Strasbourg Music Week SMA - Syndicat des Musiques Actuelles 's 20 th anniversary - panel on work conditions

Founded in 2005, the SMA (Syndicat des Musiques Actuelles) is the trade union for the pop music sector and currently brings together nearly 600 companies (festivals, concert halls, live show producers, labels, training centers, radio stations, federations, and networks).

These independent and mostly non-profit organizations share the common goal of working for the public good and diversity, particularly by supporting the expression of artists and promoting access to culture for all.

The SMA's role is to inform and advise its members on legal, social, and tax matters. It also represents them in professional joint committees, such as the CNM (Centre National de la Musique), Afdas (vocational training fund), and within collective bargaining agreements. Finally, the SMA defends the interests of the french pop music sector with public authorities to ensure better consideration of the industry.

Within the Afdas Institutional Relations and Branches Department, he is in charge of deploying the employment/training policy of the branches, particularly the performing arts sector.
As such, he helps to ensure that relations with the contacts in these professional sectors run smoothly.

His main tasks are to
- Provide technical support to branch representatives in drawing up their strategic employment / training policy guidelines (preparing and leading working groups).
- Ensure the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of projects and their deployment within the Afdas network.
- Provide expertise for any project carried out by Afdas directly or indirectly involving the branch
- Represent Afdas at external events (trade fairs, information meetings, etc.)

As a Skills Operator (Opco), Afdas works daily with its audiences:

• Businesses: Offering support to serve their strategy, development, and talent, making training a sustainable investment. 
• Employees and self-employed workers: Acting as a "one-stop shop" for training and career support for specific groups, such as freelance workers in the entertainment and audiovisual industries, artist-authors, freelance journalists, professional athletes, top-level athletes, and seasonal workers in leisure and tourism.

Through its strategic role as an Opco, the goal is to foster individual growth and, through them, the development of all the member sectors.

AFDAS' 6 main missions:    Support the development of apprenticeship programs,  Support businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the development of training,   Assist professional sectors in the development of certifications and employment monitoring,   Support economic transitions, Develop access to training for specific audiences (freelancers in entertainment, artist-authors) , Inform businesses about environmental and sustainable development challenges and support them in analyzing and defining the skills needed for their projects related to ecological transition adaptation.

Emmanuelle Cuttitta is the head of Le Gueulard +, a club based in Nilvange, Moselle.
She also is member of the board of GRABUGE, pop music indistry 's network in Grand Est region, and of Syndicat des Musiques Actuelles.