Fair pay practical tool: Handreiking tariefventool voor zelfstandigen en opdrachtgevers in cultuureducatie en amateurkunst

Fair pay practice tool

The chain table Arts Professionals in Cultural Education and Amateur Arts of fairPACCT hereby presents the ‘Fee Tool Guide’. It contains 13 types of main activities and is intended for self-employed professionals in this cultural sub-sector and their clients, for whom no collective bargaining agreement applies. A separate excel file with financial background data is attached. The tables with consulting rates with self-employed surcharge and respectively including and excluding surcharge for additional work are also available as a separate appendix. A reference framework on existing collective bargaining agreements and guidelines plus an investigation into currently remunerated and non-remunerated work apply as specific foundations.

Practice tool:

SFM i.s.m. FairPACCT Ketentafel Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst fair pay practice tool: ‘Handreiking Tarieventool voor zelfstandige kunstprofessionals and their clients. Final version. November 2023.

Appendix 1 to fair pay practice tool, SFM Excel: ‘Financial Background Data. To Handreiking Tarieventool Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst. Final version. November 2023.’

Appendix 2 to fair pay practice tool, SFM ‘Tables of consulting rates with zzp surcharge, respectively excluding and including surcharge for additional work. To Guideline Tariff tool for cultural education and amateur art. Final version. November 2023.’

Specific coasters:

SFM Research: ‘Fair pay arts professionals in cultural education and amateur art. Reference framework of existing collective agreement positions, grading, hourly rates and rate guidelines. January 2023.’

SFM Survey report: ‘Uncompensated work. Focus on fair pay of arts professionals in cultural education and amateur art. September 2023.’

Review of consultation

One response concerned the rates for the main activity, “Providing workshops/training, coaching for and with teachers, other supervisors and boards. The consultee felt these were too low compared to those for the main activity of providing lessons. This response led to an increase in the fees for train the trainers and the like. Another response requested clarification of the position of those working within museum education. These include providing tours, lessons and workshops. These activities belong to the 13 main activities previously distinguished by the chain table; at one point this was made explicit. The other responses led to a few clarifications. FairPACCT is also sending another specific email message to those who responded.

Looking ahead to additional activities

In view of the implementation of the general Handreiking Tarieventool, the chain table is working on specific handbooks for the 13 main activities. The intention is that self-employed persons and their clients can see at a glance what the fair pay advisory rates are for them.

The chain table is aware that municipal subsidies in particular have been reduced substantially in recent years. It has therefore already addressed the Lower House in June 2023 with the letter “Necessity of local basic infrastructure and fair pay impulse for cultural education and amateur art” in copy to the State Secretary of OCW, IPO and VNG. There are current developments that could be an improvement. Such as the upcoming VNG proposition on securing culture at the local level. And the elaboration of the report “Towards repositioning.” that the IPO has already commissioned in November 2022 on provincial cultural policy. Furthermore, the National Amateur Arts Agreement envisioned by 2025 and the current pilots may be of positive significance.

National organizations such as Kunsten ’92, LKCA, Cultuurconnectie and the Creative Coalition incl. the Kunstenbond are important partners for the chain table to bring the relevance of cultural education and amateur art and the associated fair pay practice instruments into the limelight.