CIS A C P residency J ean- M ichel J arre A ngé liq ue K idj o O usmane S ow P resident V ice- P resident V ice- P resident In ou r capacit y as P resident and V ice in t h ese cou nt ries is no less rich er, y et P resident s of CIS AC ( Confederat ion t h e creat ors t h emselves are oft en poor of Au t h ors and Composers S ociet ies) , and st ru ggle t o mak e a living from t h eir w e are t h e amb assadors of millions of creat ivit y and cont rib u t e t o t h e domest ic creat ors arou nd t h e w orld w h ose creat ive economy . endeavors cover all repert oires — mu sic, W e do h ope t h at t h is st u dy w ill b e an au diovisu al, drama, lit erat u re and visu al ey e opener for policy - mak ers arou nd t h e art s — and carry t h e t orch of t h is cu lt u ral w orld on t h e import ance of providing diversit y t h at w e ch erish so mu ch . W e t h eir creat ive commu nit y w it h a st rong k now , b y ex perience, t h at art k now s legal apparat u s t o prot ect righ t s and no b ou ndary : it is t h e ex pression of allow for a fair remu nerat ion of creat ors. t`e eany different cmltmrek on t`e five Creat ors’ righ t s do not st and in t h e w ay cont inent s. At t h e same t ime, w e are also of t h e economy , q u it e t h e cont rary . very mu ch aw are of t h e fragilit y of t h e T h ey h elp b u ild su st ainab le economies, J aved A khtar st at u s of creat ors in t oday ’ s w orld. t h ey provide local j ob s, t h ey generat e T h is st u dy maps ou t t h e macro economy revenu es and t ax es, and t h ey allow a V ice- P resident of creat ive indu st ries in t h e w orld, w h ole class of people, many of t h em continent Zy continent& L`ik ik t`e firkt y ou ng, t o mak e a living from t h eir t alent . t ime w e h ave access t o su ch a w ealt h of And t h at ’ s t h e ot h er point t h at w e data& L`eke factk and fi_mrek eace for w ou ld lik e all of t h ose w h o w ill read t h is a very interektin_ tahektry& O`at firkt st u dy t o t ak e int o accou nt : never forget cau gh t ou r ey es w as t h e great divide t h at b eh ind t h is massive aggregat e of b et w een N ort h and S ou t h . In developed iehrekkive fi_mrek$ t`ere are individmal economies, creat ive indu st ries t h rive creat ors. E ach and every one of t h em b ecau se of a legal framew ork prot ect ing mak es a u niq u e cont rib u t ion t o t h e t h e righ t s of creat ors, allow ing for overall economy in h is or h er cou nt ry indu st ries t o b e b u ilt from t h e w ork s of in addit ion t o providing t h e w orld w it h t h ou sands of creat ors. creat ive w ork s t h at t ou ch t h e sou ls of T h is is a sit u at ion t h at does not apply in t h eir fellow h u man b eings. many developing cou nt ries. T h e cu lt u re M arcelo P iñ eyro V ice- P resident | 6 Cultural times L`e Õrst _dobad eah o^ cudturad an\ creatine in\ustries