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We are the Association of Promoters and Producers in the field of culture - APPOK.
Our goal is to fully represent the interests of all entities cooperating in the field of culture, entertainment and leisure activities, whose needs have long been overlooked.

We do not want to be pushed to the margins with our demands just because we are not part of state museums, galleries, philharmonic orchestras and large state-funded theaters. Thousands of our events a year ensure the quality of cultural life of the entire nation.

We work in cities and towns, bringing joy and education, knowledge and entertainment for all generations from children, through teenagers, adults to seniors. We organize concerts of domestic and foreign stars, world exhibitions, musical and theatrical performances, family and music festivals, we entertain and educate the next generation.

We are big and small promoters and producers as well as technicians, lighting and video operators, sound engineers, boxers, producers, but also teachers of children's clubs, guides at exhibitions and also lyricists and creatives who prepare exhibitions and fun shows.

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The Association of Basic Art Schools of the Czech Republic (AZUŠ ČR) was founded by the inaugural meeting on April 30, 1999 in Prague. AZUŠ ČR is a voluntary interest association of basic art schools. The aim of AZUŠ ČR is to promote and protect the existential and economic interests of basic art schools, to take care of the development and quality of art education in the Czech Republic.

AZUŠ ČR strives to maintain the network of schools, actively comments on the creation and changes of legal norms, comments on the solution of labor law issues, strives for such a form of funding ZUŠ, which ensures equal access to basic art education, cooperates in creating and editing curricular documents, applies comments on the form of pedagogical documentation, organizes and participates in creating conditions for further education of pedagogical staff and cooperates in the creation and implementation of training for future teachers.

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The Association of Music Artists and Scientists (AHUV) is an organization of professional creators of Czech music culture. It operates in the Czech Republic.
Its mission is:
to create conditions for free artistic, theoretical and organizational work and its high professional and moral level
to defend and promote the professional interests of members
to contribute to the all-round development of Czech musical culture and general musicality
For this purpose, it cooperates with other bodies and organizations operating in the area of ​​interest of the Association.

Other areas of operation and activities of the association and its companies:
CO-CREATORS
conditions for the creation and realization of works of art, for theoretical and organizational work.

ONE
with publishers, media and art agencies.

CONSULTATION
concerts, professional conferences and seminars.

COOPERATES
with organizing organizations.

DEVELOPS
own agency activities.

PARTICIPATES
to address issues of music education, professional education of new composers, performers and theorists.

IT HELPS
provide the necessary conditions for their creative application.

COOPERATES
on proposals for normative measures that affect the interests of the music field, it takes care of the application of Czech music culture abroad.

CARE
for the international exchange of values ​​and information.

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AVHN connects juristic and physical persons – producers of musical instruments, their parts and accessory. The purpose of this association is to protect, support and to realize the common interests of its members from the standpoint of the economic-interprise intensions incl.technical and professional goals.
The Association takes care of creating the mutual solidarity and importance of awareness of the mission in the cultural area. The Association represents and defends the common interests of its members towards the state offices and authorities, towards foreign formations and organisations. As a CAFIM members – "Confederation of the European Music Industries" the Association supports the international cooperation within the framework of the European Union.

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We are an association of Brno music clubs and we want to support the cooperation of Brno clubs and promote our common goals:

JOINT PROMOTION
Posters, citylight showcases, a joint program on the web and in print

REASONABLE HYGIENE STANDARDS
Reasonable noise regulation in Brno - similar to other European cities

PROGRAM SHARING
Share important events through Googlecalendar

QUANTITY DISCOUNTS
when purchasing goods and services (inspections, training, insurance, equipment)

MUTUAL SUPPORT
in crisis situations - loans, etc.

POLICY COOPERATION
Inform each other about what is happening in (local) politics and address what concerns us, consult with politicians, give suggestions, take common positions and propose amendments to standards

PROMOTION OF BRNO CLUBS ABROAD AND REGIONS

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Founded in 1996, the Czech Association of Music Festivals is a member of the European Festival Association and embraces the most important Czech music festivals covering the entire territory of the Czech Republic as well as the calendar of almost the whole year. In addition, their high programme and interpretative levels, attractive festival concert venues and complex service for attendants guarantee superb artistic impression and social entertainment to all festival guests.

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The Czech Music Council is a roof non-governmental nonprofit organization, the national center of UNESCO's International Music Council, European Music Council. Associates at fifty Czech organizations and associations from music education, science, production, production, journalism, media collective rights administrators in the professional nonprofessional, classical i & nbsp popular music.
Our mission is to track the development of the sector, to contribute to its optimization, to connect people and projects not only in the Czech Republic, but also to our own industry network of the International and European Music Council. Inform about possible opportunities, provide the necessary know-how for better use in the education sector, publicly appreciate imaginative creative personalities and projects.

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CAF – The Czech Association of Festivals brings together important festivals of live art across artistic disciplines: classical music, alternative music, jazz, world music, opera, dance and new circus.
Founded on 27 April 2015, the association’s primary goal is to present and create valuable cultural projects. Its members exchange information, support each other and create joint promotional and artistic activities.
The mission of the CAF is to unify the essential requirements in communicating with institutions (government, parliament, ministries, EU, regional and municipal administrations) and to promote the necessary legislative, systemic and economic changes that contribute to meeting these requirements. The CAF effectively communicates with professional organizations and the expert and general public.

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The Czech National Group of the International Federation of the Music Industry, z. S. (ČNS IFPI) is the Czech national section of a non-governmental non-profit organization headquartered in Zurich (Switzerland).

In the Czech Republic, the national section of this organization is the so-called special organization for the representation of Czech interests in international non-governmental organizations; (Until 31 December 2013, ČNS IFPI was an independent legal entity pursuant to Section 1, Paragraph 3 and Section 3, Paragraph 1 of Act No. 116/1985 Coll., On the Conditions of Activities of Organizations with an International Element, as amended.)

ČNS IFPI is registered in the Federal Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague, Section L, Insert 911 as of 1 January 2014.

The new Articles of Association of ČNS IFPI are effective from 18.10.2017 and their wording was approved at the meeting of the CNS IFPI member meeting on 18.10.2017.

CNS IFPI currently associates 24 member companies (both Czech and international or multinational) and entrepreneurial FO (sole traders). Examples are Universal Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Czech Republic, SUPRAPHON, BrainZone and others.

The main activities of ČNS IFPI include the protection of the rights of producers of audio and musical audio-visual recordings, anti-piracy activities, education and awareness-raising in the field of protection of intellectual property rights, monitoring and participation in the creation of new legislative frameworks, etc.

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FESTAS is an association of festivals organized in the Czech Republic. Its members include, for example, Colours of Ostrava, Rock for People or Metronome Festival.
The idea of an association of music festivals has been a much-discussed topic in recent years, but without the necessary result. The main reason for its establishment has now become a number of newly adopted legislation, which significantly affects festivals, but often without taking into account their specifics in comparison with other types of business. The ambition of the association is to enter into the legislative process for those laws that affect festivals and to provide feedback to state administration bodies so that legislation that disproportionately burdens festivals is not adopted.

In addition to communication with the state administration, the association wants to actively participate in the development of the domestic festival scene. Its aim is to create a platform for regular meetings and discussions of professionals, which has been lacking in our country so far. In the future, the association will also focus on environmental initiatives, joint solutions for member festivals and other joint projects.

The association is open to all organizers of music festivals who meet the basic conditions of membership and which existing members accept by voting for members. The most important conditions of membership include at least a three-year history of holding a member festival.

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