The Professional Platform for Performing Arts and Music is a space for dialogue and work in the performing arts and music sector in which strategic issues are discussed with a comprehensive view of the sector. It is made up of more than thirty national associations and federations that work for a greater and better impact of the interests of the sector in the public sphere.
What are our goals?
The main objectives of the Platform are:
To improve and amplify the impact on the public agenda of the general and strategic interests of the performing arts and music sector.
Bringing the sector together by identifying common interests, agreed strategies and loyal and rigorous dialogue.
Establish a fluid dialogue with social and political stakeholders in order to involve them in the sectoral strategy.
How did the platform come about?
The Platform, re-founded as such in 2023, is the heir to the Mercartes Roundtable, which in turn arose from the Mercartes Forum 2021 and as a consequence of a collective work process that generated a programmatic and strategic framework for the performing arts and music sector in Spain and which was called the Mercartes Declaration.
The Mercartes Roundtable adopts the Mercartes Declaration as the ideology and programme for which it works. This declaration summarises the 16 strategic measures on which the sector demands attention and specific actions.
Since then, work has been carried out on the various objectives through monthly plenary meetings, working groups and political advocacy actions.
Who are its members?
The associations that constitute it and work on the aforementioned objectives are:
- Spanish Academy of Performing Arts
- Spanish Association of Professional Agencies and Shows
- Network Festivals Association
- Association of Technical Representatives of the Show
- Association of Stage Directors of Spain
- Association of Performing Arts Distribution and Management Companies
- Association of Oral Storytelling Professionals of Spain
- Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras
- Syndicate of Lyrical Artists of Spain
- Association of Music Promoters
- Association of Professionals in the Production, Organization and Technical Realization of Live Entertainment
- National Association of Tents and Temporary Facilities
- Performing Arts for Children and Youth
- Spanish Confederation of Musical Societies
- Federation of Professional Circus Associations of Spain
- Coordinator of State Performing Arts Fairs
- Confederation of Artists and Workers of the Entertainment Industry
- State Federation of Theatre and Dance Business Associations
- State Federation of Associations of Cultural Management Professionals
- State Federation of Associations of Professional Dance Companies and Businesses
- Spanish Federation of Socio-Educational Circus Schools
- Spanish Federation of Vocational Training Schools in Circus Art
- Spanish Federation of Magical Societies
- Spanish Association of Classical Music Festivals
- Music Festivals Association
- Spanish Network of Publicly Owned Theatres, Auditoriums, Circuits and Festivals
- State Platform of Associations of Entertainment Technicians
- Alternative Theatre Network
- Te Veo Association, Performing Arts for Children and Youth
- UNIMA Federation Spain
- Union of Actors and Actresses
- Association of Professional Musicians of Spain
