The 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (UNESCO)

Monitoring Implementation of the Recommendation

UNESCO’s Governing Bodies monitor the implementation of the Recommendation.  In particular, the General Conference periodically requests a Consolidated Report on the implementation of the Recommendation by Member States.

The next Consolidated Report will be presented to the 197th session of the UNESCO Executive Board (Document197 EX/20 Part III), and then transmitted to the 38th session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 2015.  

To prepare the Consolidated Report, the UNESCO Secretariat launched its third global consultation on the implementation of the Recommendation with Member States and civil society organisations.

• 2014 survey for Member States | fr | en | es
• 2014 survey for NGOs/civil society | fr | en | es

The results of the survey are presented in the full Analytic Report (2015).

• Full Analytic Report  | en | fr

2nd Consultation (2011): 

-Presentation of the consolidated report at the General Conference at its 36th session (Autumn 2011)

• 36 C/Resolution 103
• Report of the Legal Committee (36 C/80)
• Consolidated report on the implementation by Member States of the 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (36 C/57) 

-Examination of the consolidated report by the Executive Board at its 187th session (Autumn 2011) 

• 187 EX/Decision 20 (VI)
• Report of the CR Committee (187 EX/50)
• Application of the 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (187 EX/20 Part VII)

- 1st Consultation (1983): 

• 22 C/Resolution 26 
• Initial special reports submitted by Member States on the action taken by them to implement the Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (22 C/22 and Add.)