This is an evolving list of resources on fairness in the arts.
If you have other suggestions, let us know and we will be happy to include them.
| 📘 Resource name | ✍️ Author / Published by |
💡 Potential use for PE applicants | 🔗 Link |
| Shaking the current. Handbook for contemporary circus and outdoor arts workers to navigate social responsibility and ethics (2022) | David Márquez Martín de la Leona / Circostrada | Includes a glossary, recommendations and several practical exercises on ethics and social responsibility. |  |
| Not a toolkit! Fair collaboration in cultural relations: a reflAction (2022) | Cristina Farinha, Avril Joffe, Matina Magkou, Anna Steinkamp, Katelijn Verstraete and Sudebi Thakurata / EUNIC | A set of practical reflActions around fair practices. Includes many interactive elements with concrete examples and questions. | |
| Which side are you on? – Ideas for Reaching Fair Working Conditions in the Arts (2022) | Katja Praznik, Bojana Kunst and Hans Abbing / IETM | It offers new ideas and ways to rethink conventional models | |
| How do we make it work? (2024) | Nan van Houte / IETM | Includes links and resources quoted by speakers and moderators which can be useful for applicants when exploring fair working conditions from different perspectives | |
| Connecting the Dots: Fair Arts Practice in Contexts (2026) | Phoo Myat Thwe, Kai Brennert & Tanlume Enyatseng / IETM | The publication has ideas and examples on how performing arts professionals can work, fairly, together. It includes several short case studies and links to organizations and projects which applicants can explore in order to adopt fair collaboration models. | |
| Fair Pay in the Arts: The talk of the town or the elephant in the room? (2024) | Elena Polivtseva / IETM | The paper includes examples of policies and advocacy work which applicants can use to develop their own models or refer to in building their own partnership collaboration. | |
| Supporting relevance: inclusive, fair and flexible arts funding (2021) | Milica Ilić, Fatin Farhat / IETM | The toolkit is mainly intended for funders but can give applicants ideas to build the collaboration model. It includes interviews with performing arts organizations which have adopted fair practices models | |
| Art is not alone (2022) | Goran Tomka / IETM | Includes links and resources quoted by speakers and moderators which can be useful for applicants when exploring fair working conditions from different perspectives | |
| Work & (in)stability (2022) | Susanne Danig / IETM | Includes links and resources quoted by speakers and moderators which can be useful for applicants when exploring fair working conditions from different perspectives | |
| Fair Pay, Fair Practice. Policy Toolkit (2025) | Arts Council Ireland | A toolkit with many practical recommendations for organisations who work with artists on how to guarantee fair practices and working conditions in these collaborations | |
| Fairness Catalogue. A Toolkit for Implementation (2023) | ig Freie Theaterarbeit / Austrian Fairness Codex | A catalogue of practices towards fair working conditions with many concrete examples for artists and organisations | |
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The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Social Security in an International Context (2021)
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Bruno de Pauw, Anita Debaere / Pearle* and EFA
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This guide helps to understand the consequences of Social Security in an international context and explains what you must do to comply with the European rules. | |
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Infographic on Social Security and Cross-Border Mobility for Artists (2021)
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Pearle* and EFA
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Infographic summarising key points regarding the social security coordination rules in Europe | |
| Infographic on Copyright Clearing in an International Context (2021) | Pearle* and EFA | Infographic summarising the key principles of copyright clearing in an international context | |
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The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: VAT in an International Context (2021)
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Dick Molenaar, Anita Debaere / Pearle* and EFA
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Concise information about VAT for artists working in an international European context | |
| The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Artist Taxation in an International Context (2021) | Dick Molenaar, Anita Debaere / Pearle* and EFA | Concise information about regulations about taxation for artists working in an international European context | |
| Infographic on artist taxation in an international context (2021) | Pearle* and EFA | A visual representation of the steps to be taken and questions to be answered to understand how artist taxation happens when performing abroad. | |
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Toolkit on caring for festival artists and technical crew (2023)
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Lily Hughes, Mauricio Lomelin & Adel Abdelwahab / EFA
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Practical tips for festival managers on providing care and well-being for artists and technical crew | |
| Charter on Ethics and Deontology in Circus Arts Education & Training (2012) | FEDEC | Recommendations and non-binding principles, enabling each circus school to seize its content and bring it to life through its educational project. |
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| Protocol: Spotting in Circus Training: Consent, Safety & Learning (2024) | FEDEC | Synthesizes the collective thoughts and discussions of SPEAK OUT members around the creation of a spotting protocol. | |
| Equity in Working Conditions in Dance (2023) | Alexandra Baybutt / EDN | Research on equity and working conditions in the field of dance. With many practical examples, links to further resources, tools for reflection and for action. | |
| Leadership in Times of Crisis (2020) | Circostrada | Series of resources following the research lab, designed to question leadership during crisis times. | |
| Caring in Times of Crisis (2021) | Circostrada | Reflects on the topic of adaptability and mental health in the contemporary circus and outdoor arts sector. | |
| A Fair New World?! (2023) | Flanders Art Institute | A Fair New World?! is a publication by the Flanders Arts Institute around fairer, more sustainable, more inclusive practices in the arts. Includes many concrete examples and quotes from arts professionals | |
| RESHAPE | RESHAPE | RESHAPE is a collaborative, bottom-up research process that proposes instruments for transition towards an alternative, fairer, and unified arts ecosystem across Europe and the Southern Mediterranean. Includes concrete tools and case studies of methodologies | |
