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Film festivals chain table launches two surveys

2 April 2026

Photo: Alex Litvin

In recent years, two fair pay practice tools have been created within fairPACCT by the Film Festivals Chain Table for working people. A Job Book Reference Functions Film Festivals incl. tables with salaries and zzp start rates. And a Standard Basic Regulation Secondary Employment Conditions.

Organization better in view

In relation to the position of the workers, the chain table now also wants to get a better picture of the situation of the organizations through further research. The start of the chain table in 2023 was preceded by two preliminary studies by the Berenschot agency. These concerned a collective bargaining benchmark and insight into the employment conditions policy at then 7 (now 11) film festivals that were subsidized for several years by the government. Furthermore, research was conducted by the agencies PPMC/HTH/SiRM in 2023 on the fair pay surcharges at all types of multi-year subsidized festivals, 93 in reference year 2022. However, there are an estimated 141 film festivals – 130 of whom are without a multi-year government subsidy – that are important for the accessible presentation of film/av anywhere in our country.

Explanation of two types of surveys.
The chain table considers two types of surveys relevant at this time. The agencies PPMC/HTH want to provide these. By way of explanation, the following applies.
1. Field research among all estimated 141 film festivals
The field research has two phases: phase 1 with 12 qualitative interviews and phase 2 with a quantitative review of the findings among all festivals via an online survey.
The field research is being commissioned by Platform ACCT/fairPACCT.
2. Fair pay incremental cost survey among 11 multi-year subsidized film festivals
The chain table wants this survey to answer the following question. What are the additional costs of fair pay for the 11 multi-year government-funded film festivals when the new practice instruments are fully implemented?
The specific incremental cost study is related to more general OCW research.

Field research started with in-depth interviews
Phase 1 of the broad field research has now started with 12 in-depth interviews with the main target group: the film festivals that do not receive government subsidies for several years. It concerns their substantive and financial situation including their method of financing. It concerns the current state of affairs regarding working conditions. And the possibility of applying the fair pay instruments of the chain table for employees and self-employed workers respectively. It also examines whether and what the difference is between film festivals that are a separate organization and film festivals linked to a film theater. Phase 2 of the field research includes a survey of all film festivals based on the interview findings. Based on this, the position of the field will be clarified and what policies are needed to ensure variety of content and regional coverage including fair pay at the film festivals.

Want to share or know relevant information now? Please email the principal investigator at PPMC office: richard.geukema@ppmc.nl

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Survey of venues and festivals jazz and world launched

1 April 2026

Photo: Flickr / Publication: 1/04/26

In recent years, within fairPACCT, the Jazz, World, Contemporary Chain Table has mapped, among other things, the career stages and associated fair pay rates for musicians.

Based on this, tables and a calculation tool were created, which help to arrive at a transparent and substantiated fee per performance.

Perspective of presenting organizations

However, it is necessary to put the perspective of the presenting organizations alongside that of the creators so that a complete picture of supply and demand emerges. Therefore, a survey of venues and festivals jazz and world with or without their own venue or grounds is now underway. Including the 45 or so members of the Vereniging Nederlandse Jazzpodia en Jazzfestivals (VNJJ). By comparison. The theaters and concert halls show data each year in a Theater Analysis System (TAS). Pop venues and festivals present an annual Pop Stage Analysis System (PAS). Now a Jazz Analysis System (JAS) is being added.

Finding answers to relevant questions

The study is about finding answers to a number of relevant questions. What is the practice like financially and organizationally? What types of activities are presented for what genres and audience groups plus with what capacity and staffing? What does the cost structure look like and where does the revenue come from?

And above all, to what extent does it succeed in paying musicians fair pay, and what factors make that feasible or difficult?

FairPACCT and the Chain Table can use the results of the study to segment and benchmark. The fair pay gap can be better quantified and also the tables and calculation tool can be refined where necessary. Furthermore, the whole leads to a better substantiation of a policy advice to governments, funds and chain partners which interventions are needed. For example, additional resources, other subsidy schemes or agreements on a premium for fair pay.

If you have not yet been contacted and would still like to participate in the study or share other relevant information. Please email Bureau Knyfe’s principal investigator, Pieter Hunfeld: pieter@knyfe.org .


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Consultation fair pay rates writing commissions to authors

1 April 2026

Photo: Shutterstock

Join the consultation

The Chain Table of Literary Organizations hereby presents its fourth fair pay proposal and invites comments from all stakeholders by Saturday, May 16, 2026. Please use the fill-in form. Feedback by the Chain Table based on the responses received will be done by July 1 at the latest.

The fourth fair pay proposal is based on the report by HTH Research. This proposal is accompanied by a calculation model to concretely calculate the fair pay rates per assignment. The documents were created on the basis of individual discussions with stakeholders and experts in the field and a survey of the literary organizations affiliated with the national network VLAM 21.

