About the IFCCD

The IFCCD was founded in Sevilla on September 19, 2007 to replace the International Liaison Committee of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity.

This committee was created in 2003 at the initiative of the Coalitions for Cultural Diversity as a mean to facilitate cooperation, development of common positions and actions. Particularly, the ILC promoted the elaboration of a convention on cultural diversity by the UNESCO.

The ILC delegates participated as observers in the international sessions of negotiations for the production of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, thus ensuring that the voice of cultural professionals was heard during this labour intensive process.

The implementation of the Convention, on March 18, 2007 gave a new swing to the ILC action which then became the International Federation of the Coalitions for Cultural Diversity.

The founding members of the Federation total 42 national coalitions for Cultural Diversity grouping in the aggregate more than 600 professional culture organizations representing creators, artists, independent producers, distributors, broadcasters and editors in the publishing, motion picture, television, music, performing arts and visual arts fields.

The Federation is incorporated in Canada and has its head office in Montreal. The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity ensures the representation of the IFCCD at the UNESCO in Paris.