European countries.
The European Music Council, regional group for Europe of the International Music Council, is the umbrella organisation for musical life in Europe. It acknowledges the significant role that music and culture play in the political and societal development of a peaceful and integrative Europe. Therefore it advocates on local, national and European levels for an appropriate framework, respecting equal rights and opportunities for music, music professionals and access to music. The European Music Council serves its members by advocating for the societal and political significance of musical diversity in Europe and, hence, plays a key role in supporting the European communities that want to celebrate their music. It provides exceptional value to its membership by building knowledge; creating networking opportunities; supporting and enhancing the visibility of projects that help sustain people's participation in music and cultural life. Being the regional group for Europe of the International Music Council, the EMC collaborates on an international level.



Victoria Liedbergius, President
Simone Dudt and Ruth Jakobi, Secretaries General

European Music Concil
Weberstrasse 59
D - 53113 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 228 96699664
Fax: +49 228 96699665
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Website : http://www.emc-imc.org/

General Assembly

The IMC General Assembly takes place in a different country every two years.

The General Assembly has supreme authority in all matters regarding the actions of IMC and the accomplishment of its objectives. It considers programme implementation and discusses the reports presented to it by the Executive Board and Commissions as well as motions presented by the members. In its sessions, the General Assembly:

• Considers the financial report for the period since the previous General Assembly
• Adopts the programme and the budget for the following two years
• Admits the membership of Organisations and ratifies the membership of National Committees
• On proposal of the Executive Board, sets the annual membership fees to be paid by National Committees and Organisations;
• Considers, on proposal of the Executive Board, questions of reducing or waiving the membership fee for an individual National Committee for a fixed period of time, if it is satisfied that failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of that committee, or that such a measure would help to strengthen or reorganize it.

The General Assembly consists of representatives of National Committees, organizations, members of honor and individual members as well as of the members of the Executive Board. In addition, members of the Legal and Financial Commissions have the right to attend and to take part in the discussions of legal or financial matters. Past Presidents have the right to participate in the General Assembly in a consultative capacity, and supporting members, national delegates and regional groups and secretariats are invited to attend the General Assembly as observers.

The documentation from previous General Assemblies is accessible in the MEMBERS CORNER (restricted access for IMC members, login first).

Relations with UNESCO

IMC is a non-governmental organization (NGO), which was founded in 1949 at the request of UNESCO as an advisory body on musical matters. In 2012, after a thorough re-evaluation of all NGOs maintaining relations with UNESCO, the UNESCO Executive Board conferred to IMC the official status of an NGO official partner of UNESCO (associate status).

Under legal and financial aspects, IMC is an association ruled by French law and independent from UNESCO.

Thanks to its status as NGO official partner of UNESCO, IMC may benefit from UNESCO's intellectual, material and financial assistance in many ways.

The major lines of the UNESCO - IMC relationship are determined in the framework agreement signed between the IMC and UNESCO for a period of six years; the current agreement covers the period 2008-2013. With this document, UNESCO recognizes IMC as its main partner in the field of music.

UNESCO Structures
General UNESCO policy regarding NGOs
UNESCO - IMC relationship


UNESCO STRUCTURES

For a better understanding of the mechanisms of the UNESCO-IMC cooperation, herewith some information on UNESCO structures.

Member States

Founded in London in 1945 by 44 states, UNESCO has today 195 Member States and six Associate Members, each of them belonging to one of the five regional groups defined by UNESCO: Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Each Member State is represented at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris by its Permanent Delegation. However, all activities within one country are carried out under the responsibility of its National Commission for UNESCO. While the IMC Secretariat in Paris is regularly in touch with the Permanent Delegations, IMC national councils are strongly encouraged to be in contact with the National Commission for UNESCO of their country. For more information, please click here.

Governing bodies

The deciding body of UNESCO is the General Conference which is held every two years (the last session - 36th-  took place in autumn 2011). The General Conference elects a governing body, the Executive Board, which consists of 58 members representing all regions.

Secretariat

The UNESCO Secretariat is headed by its Director General, Irina Bokova (Bulgaria). Besides the Paris Headquarters, there are field offices in all regions (see UNESCO website for list). 
There are five main programme sectors reflecting the fields of activities of UNESCO: Education; Natural Sciences; Social and Human Sciences; Culture; Communication, Information and Informatics.