Draft fair pay Calculation Model Writing Assignments to Authors

Draft fair pay Rate Guidelines Writing Assignments to Authors

We welcome comments by May 16, 2026 using the consultation form below. The chain table will process all input and provide feedback no later than July 1.

Consultation form

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Archaeology chain table continues talks with Ministry of OCW

1 April 2026

Chain Table Archaeology continues talks with Ministry of OCW.
On September 4, 2025, a letter was sent from the chain table to the Ministry of OCW about cooperation in the (legal) safeguarding of the fair pay job structure Archaeology. On February 26, 2026, a delegation went to meet with the Ministry and the National Cultural Heritage Agency.

This letter and conversation discussed the possibility of securing a single collective bargaining agreement for archaeology within the Heritage Act. The Ministry is hesitant about legislation, mainly because of the regulatory burden, and wants to explore other options for securing the agreement first. It is possible to have a collective agreement for archaeology that is declared generally binding. The ministry wants to play an informative role in this. In addition, the ministry has stated that it is and will continue to consult with other government agencies and other ministries about introducing fair pay in their contracts and tenders for archaeology.

According to the chain table, it is doubtful whether archaeologists at governments, (public) organizations and multidisciplinary businesses such as engineering firms can or want to be covered by a sector-specific collective bargaining agreement. The table is happy to receive further information.

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Towards a new Visual Arts Commissioning Directive

31 March 2026

The Chain Table Visual Arts has created a working group to prepare the update of the National General Conditions for Art Assignments (LAVK). The LAVK is turning into a Visual Arts Procurement Directive. The chain table also takes ownership from Culture+Enterprise.

The chain table develops and maintains practice tools for visual artists and visual art institutions in the context of fair practice with the goal of achieving fair compensation or fair pay together. The Visual Arts Commissioning Guidelines Working Group consists of representatives of clients and contractors/artists along with an independent chair and secretary.

Principles for the new Visual Arts Assignments Directive

In 2015, the LAVK came about in consultation with a dozen visual arts organizations. The starting point was a balanced and reasonable division of rights and obligations between client and contractor.

The following principles apply to the new guideline:
– Fair practice will be visible mainly in the envisaged new general conditions
– Formulating fair pay is inextricably linked to the chain tables of fairPACCT. Fair pay rates for fine art commissions will also be formulated in this case.

If necessary, external independent researchers or (legal) advisors are engaged on both bases.

Structure of the new guidelines for Visual Art Assignments
The new guidelines deal with commissions for visual art (works) that are not linked to temporary exhibitions within institutions/museums: that is what the guidelines for artists’ fees are for. It therefore deals specifically with other types of visual art commissions, including those for public/public spaces.

The Fine Arts chain table has already determined that the new Guideline has four stages that can be applied in the fine arts procurement process:

  1. Idea sketch
  2. Sketch design or multiple sketch assignment.
  3. Final design
  4. Implementation artwork

Attention will be paid to public participation and participation in view of the provisions of the new Environment Act. Maintenance and management are also relevant points of attention. This also applies to the artist’s copyright.

Furthermore, these are customary provisions in the client-contractor relationship.

Current background information
As of April 2026, the current National General Terms and Conditions for Art Assignments (LAVK) are also available for reference at fairpacct.nl. The goal of the Chain Table Visual Arts is to present a new Visual Art Assignments Directive this year in 2026, including an updated model of the general terms and conditions from 2015. All this will be preceded by a public consultation on the draft. Until then, the current terms and conditions can be used as usual. The same is true of other models such as those of the UNG and the National Property Administration.
Furthermore, when applying for a grant, it is necessary to observe the relevant conditions, such as those of the Mondrian Fund in the Art Assignment scheme.

With questions about use and updating, contact the Visual Arts Chain Table at fairpacct@platformacct.nl or at Platform BKNL info@bknl.nl. Culture+Enterprise will also refer to this.

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Professional profiles of art and design courses launched

19 January 2026

At ArtEZ University of the Arts in Zwolle, the updated professional and education profiles for fine art and design are festively launched. It is an important milestone for both art education and the professional field. The previous edition appeared in 2013 and was in urgent need of updating.

The new profiles were developed by the OBK in collaboration with an expert working group and with intensive input from professionals, teachers and students from across the country. Through working sessions and broad consultation, a solid foundation was laid that reflects the diversity of contemporary art and design practice. The Visual Arts chain table also contributed to this effort.

Download professional profiles here and view more information here.

