Nairobi, 26 – 29 November 2012 — FIM and Swedish union SMF held a joint regional conference in Nairobi on the capacity building of African musicians’ unions. The conference was attended by FIM President John Smith, and brought together representatives from 16 African countries, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as British society PPL. The Swedish Confederation LO-TCO, which funded the two FIM and SMF projects, was also represented.
A detailed assessment of work carried out over the past three years was presented and evaluated. Tangible results have been measured in all countries where the two projects were involved: Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Kenya, Guinea, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Malawi and Sierra-Leone. […]
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