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3. UNESCO GENERAL POLICY REGARDING RELATIONS WITH NGOs

UNESCO relationship with NGOs is guided by the Directives concerning UNESCO's partnership with non-governmental organizations, adopted by the 36th General Conference of UNESCO in November 2011. Questions relating to the implementation of these Directives and the arrangements for which they provide, in particular financial and material, are considered by a subsidiary body of the UNESCO Executive Board, the Committee on Non-Governmental Partners.
This committee was set up in 1966 for the purpose of carrying out a thorough study, before their consideration by the Board in plenary, of questions relating to the admission and classification of NGOs. Since 1985, its membership comprises 24 Member States.
The Committee is also entrusted with the preparation of prepare periodic reports, submitted every six years by the Executive Board to the General Conference, on the contributions of NGOs to the achievement of UNESCO's objectives
The Committee recently opted for a more participatory approach and direct dialogue with NGO representatives. The Committee thus ensures the presence at its meetings of the NGOs concerned, of the focal points of the programme sectors dealing with questions relating to NGOs and of the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee.
N.B. If your country is a member of this sub-committee, it would be especially useful to get in touch with your National Commission for UNESCO in order to become known to them and to acquaint them with your work and the programme of the IMC.

The Non-Governmental Organisations Section of the Bureau for External Relations is responsible for the broad coordination of UNESCO's cooperation with hundreds of affiliated NGO's; questions of a general nature are settled there. 

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4. UNESCO - IMC RELATIONSHIP

The major lines of this cooperation are determined in the framework agreement signed between the IMC and UNESCO for a period of six years; until UNESCO's financial crisis, it was implemented by 2-year contracts.

On all projects under the Framework Agreement, the IMC was collaborating with the Culture Sector.

IMC information documents are sent to UNESCO personnel in all divisions and sectors mentioned and to some specialists working for other sectors but interested in our activities as well as to all NGOs represented at UNESCO headquarters. Mailings are also made to interested Permanent Delegations and National Commissions. The IMC secretariat serves UNESCO as a source of information and vice-versa.

Advantages
Thanks to its status of NGO official partner of UNESCO, the IMC benefits from UNESCO's intellectual, material and financial assistance.

intellectual:

- advice, consultation
- availability of programme specialists, experts, lecturers

 

moral support:

- patronage
- use of UNESCO name and logo for specific initiatives 

 

material:
- office space
- meeting rooms (preferential rates)
- rooms for special events (preferential rates)
- exhibition areas

financial:
a) contracts related to the
- implementation of the framework agreement (6 years)
- execution of aspects of UNESCO's regular programme
b) contributions under the Participation Programme

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Internships

INTERNSHIPS

College and university students are eligible to apply for non-paying internships. Dates and times are flexible and can be structured according to students' needs, but should cover a period of a minimum of 4 months*. Please do not apply for shorter periods.

There are two positions regualrly open:

Project Management & Communication Assisant

Policy assistant

VOLUNTEERS

IMC has varying needs for volunteers throughout the year. Working as a volunteer will allow you to build relevant skills in the following 2 areas: programme management and operations; marketing and public relations.

IMC is registered with the UNV Online Volunteering service. You can make the difference by help us in a variety of fields.

Check UNV website for current offers.

*Requests for 3 months-internships will still be examined however, candidates are encouraged to apply for a minimum of 4 months. 

Regional Councils

The Regional Councils are groups of the IMC, helping to develop a regional agenda and to carry out activities that respond to the needs, opportunities and aspirations of IMC members and partners within their region.

Regional Councils exist in the following regions:
Africa
Americas
Europe

IMC General Secretariat

IMC GENERAL SECRETARIAT

The IMC General Secretariat is located in premises provided by UNESCO at its international headquarters in Paris. It exercises a link and communications role, implements decisions taken by the General Assembly and the Executive Board, and is responsible for IMC's overall administration.

The Secretariat's tasks include:

• maintaining and developing the IMC network by facilitating contact between members
• circulating information, both within and outside IMC
• organising and coordinating major initiatives and programmes in cooperation with members, international partners and UNESCO
• supporting the IMC structure by co-organising Executive Board meetings and General Assemblies

Secretary General

Silja Fischer (Germany)
Silja Fischer studied at the Humboldt University in Berlin and at the Foreign Languages Institute in Moscow. Ms Fischer joined the General Secretariat of the International Music Council in 1993 and served until 2002 as Executive Assistant to the Secretary General. She has since worked as Executive Director a.i., Operations Manager and Executive Officer, before she was appointed Secretary General of the IMC in April 2009. In this capacity, she is in charge of the day-to-day business, official representation as well as programme implementation.


Functions
The Secretary General is responsible for the execution of the decisions of the General Assembly and of the Executive Board and for the continuous realization of the IMC projects. He/she is responsible to the Executive Board for the IMC funds. He/she serves the membership in every possible way and provides it with sufficient information. He/she functions as secretary to the General Assembly, the Executive Board and the Directorate.