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Supporters of the 
Fair Culture Charter

This Fair Culture Charter is the result of a global participatory effort throughout the year 2023. Artists, creatives, scientists, civil society representatives and ministry representatives from all corners of the world were given a voice. 

The Charter was adopted in February 2024 by an Advisory Board of 12 institutions. They are the "First Signatories" of the Charter.

The First Signatories of the Charter

An Advisory Board of twelve partner institutions was iteratively created between 2022 and 2024, following a side-event at the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies, Mondiacult, in Mexico City in September 2022. The Advisory Boards has accompanied the work of the Editorial Team in several meetings throughout 2023, has discussed drafts of the Fair Culture Charter and has adopted the final version in February 2024. 

  1. Fair Trade International 
  2. FairPicture
  3. Goethe Institut (Germany)
  4. Instituto Maracá (Brazil)
  5. Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship & Innovation (IKPI, Serbia)
  6. International Federation of Actors (FIA)
  7. International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD)
  8. International Federation of Musicians (FIM)
  9. UNESCO Chair at University Laval (Canada)
  10. French National Commission for UNESCO and Ministry of Culture of France
  11. Kenya National Commission for UNESCO 
  12. Korean National Commission for UNESCO

The Advisory Board is chaired by Marie-Julie Desrochers, Secretary-General of IFCCD. The work of the Advisory Board was facilitated by the German Commission for UNESCO

These 13 institutions have been the "first signatories" of the Fair Culture Charter.

After the launch of the Fair Culture Charta, the following institutions have signed the Fair Culture Charter on this website. The list is constantly amended, by adding additional signatories. Important: Signing the Charter does not mean any form of certification; featuring in the list below may not be interpreted as any form of statement about the signatories: 

  1. World Musique Festival "Métissons", Saint-Louis, Senegal
  2. "Hip Hop Family" Academy, Rabat, Morocco
  3. Fondation Marcel Hicter, Brussels, Belgium
  4. Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
  5. Creatopolis, Veracruz, Mexico
  6. Swiss Musicians' Union, Zurich, Switzerland
  7. UNESCO City of Literature, Heidelberg, Germany
  8. Musiques en balade, Strasbourg, France
  9. La Boîte interculturelle, Quebec, Canada
  10. Fundación Urbe, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  11. Development Centre "Democracy through Culture", Kyiv, Ukraine
  12. Fondation Princesse Momafon Rabiatou Njoya, Fooumban, Cameroun 
  13. Organization for the Democratization of the Visual Arts, Berlin, Germany
  14. The Ebenes'Art Association, Yaoundé, Cameroun/ Beutara SAS, Montpellier, France
  15. Baensch-Studio, Bayreuth, Germany
  16. Mapamundi Música, Artist Agency, Spain
  17. Health education agriculture and rural development society, India
  18. Junges Theater, Bonn, Germany
  19. Culture and Arts for Love and Living (CALL), Barbados
  20. Netzwerk Junge Ohren, Berlin, Germany
  21. General Incorporated Association Arts Workers Japan, Tokyo, Japan
  22. Huila Festival Internacional de Música / Fundación campofonicos, Colombia 
  23. ICOMOS Ireland as member of ICOMOS International, Ireland
  24. ArtVenture Club e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany
  25. Les Toupies d'Agrado, Angoulême, France
  26. Fundación campofonicos, Colombia
  27. Ricci Producciones, Colombia
  28. Fundación Tierra Caliente arte y parte, Colombia
  29. The University of Latvia, Latvia
  30. UNESCO Chair in Interculturalism, Art Management and Mediation, University of Arts Belgrade, Serbia
  31. National Commission for UNESCO of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
  32. Small Island Big Song, Taiwan/Australia
  33. Par tous les temps, France
  34. Stiftung Theater Lindenhof, Germany
  35. Asociación de directoras y guionistas de cine y del audiovisual del Perú (NUNA)    Perú
  36. Musicians’ Union, United Kingdom

After the launch of the Fair Culture Charta, the following individuals have signed the Fair Culture Charter on this website (in the words and language of the signatories themselves). The list is constantly amended, by adding additional signatories. Important: Signing the Charter does not mean any form of certification; featuring in the list below may not be interpreted as any form of statement about the signatories:

  1. Beat Santschi, General Secretary of the Swiss Musicians' Union, Switzerland
  2. Andrés Muñoz Cárcamo, Lawyer and consultant, France
  3. Michelle Shocked, Independent international artist, singer-songwriter, composer, activist, United States
  4. Milena Dragicevic Sesic, University professor, Serbia
  5. David Waweru, Publisher, Kenya
  6. Jeanine van Halteren, Assistant Professor and Artist, Norway
  7. Hiroko Tsuboi-Friedman, Consultant, Switzerland/Japan
  8. Cristian Carvajal, Consultor en Turismo Sostenible, Chile
  9. Carlos Javier Villaseñor Anaya, Consultor e políticas patrimonio y derechos culturales, México
  10. Estefanía Rodero, Socióloga de la cultura, España/Spain
  11. Barbara Imgrund, Freelance translator and writer, Germany
  12. Hevi Joël Komlan Senam, Founder at Culture On The Move, Togo
  13. Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Chanteur-musicien, France
  14. Nadine Patel, Arts Manager, United Kingdom
  15. Lahsen El Bouhali, Responsable pédagogique, artistique et culturel des écoles 1337, Maroc/Morcco
  16. Amina Cherrad, DJ, Suisse/Switzerland
  17. Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Producer, composer , bassist, USA
  18. Melisa Carolina Argote Vidaurre, Cultural Management, Argentina 
  19. Isabel Eddouks Taurel, Lecturer in the Arts, Morocco
  20. Jean Berry, Journalist, France
  21. Badr Binobin Defouad, Auteur compositeur, France
  22. Adlane Binobin Defouad, Auteur compositeur interprète, France
  23. Wora Magali, Entrepreneur culturel, Gabon
  24. Ledeanu  Alina, Presidente de Fondation culturelle, Directrice de revue culturelle, Roumanie/Romania
  25. Alfred Ullrich, Freischaffender Künstler, Deutschland/Germany
  26. Patrick Sternberg Rubiano, Performing arts, Colombia
  27. Elisha Odhiambo, Musician, Kenya 
  28. Vinnie McCabe, Theatre maker, Ireland
  29. Marta Llobet, Programme Manager and Focal Point for Culture, UCLG, Spain
  30. Mafalda Damaso, Academic, United Kingdom
  31. David Ryding, Arts manager, Australia
  32. Yisma Tsige Yeshanew, Research, Consultancy, Advocacy, Ethiopia
  33. 'Matsooana 'Mabafokeng Seala, Artist, Lesotho
  34. Nyota Shumirai, University Professor, Zimbabwe
  35. Gabriela Sanchez Villegas, Cultural Manager, Mexico
  36. Akshay Sangle, Business person, India
  37. Rico Schwibs, Independent musician, Germany
  38. Maria Manjate, Cultural manager, Mozambique
  39. Blerina Berberi, Creative Economy & Culture Policy, Albania and Canada
  40. Nancy Duxbury, Researcher, Portugal
  41. Antònia Robles Martínez, Cultural Manager, Spain
  42. Aghan Odero Agan, Arts & Culture Management Professional, Kenya
  43. Cristina Peregrina, Culture manager and policy expert, Austria and Mexico
  44. José Luis Ben Andrés, Cultural manager, Spain
  45. Claudio Ramires, Painter/artist, Brasil
  46. Aseel Azizieh, Visual Artist, Georgia and Turkey
  47. Faust Campana, Andorra
  48. Yasmin Khan, United Kingdom
  49. Benabdelhamid Amine, France
  50. Jean-Michel Armengol, Andorra
  51. Andrés Dengra Carayol, Spain
  52. Marc Mascort i Boix, Spain
  53. Dalia Pazos, Colombia
  54. Raquel Zozaya Aldana, Colombia
  55. Beatriz Duque, Colombia
  56. Margarita Uribe Gaviria, Colombia
  57. Hernán Montes, Colombia
  58. Alejandro Trujillo Moreno, Colombia
  59. Jose Giraldo, Colombia
  60. Paraic Mc Quaid, Ireland
  61. Diego Martín de la Cruz Salas, Peru
  62. Martina Liebethal, Germany
  63. Gustavo Jaramillo Domínguez, Colombia
  64. Xavier Mingo, Spain
  65. Charlotte Le Bras, France
  66. Eduardo González, Colombia
  67. Fabian Melo, Colombia
  68. Melquisedec Torres, Colombia
  69. Luis Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez, Colombia
  70. Wilson Perdomo, Colombia
  71. Indira Muñoz, Colombia
  72. Mauricio Ortiz, Colombia
  73. Didy Ramazani, CEO Les Erudits, Democratic Republic of Congo
  74. Moustapha Diop, CEO MusikBi, Senegal
  75. Rachid Ennassiri, Meteor Airlines, Morocco
  76. Yasmin Adriana Camelo, Colombia
  77. Bencze Robert-Valentin, Romania
  78. Compingt Maxime, France
  79. Isabela Amaya Mosquera, Colombia
  80. Diego Nicolás Bonelo Garcia, Colombia
  81. Juan José Cadavid, Colombia
  82. Vicente Silva Vargas
  83. Valeria Arenas Castro, Colombia
  84. Mandapati Venkateswarlu, India
  85. Raut Sanjay Keshav, India
  86. Marion Casals-Miollan, Chargée de Mission Culture, France
  87. Luis Amador-Brenes, Presidente de Sindicato de Músicos UTM, Costa Rica
  88. Sara Asadiha, Researcher in art history, Iran    
  89. Mario Caneschi, Project Manager in Culture, Luxemburg and Morocco
  90. Indra Trofimovica, Culture event manager, Latvia
  91. Marie-Thérèse Landry, Cultural Manager, Canada
  92. Rossana Díaz Costa, Film maker, Peru
  93. Victoria Y. Chicón Yarleque, Editor/Screenwriter/Director, Peru/USA    

