ABOUT US

CEIDA-IFCM is set up to focus on a particular field, copyright and related rights; its specialized and technical activity is centered on two critical axes of copyright and related rights management: technical assistance and capacity building of its clients.

CEIDA-IFCM is a client services-driven firm; these clients are collective management organizations (CMOs) of copyright and related rights, government authorities (ministries), international institutions and organizations, NGOs, SMEs in the creative industries and digital distribution of creative content, national and international media groups.

CEIDA's ambition is to federate the reputations of its collaborators both in Africa and in the world through the experience and professional standards of its partners. The services cover the traditional sectors related to the management of copyright and related rights (music, audiovisual and dramatic works, sound and audiovisual productions, performances, radio and television, visual arts (PGA), publishing, etc.).

The firm aims at contributing to the access of the clients to information technologies and business solutions which it understands the importance and the challenges in both technical and commercial aspects, especially for African CMOs. As such, CEIDA-IFCM undertakes to provide data processing services for these clients in order to become for them an accredited agency for the allocation of standardized international numbers with international organizations such as CISAC, IFPI, SCAPR, IFRRO, etc.

WHAT DO WE DO ?

CEIDA-IFCM's intervention may range : :

from drafting copyright laws, comments and opinions on multilateral agreements and national legislations to the elaboration of national strategies and plans for the development of sectors related to copyright and related rights
from face-to-face and/or online training to mentoring
from the drafting of operational management tools to the development of collective management rules and regulations
from contract negotiation to mediation
from advising and drafting legal opinions to assisting clients in pre-litigation situations,
from the elaboration of specifications (high level business requirements - HLBR) to the development of software for clients' business solutions
from sectoral financial analysis to operational and financial auditing of clients, with a specialization for CMOs

With a solid professional experience at the international level, coupled with a perfect knowledge of the needs of the clients, and through deep relationships with the academic circles specialized in the field of copyright and related rights, CEIDA-IFCM partners and collaborators ambition to make this firm a tool that will follow the development of copyright management in Africa.

Business sectors : collective management, music, audiovisual and dramatic rights (works, performances, productions), private copy remuneration, literature, arts, IT (operational solutions), reprography, media (television, radio, press), publishing, production, digital markets, e-commerce, data processing

Legal area of expertise : copyright and related rights

Services : training (face-to-face and online), seminars, colloquia, studies, consultations, project design and implementation, opinions and advice, contracts, mediation, negotiation, pre-litigation, engineering (design and implementation) of tools and methods, audits, mentoring, business cases (HLBR), development of standard or dedicated software, data processing and allocation of international standardized numbers

Current priority services : personalized advice and guidance on important issues (negotiation on streaming platforms, downloads, telephony services and operators), personalized online and face-to-face targeted training services for capacity building, assistance for the development of customized CMO management tools: documentation, tariff setting, distribution, negotiation with large media groups, audiovisual management (works and performances), implementation of private copy remuneration schemes, mentoring for newly created or emerging CMOs

CEIDA/IFCM's core values : expertise, independence, resilience, generosity, passion and tenacity in the face of challenges, team spirit, transparency and accountability, results orientation

CEIDA's assets that make the difference :

The solidity of the links that unite the team that are its collaborators, associates and promoters on their vision for the future of management of copyright and related rights in Africa. This very strong link unites the practitioners of copyright and related rights who form the backbone of CEIDA-IFCM

CEIDA-IFCM has a particularly deep knowledge of clients' needs in terms of capacity building, transfer of knowledge and technical assistance

In the field of collective management of copyright and related rights, the experience and expertise of CEIDA-IFCM is a particularly recognized asset and makes the firm's team an informed partner in Africa

CEIDA – IFCM AT A GLANCE

CEIDA-IFCM a new firm, original in its inception, vocation and its objectives all oriented towards a sound and effective management of copyright and related rights in Africa. It is established as a tool at the disposal of collective management organizations (CMOs), rights holders, institutions, public and private organizations, business corporates and individual operators active in all sectors of activities related to creation, arts, culture, media and digital markets of creative content It is an expert team, demanding, available, passionate and shaped by a long, rich and solid experience, whose only goal is to offer high value-added services to all clients of the firm, mainly in the field of legal and technical assistance, capacity building, analysis and internal audits,, designing and engineering solutions and operational tools, contracts and licensing

CEIDA-IFCM c’est une force de propositions pour des solutions résilientes dans un secteur en plein essor en Afrique face à ses défis et à ses opportunités. Les atouts du cabinet: The firm's assets : a perfect and proven knowledge of the field, a solid mastery of theoretical concepts in order to create practical solutions to modernize and innovate in the businesses related to the clients' activities; it is capacity and art of negotiation and intermediation.