āIt’s really important for us to be at the forefront on the sustainability and inclusion questions, to inspire others and help with all these things. If we donāt have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.ā
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On this page you can find our position papers, statements, reactions, and recommendations on current European topics that concern the live music sector in particular, and the creative and cultural sphere in general.
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Over 40 music organisations join forces to call for EU and national investment to address the current Covid-19 Crisis and promote diversity.
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Live DMA supports Culture Action Europe’s letter pointing out the effects of the Covid-19 Sanitary crisis on networks & cooperation projects supported by the Creative Europe programme and on the European Culture & Creative Sectors.
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The global outbreak of COVID-19 required governments in Europe to react fast and order precautions to avoid the spreading of the virus. The measures taken restricting social gatherings in particular, creates a high degree of uncertainty among the actors of the live music sector. The shut-down or reduction in activities in order to meet the…
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Live DMA, with 7 other European organisations of the live music sector, wrote a joint letter in support of a sectorial focus on music in Creative Europe (2021-2027). “[The EU Commission & Parliament’s support to Music Moves Europe and the inclusion of “diversity and competitiveness of the music sector” as a key topic in the…
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Live DMA co-signed with 92 other European cultural organisations a joint letter for an increased budget for Creative Europe 2021-2027. “Today, Creative Europe represents a mere 0,15% of the overall EU Budget. This is by no means proportionate to our sectorsā contribution to the EU economy, which stands at ā¬509bn in value added to GDP…
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Live DMA supports Culture Action Europe’s statement “Securing a Sustainable Future for the European Non-Profit Cultural Sector”. We call on European institutions’ support for non-profit organisations active on local, regional, national and European level that wish to work in a European context and contribute to building a stronger European Union. KEY MESSAGES Non-profit cultural organisations…
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As part of the European Music Council (EMC) board, Live DMA supports the decision taken by EMC members to take action to reduce the effects of the climate crisis the world currently faces. In the frame of the EMC Annual Meeting of 27 September 2019, the EMC members unanimously decided that EMC will take action…
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Dear Member of the European Parliament, We are writing to you as a group of 26 organisations from across the music sector to ask you to support the Preparatory Action āMusic Moves Europe: boosting European music diversity and talentā by adopting the corresponding amendment (CULT 5962) to the EU 2020 EU budget, and the proposed budget of ā¬3 million. The proposal, which was tabled by a…
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On 10 September, European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen presented her new Commission, with a structure of 8 Vice Presidents who stand for the new work priorities of the Commission. At the heart of the work of the European Commission will be climate change, technology and demography that are transforming our societies and way…
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āItās all about sharing and cooperation!ā
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āWe need organisations like Live DMA to support our activities. During COVID, it was important to have Live DMA meetings so that we could learn what was going on in the other countries, and that was very helpful when it came to the lobby work on the local levelā
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“We have been celebrating the 10th anniversary of Live DMA, a network which was created in 2012 by venue networks from all over Europe. The purpose was to share knowledge and skills with each other, and to set up common projects, and I think weāve succeeded in doing that!ā
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“I learned to collect and process data with good quality, and also I learned the importance of data to start a dialogue with institutions. Good data gave ACCES a lot of recognitionā
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Ź»Ź¼Thanks to Live DMAŹ¼s Survey, we showed our government that the more a venue is subsidized, the more money they generate. The Ministry of Culture had little knowledge of our sector. So to present these figures from different European countries was crucial in re-valorising our subsidies.”