The content of the Charter

The Charter strengthens fairer cultural relationships by articulating a preamble, a definition, four objectives and eight principles intended to promote a sustainable, fair and respectful environment for artists, creatives, and other cultural workers, and, therefore, to safeguard cultural diversity globally.

Read the full text of the Charter or download the PDF brochure in  English   Français   Español   Deutsch

Statements about the Fair Culture Charter

Emily Njeru

"The Charter is a key milestone for mobilizing advocacy and social justice for the culture and creative sector. I have no doubt that the Charter will contribute to adoption of fair, responsive and transformative culture policies across the world." 

Emily is the Acting Director of the Culture Programme of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO. 

Hristina Mikić

"Fair Culture and the Charter are innovative tools which open a new era of understanding and developing culture and the creative sector. This initiative is a crucial step towards connecting different developmental dimensions and stakeholders and fostering a fair and equitable development of cultural and the creative sector." 

Hristina is associate professor of finance and creative economy at Metropolitan University in Belgrade, Serbia, and the Head of R&D at the Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IKPI). 

Jordi Baltà Portolés

"The Fair Culture Charter contributes to international debates on the place of culture in sustainable societies, highlighting the need to consider the working and living conditions of culture professionals and to address imbalances in international cultural exchange. By fostering consumer awareness, it also makes us conscious of how our everyday decisions affect cultural diversity."

Jordi is a cultural governance and development expert, he was member of the Editorial Team.

Eduardo Saravia

"I see the Fair Culture movement and Charter as vital tools to address long-standing demands for a fairer cultural sector with a global impact. Cultural workers, particularly freelancers, face precarious conditions, especially in the Global South. This Charter promotes decent working conditions, innovative private sector partnerships, and equitable digital access, fostering a more just and balanced cultural ecosystem globally."

Eduardo is Chief Economist at Sound Diplomacy and was member of the Editorial Team.

Eddy Johana Gómez

"Fair Culture in 2024 is of utmost importance, as prioritizing human relationships and justice is vital in our time. The Fair Culture Charter reminds us of fundamental principles where freedom, humanity, and justice prevail within the cultural sphere. Culture, as an essential space for interaction and expression, should be the place where equitable relationships are fostered among all involved parties."

Eddy is founder and director of Llorona Records, Discos Pacífico and Llorona Foundation, she was a member of the Editorial Team.

Luanda Smith

"Artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors are the starting point for the development of this Charter. Their human right to a dignified life through fair remuneration for their work should be the highest endeavour of the movement."

Luanda is founder of the Mexican CSO Creatividad y Cultura Glocal, she was a member of the Editorial Team.

Why sign the Charter?

Why should YOU sign the Charter? If you do, you declare that you support the Charter’s content and that you support our intention to take further steps. If you sign, you will increase the number of partners and allies and thus visibility, credibility and legitimacy.

Signing the Charter does not entail any legal obligation for you. This however also means that signing the Charter is not a "certification” and does not allow you to make any statements about the quality of your business practices in relation to the
Charter. By signing the Charter, you will not be entitled to use any logo or a label.

Learn more about the process and the experts involved in formulating the Charter.

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