Seven organisations from across the music sector – representing songwriters, labels, publishers, collecting societies and live music – sent a letter to European Union member states asking them "to reinforce the focus on music in the sectorial actions of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027."
In the letter, signatories explain that music only accounts for 3,9% of the current Creative Europe budget (€57 million in funding out of a programme with a budget of €1.4bn), which they claim "is in no way commensurate with the sector’s contribution and need. This makes it one of the most underrepresented sector in this programme."
The organisations behind the letter noted that the European Commission and European Parliament "have taken note of this imbalance and decided to address it," through the Music Moves Europe programme, and that the Council of Europe has also included "diversity and competitiveness of the music sector" as a key topic in the Work Plan for Culture 2019-2020. However, the signatories wrote that these initiatives "are great signals towards the realisation of a music policy at EU level, but their impact will be limited if they are not better reflected in the future Creative Europe programme."
Commitment to music
They concluded: "We need to seize this chance now and build on the momentum created with Music Moves Europe to give a much needed boost to the competitiveness and diversity of the European music sector. We hope we can count on the Council to pursue this commitment by reinforcing the focus of the future Creative Europe programme on music."
Signatories include: ECSA-European Composer & Songwriter Alliance, EMC-European Music Council, EMEE-European Music Exporters Exchange, GESAC–European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers, IMPALA-Independent Music Companies Association, Live DMA-European Network for Live Music Associations, and Liveurope-The Live Music Platform for New European Talent.
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