Pearle*

  • Presentation Pearle

      Pearle* is the ‘Performing Arts Employers Associations League Europe’, the European trade federation of Performing Arts organisations. Pearle* represents through its members associations more than 4,000 theatres, theatre production companies, orchestras and music ensembles, opera houses, ballet and dance companies, festivals, and other organisations within the performing arts sector across Europe.

      Pearle* acts as a forum for exchanging information of relevance to members, for sharing experiences in cultural management and technical skills, for supporting and assisting the formation of employers’ associations …., in addition to serving as the body to make representations to the European Commission and any other authorities whose deliberations may affect the work of the Performing Arts in Europe.

      Observer status with WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation)

      Member of EEN (European Employers’ Network) facilitated by Businesseurope (the Confederation of European Business)

      Registered as an employers’ organisation by ILO (International Labour Office) with observerstatus at the International Labour Conference;

      Established by the European Commission as the European Social Dialogue Committee ‘Live Performance’ together with European Arts & Entertainment Alliance (EAEA), representing FIM (International Federation of Musicians), FIA (International Federation of Actors) and UNI-MEI (Media Arts and Entertainment International).

      Founding member of CAE (Culture Action Europe - European Forum for the Arts and Heritage)

      Member of CUP (Copyright Users Platform)

      Registered as Civil Society Stakeholder with DG External Trade

      Member of the Culture Sector Platforms on ‘Access to Culture’ and on ‘Potential of cultural and creative industries’ set up by DG Culture

      Pearle is an international not-for-profit organisation in compliance with Belgian law (statutes pdf)

  • Objectives

      The aim of this non profit making international non-governmental organisation is the establishing of a stable environment by supporting sustainability and promotion of the Performing Arts across Europe.

      Its objects are as follows:

      • the exchange of information, experiences and ideas of common interest to members working in the Performing Arts sector
      • the obtaining of information concerning all European issues relating to members’ interests
      • facilitating collective decisions in areas of common interest
      • expressing Pearle*’s views in discussions with bodies whose activities are relevant to Pearle*
      • lobbying in accordance with collective decisions reached by the members’ representatives to EU and other authorities
      • carrying out all activities connected with the above mentioned activities.


      Activity reports are available for the public since 2002. Previous reports were written for internal purposes only.


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  • Executive committee

      The Executive committee is elected by the members for a period of two years.

      The members of the Pearle* Executive Committee are (June 2009-June 2011) :


      Chairman:
      Matti Holopainen
      Suomen Teatterit ry / Finlands Teatrar rf, Finland


      Secretary & Executive Officer:
      Liesbeth Dejonghe
      oKo / Overleg Kunstenorganisaties, Belgium


      Treasurer:
      Sture Carlsson
      Svensk Scenkonst -arbetsgivare för musik, dans och teater, Sweden


      Members:

      • Catherine Baumann
        SYNOLYR - Syndicat national des orchestres et des théâtres lyriques subventionnés de droit privé , France
      • Rolf Bolwin
        DBV- Deutscher Bühnenverein - Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester, Germany
      • Géza Kovács
        AHO- Magyar Szimfonikus Zenekarok Szövetsége, Hungary
      • Kathleen López Kilcoyne
        FAETEDA - Federación Estatal de Asociaciones de Empresas Productoras de Teatro y Danza, Spain
      • Richard Pulford
        SOLT/TMA- Society of London Theatre & Theatrical Management Association, UK

  • Members

      There are two categories of membership to Pearle*: full members and associate members.

      Full membership is open to national performing arts associations, based in Europe, only. An organisation may become a full member of Pearle* when it has proved to the satisfaction of the Council that it is a properly constituted employers’ association. Only full members have the right to vote.

      Performing arts associations based outside Europe and European associations representing a particular part of the performing arts who are established in accordance with the laws and practices of the country in which the head office is located may become associate members of Pearle*.

      In general members represent the interests of directors of performing arts organisations dealing with the daily management and running of their structure.

      Members pay an annual subscription towards the administrative costs of Pearle* and its activities, the level of which is based on the size of turnover of their own organisations.

      For further information please contact Pearle* on +32-2-203.62.96 or e-mail info@pearle.ws.