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Professional and education profile of fine art and design

19 January 2026

Publication: 01/04/2025 Photo: fairPACCT

The visual arts sector is stable and finely tuned, but at the same time it is vulnerable and still not very well off. That is the conclusion of the agencies HTH Research (artists) and Berenschot (organizations) in the report “Collective Selfie #5. Figures and trends in the visual arts.’ They also conclude, together with the client Beeldende Kunst Nederland, that more research is needed for a solid knowledge base.

Image, data and fair pay

The research report was presented to Jan Jaap Knol, director-director of the Boekman Foundation, on March 28 during Art Rotterdam. This national knowledge center provides, among other things, the Culture Monitor and stimulates research by universities and others. In his opinion, the visual arts provide the “image” desired in society. But good “data,” as systematically recorded in the five successive Collective Selfies, are also increasingly necessary for policy and activities. Furthermore, given the apparent limited incomes of visual artists everywhere, fair pay should be a concern.

Visual artists

There were around 15,000-16,000 visual artists from 2015 to 2023, slightly more women than men. Sixty percent live in the western or central part of the country. Almost everyone has a personal gross income of up to €30,000 per year. One in three lives in a household with that same income. The figures are related in part to the “Monitor Artists and Other Workers in Creative Occupations, 2025 Edition. d.d. March 31, produced by CBS at the request of the Ministry of OCW. This shows, among other things, that artists are less likely than other working people to be satisfied with their income. For a small portion of visual artists, there are various types of grants with the Mondrian Fund. Municipalities can support through maker funds, studios, incubators c.s.

Institutions, postgraduate and for contemporary visual arts

Four post-academic institutions are subsidized by the state, where a selected group of artists can further develop artistic practice. The total turnover of 91 contemporary visual arts institutions in 2022 was €65 million. It employed nearly 700 FTEs, more than 150 of whom were interns or volunteers. There are currently 97 organizations affiliated with The Case Now. Six are subsidized as presentation institutions by OCW and 44 as art venues by the Mondrian Fund, together with nearly €15 million a year. A shared responsibility applies to the 36 municipalities with a decentralization allowance for visual arts.

Galleries, art fairs and festivals

The last survey by the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) was in 2021; it will be repeated soon. The 445 galleries in 2020 had total sales of €92 million and represented over 7,800 Dutch and foreign artists. There are currently 451 galleries, nine of which are purely online. Ninety of them are affiliated with the NGA. There is a strong trend toward online sales and sales as a whole are rising. The Mondrian Fund’s Art Purchase Scheme, temporarily inactive, is proving to be a good incentive. Other direct government subsidies are lacking. There is no current survey data on the +15 art fairs and the approximately 100 visual arts festivals existing earlier in 2019.

Fine art museums

The Museum Association keeps the data current through the Museum Figures. One, together with the Mondrian Fund, counted 61 fine art museums in our country. There were a total of 6 million visits in 2023. Total sales are about €360 million. A census among 50 fine art museums showed 3,200 people employed, more than 2,000 FTEs. All governments give grants, but do not have policies specific to fine art museums.

The Mondriaan Fund and Platform ACCT contributed financially to the research “Collective Selfie #5.

Continue reading

Download the research report ‘Collective Selfie #5. Figures and trends in the visual arts.” presented March 28, 2025 hHERE.

Check out CBS’ “Monitor Artists and Other Workers in Creative Occupations, 2025 Edition.” released March 31, 2025.

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Fair Pop Fund Launched at ESNS 2026

16 January 2026

📢 During ESNS, the Fair Pop Fund was launched!

An important milestone in the route to Fair Pay for pop acts. This fund grew out of the FairPACCT chain table Pop Musicians. Read more about the fund and what it aims to do below.

The purpose of the Fair Pop Fund is to raise funds and distribute them to pop acts as a supplement to their gage to Fair Pay. In doing so, it jumps into the gap between musicians and pop venues to make Fair Pay possible.

Thanks in part to Fonds Podiumkunsten, over €2 million is already available for four years. In addition, the fund is busy raising public and private funds. Interested in contributing to this? Contact the board (or send us a message).

The fund is an independent, non-profit foundation with a board consisting of:
Rita Zipora, on behalf of BAM! Pop authors
Jolanda Beyer, on behalf of Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia en -Festivals
Will Maas, on behalf of Kunstenbond/Ntb
Martijn Munk, on behalf of MMF (Music Managers Forum)
Peter Kwint, chairman (announced during ESNS, was a member of the House of Representatives)

Starting May 1, 2026, the Fair Pop Fund will present itself online; the application window will open retroactively on July 1, 2026. For up-to-date information, keep an eye on the channels of concerned parties.

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News release Film/AV Production Chain Table and Film Festivals Chain Table: Looking to 2026

9 January 2026

Photo: Alex Litvin

In December, the Film Festivals Chain Table and the Film/AV Production Chain Table published the current fair pay toolkit for 2026. This year, participants of both chain tables continue to meet periodically for its annual maintenance.

