The information webinar takes place Wednesday 15 January, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm. Photo: Shutterstock.
The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA), is running an industry consultation of ‘The CIISA Standards’ (‘the Standards’), a set of expectations that set out the minimum standards of behaviour expected across the UK’s creative industries to enable safe and inclusive working environments.
This includes preventing and tackling of all forms of bullying and harassment, including bullying and harassment of a discriminatory nature.
The Standards will provide a framework for a single, unified vision of professional standards of behaviour within the creative industries. They aim to illustrate what a safe and inclusive working environment, which treats people with dignity, looks like, and are scalable to any size of organisation, production or project.
The consultation is open until 10:00 am on Monday 27 January 2025, with the final Standards launched and published in February 2025.
Have questions or want to know more about the Standards? Join the exclusive webinar
CIISA are hosting a webinar for MU members, where Niyi Akeju (CIISA’s Head of Standards Development), will go through the Standards and answer questions you may have.
The webinar takes place Wednesday 15 January, 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm.
What happens as a result of the consultation?
Following the outcome of the consultation, CIISA will use the Standards to benchmark how the creative industries are embedding safe and inclusive working environments against these expectations, and will identify and produce industry-specific guidance based on them.
This guidance will outline advice, support and good practice on how individuals, organisations, productions and projects can meet the expectations set by the Standards in practice, in a way that is tailored to the size and nature of their work.
The creative industries workforce will be able to report concerns to CIISA related to potential breaches of the Standards and, where appropriate, CIISA will support these individuals, organisations, productions or projects with appropriate advice and signposting to resources that will help them to ensure that their concerns are addressed. In due course, CIISA will look to introduce services aimed at resolving concerns where possible.
The MU is encouraging all members to take part in the consultation which can be found below.