The Global Status of the Artist - Major Study for UNESCO

The 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 1980, calls upon all UNESCO Member States to improve the professional, social and economic status of artists through the implementation of policies and measures related to training, social security, employment, income and tax conditions, mobility and freedom of expression. In 2022-3, UNESCO conducted the 5th global consultation on the implementation of the 1980 Recommendation, which took the form of a bilingual online survey disseminated amongst all UNESCO Member States, as well as among relevant international and national non-governmental organisations.

TFCC was commissioned to analyse the consolidated results of this survey and develop an extensive analytic report - to be presented to the 217th session of UNESCO’s Executive Board and transmitted to the 42nd session of UNESCO’s General Conference in the autumn of 2023.