76 International, European & national music organisations including IMPF are “Claiming a front row seat for music” calling for policy makers to fully acknowledge the artistic, social and economic value of the music sector and to live up to these words in political...
COVID-19 News Updates
IMPF joined over 100 cultural organisations in signing a letter to the EU-US summit to support cultural relations
As EU and US leaders met at the Summit on the 15th of June, more than 100 organisations from across Europe and America’s cultural and creative sectors united their voices to call for greater focus on EU-US cultural relations, of particular importance in recovering...
EY Study – Rebuilding Europe: the cultural and creative economy before and after Covid-19
IMPF is very pleased to have supported the attached study commissioned by GESAC on the state of the cultural and creative industries in Europe and how the sector can be part of the solution to the economic recovery post-Covid. The report reveals how cultural and...
CISAC Global Collections Report 2020 shows the impact of COVID-19 the actions of authors societies and the support needed from governments
CISAC releases Global Collections Report 2020. Read the full report here.
Granular Report on the outlook of impact from COVID-19
A granular report broken down by country has been prepared, looking at the impact of COVID-19 this year. Country Specific Granular Report (Impact Covid19)
$250 million JobMaker plan to restart Australia’s creative economy
MEDIA RELEASE 25 June 2020 Prime Minister, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety, and the Arts - Australia Thousands of jobs across Australia’s arts industry will be backed with a new $250 million targeted package to help restart the creative economy and get the...
ASCAP a weekly series of virtual programming designed to inspire, educate and connect music makers everywhere
ASCAP has introducted a new weekly series of free virtual programming designed to inspire, educate and connect music makers everywhere. ASCAP Experience: Home Edition will feature top songwriters, producers, composers, music publishers, thought leaders and the ASCAP...
IMPALA Recovery Roadmap
In April, IMPALA proposed a recovery roadmap to boost growth in Europe through music and culture, in sync with the EU Recovery Plan.
EU Creatives Unite – A resource platform by the Cultural & Creative sectors for the Cultural & Creative Sectors
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel proposed the launching of a platform for the cultural sector to share information and good practices between themselves. This is how Creatives Unite was born. Creatives Unite is a platform that aims to balance this gap by gathering all the...
IFPI launches Global Music Industry COVID-19 Response Tracker
IFPI has provided a really useful map with detailed information about music industry-related measures and initiatives in place across the world to combat the impact of COVID-19.