      Full members

       Austria

      • Wiener Bühnenverein
        Association of Theatres in Vienna
        http://www.buehnenverein.at

      • Theatererhalterverband Österreichischer Bundesländer und Städte
        Association of regional and city theatres in Austria

       Belgium  Bulgaria

      • BAROK
        Bulgarian Association of Employers in Culture

       Czech Republic

      • Asociace profesionálních divadel Ceské republiky
        Association of the Professional Theatres in the Czech Republic
        http://www.ndbrno.cz

      • Asociace ymfonickém orchestru a pěvecksborů Ceské republiky
        Association of the Czech Symphony Orchestras and Choirs
        http://www.asops.eu

       Denmark

      • Danske Teatres Faellesorganisation
        Danish Association of Theatres

      • LandsdelsOrkesterForeningen
        Association of Danish Regional Symphony Orchestras
        http://www.symphony.dk

       Estonia

      • Eesti Etendusasutuste Liit /EETEAL
        Estonian Association of Performing Arts Institutions

       Finland  France  Germany

      • Deutscher Bühnenverein - Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester
        Deutscher Bühnenverein - Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester
        http://www.buehnenverein.de

       Hungary  Luxembourg  Norway

      • Norsk Teater- og Orkesterforening - NTO
        Association of Norwegian Theatres and Orchestras
        http://www.nto.no

       Slovak Republic

      • Asociácia riaditel’ov profesioálnych orchestrov Slovenska
        Association of Slovak Professional Orchestra Directors

       Spain

      • Federación Estatal de Asociaciones de Empresas Productoras de Teatro y Danza (FAETEDA)
        State Federation of Associations of Theatre and Dance production enterprise

      • AEOS - Asociación Española de Orquestas Sinfónicas
        Association of Spanish Symphony Orchestras
        http://www.aeos.es

       Sweden  Switzerland  The Nederlands

      • Nederlandse Associatie voor Podiumkunsten - NAPK
        Dutch Association for the Performing arts

      • Vereniging van Schouwburg- en Concertgebouwdirecties - VSCD
        Dutch Association of Theatres and Concert halls
        http://www.vscd.nl

       United Kingdom

      Associate members

      • Opera Europa
        http://www.opera-europa.org

      • EFA - European Festivals Associations
        EFA - European Festivals Associations
        http://www.efa-aef.org

      • ETC (European Theatre Convention)
        ETC (European Theatre Convention)
        http://www.etc-cte.org

      • REMA-EEMN Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne - European Early Music Network
        REMA-EEMN Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne - European Early Music Network

       Australia
  • Facts & figures
      • Pearle*, is an umbrella organisation of 45 associations, which represent over 4,000 performing arts organisations. In total it estimates that in the representative group about 9,000 organisations are operating. In addition there are a multitude of ad-hoc and project-lead organisations and independent initiatives. There are at least as many amateur initiatives in the area of performing arts.
      • The performing arts sector includes organisations such as opera houses, theatre production companies, orchestras, music ensembles, lyric theatres, ballet and dance companies, festivals, mime, puppetry, circus, concert halls, venues, musicals, jazz and variété, and other live performance.
      • The sector ranges from micro-enterprises, to SMEs and companies employing up to a 1,000 workers.
      • A great share (estimation 80% of the sector) receives to a higher or lower degree some kind of public support from national, regional, or municipal level.
      • The live performance sector is highly labour-intensive, employing about 2.700.000 to 3.900.000 people (2002, source: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions).
      • It is a sector of highly-qualified people: nearly 48%, compared with 26% of the total workforce, have completed higher education (source: Eurostat Cultural Statistics 2007 edition).
      • The sector is a vector for economy in related industries such as: design, fashion, music industry (recording companies), crafts, instrument making, stage, architecture, facility management, printing and advertising, tourism, etcetera.
      • Europe is a continent characterized by a very high concentration of performing arts institutions, being market leader for its sector in the world.
      • The Performing Arts are deeply rooted in society and many people participate and enjoy regularly concerts, theatre performances and other, ranging between nearly 20% for opera to nearly 40% for theatre and concerts of total population having been to a performance in the last 12 months (source: Eurostat Cultural Statistics 2007 edition).
      • The performing arts sector is a core sector within the Culture and creative industries, which contribute to 2.6% of EU’s GDP in 2003 (source: study Economy of Culture in Europe, 2006).
  • Pearle Meetings

      04.06.2010

      39th Pearle General Assembly Luxemburg June 2010

      General Assembly Luxemburg 4-5 June 2010

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      11.12.2009

      38th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Stockholm - December 2009

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      29.05.2009

      37th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Geneva - May 2009

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      28.11.2008

      36th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Paris - November 2008

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      23.05.2008

      35th Pearle General Assembly meeting - London - May 2008

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      30.11.2007

      34th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Madrid - November 2007

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      08.06.2007

      33rd Pearle General Assembly meeting - Utrecht - June 2007

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      30.11.2006

      32nd Pearle General Assembly meeting - Prague - November 2006

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      20.06.2006

      31th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Oslo - June 2006

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      04.12.2005

      30th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Glasgow - December 2005

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      29.05.2005

      29th Pearle General Assembly meeting - Kosice - May 2005

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      22.02.1991

      Overview Pearle meeting since 1991

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Pearle Executive Committee meeting : copyright committee

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Seminar on mobility - third-country nationals

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