The Film Festivals Chain Table is also working on additional tools, such as a guideline for (socially) safe and healthy work, and an umbrella document that will safeguard fair pay instruments.

The Chain Table Film/AV Production is also working in focus groups on a guideline for cancellation and a manual with recommendations about liability and insurance of materials. For screenwriters it is being investigated how the fair pay agreements can be translated into a practical tool for negotiating TV productions, with rates linked to minutes. We are also working on an umbrella document as a follow-up to the Letter of Intent Audiovisual Sector, in which the developed tools for film and AV productions will be secured, so that new parties can easily join.

To further support the application of fair pay tools in practice, the new website of Platform ACCT and fairPACCT will soon be launched. Following this, a composite working group with participants from both chain tables is working with fairPACCT to improve communication.

The agenda includes the development of a web-based tool linking all fair pay practice tools for film and AV production, a calculation tool for film festivals, an overview of frequently asked questions, personas and instructional videos on how to apply the tools.

Pilot independent counter for film and AV sector

From the outset, it is intended that the consultation between workers and work providers, and the use of the fair pay tools facilitated at the chain tables within Platform ACCT’s fairPACCT program, be structurally secured within the relevant sub-sectors.

At the start of the Film/AV Production Chain Table, it was already clear that this task is complex and involves the entire supply chain. Many different parties and interests are involved, collective agreements are lacking and the scope covers the entire film production, from head to tail.

Moreover, in order to make fair pay and fair practice the norm, the financial basis of film production must be strengthened. Because audiovisual production is financed per project, this requires commitment from all public and private parties involved in the value chain. In addition, in order to create a level playing field with other countries, broader access to financing is needed, for example through a tax shelter or tax credit. At the same time, further professionalization of the sector requires more knowledge sharing, cooperation and continuity.

Precisely this complexity means that structural assurance does not arise automatically. Without timely preparation, there is a risk that accumulated knowledge, agreements and instruments will be fragmented or inadequately applied. To carefully and realistically shape the transition to sectoral assurance, it is necessary to explore over a defined period of time how consultation, knowledge sharing and support can be sustainably organized.

With support from the Ministry of OCW, a pilot is therefore being conducted in the film and AV sector. This pilot examines how an independent structure can be set up to act as a central point of contact for workers, workers, chain partners and other stakeholders.

The pilot has a duration of about nine months and consists of two phases: an exploration phase focusing on organizational form, legal entity and governance, followed by a pilot phase testing the set-up in practice.

The pilot will be conducted under the banner of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF). The NFF is responsible for project administration and financial management. Doreen Boonkamp, chair of the Chain Tables Film/AV Production and Film Festivals, is involved as quartermaster. For implementation, she is engaging a secretary, legal advice and communications support. In addition, the chain table working group on communication, implementation and safeguarding (or a delegation thereof) will also be actively involved.

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End-of-year report Index increases fair pay salaries and self-employed rates through 2026

19 December 2025

End-of-year report December 2025

This post contains more information on index increases considering fair pay salaries and self-employed rates through 2026. Every year we share two posts on salaries, rates and indexes.For more technical explanations, please refer to the previous post on index increases. Because fair pay means appropriate pay as well as periodic increases/indexation.

Detailed data from all 12 Chains tables known
There are currently current tables with fair pay salaries and/or self-employed rates from all 12 Chains tables for 14 professional groups available. Here a final index increase has been implemented for seven groups, the other seven are index projections. To supplement the tables, online calculation tools are available from seven chain tables. Using these, workers and work providers can calculate for each activity and/or assignment what a fair pay salary or rate is.

Current salary and rate data for all chain tables
In September, seven chain tables were able to include their detailed data on salaries, self-employed rates and indexations through 2026 in the current tables. These were the Culture Education and Amateur Arts, Culture Marketing and Communications, Photography, Arts organizations, Freelance Classical Musicians, Musicians and Composers Jazz/World/Contemporary and Pop Musicians chain tables.

Based on additional research and public consultations, the same now applies to the other five Chain Tables: Archaeology, Visual Arts, Digital Culture, Film/AV Productions and Film Festivals.

New Guidelines, Calculation Tools and Tables
Five of the 12 Chain Tables are coming out with more fair pay Guidelines in 2026. An expansion of the number of online Calculation Tools is also planned. In mid-2025, the new Chain Tables Performing Arts Festivals and Technicians Events were formed. Meanwhile, they have both commissioned independent studies on the position of working people, which will be published soon. A smaller consultative table also started in September on Grand Law.

Further Information
Current Fair Pay Detail Tables (from 12 Chain Tables).

Current Fair Pay Detail Calculation Tools (from 7 Chain Tables).
Autumn Report on Index Increases .