Regional Committees

CISAC has five regional committees, each in charge of representing the specific issues within their geographical area. The five regional committees comprise:

• Regional African Committee (CAF)
• Regional Asia-Pacific Committee (CAP)
• Regional Canada/USA Committee (CCU)
• Regional European Committee (EC)
• Regional Latin American and Caribbean Committee (CLC)

Each regional committee forms a statutory advisory body to promote the interests of the creative community and its intellectual property in their specific region.

Among their priorities, regional committees are responsible for:

• Coordinating CISAC activities in the region through promoting the enactment of legislation
• Assisting in the establishment of necessary administrative infrastructures for the creation and effective operation of societies in those countries within the territory where no collective management organisations exist
• Providing encouragement and assistance for developing and strengthening member societies in those countries where such collective management organisations exist but are not fully-effective
• Nurturing constructive relations and cooperation between societies
• Addressing and studying issues and problems directly linked to the moral, material and professional interests of creators and member societies within the territory
• Fulfilling all other functions that contribute to the development of member societies
• Determining its own working rules.