Zone Franche: A network to help the world music professionals.
The members of Zone Franche: Festivals, venues/concert halls, agents, record producers, networks, markets, medias. 190 members representing 590 artists.
Zone Franche aims at: - facilitating the circulation of artists - reinforcing the cooperation and the international solidarity between world music professionals. - developing exchanges and partnerships between professionals of music record industry, live music and media. - supporting the production, distribution, broadcasting of world music and the settlements of markets. - encouraging the sharing of experiences and the balanced exchanges between North and Southprofessionals.
Zone Franche works: - to organize meetings for network members and to promote world music events. - to participate in international markets through collective stands and communication. - to provide a web site dedicated to world music professionals and to their activities. - to represent world music in political authorities to improve the image of world music. - to set up research group to work on issues dealing with economic matters of world music: reports, polls and debates… - to promote the activities of the network members.
• Facilities offered to members:
- Legal advice. - Administrative help to set up projects. - Information center for connecting members and giving them access to the database. - Special rates negotiated with partners.
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Zone Franche: A network to help the world music professionals.
