Background
In 2021, in light of a number of serious allegations being made in the public domain relating the Creative Industries, Time’s Up UK Chair, Dame Heather Rabbatts joined forces with legal advisors from FieldFisher and scoped the concept for an Independent Standards Authority for the Creative Industries and began to consult with leaders across Film, Music, TV and Theatre.
In September 2022, CIISA brought on board Jen Smith as interim CEO, to lead the work. CIISA expanded the team in 2023/2024 to assist in the design of its governance, legal and operational processes, alongside finalising its funding model and business plan. CIISA continues to engage on the final design of its work, with the aim of going live with initial services in 2025.
Our Purpose & Vision
The purpose of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is to uphold and improve standards of behaviour across the creative industries and to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying and harassment, including bullying and harassment of a discriminatory nature.
Following a significant period of discussion with the creative industries, we are now in the next stages of development for CIISA.
In our first iteration, CIISA will support the film, TV, theatre and music industries. We are heartened by the positive groundswell of support.
CIISA’s vision is to create consistently safe and inclusive workplaces for creative industry professionals through pro-active interventions and advice, providing a single place of accountability where behaviours of concern can be reported and investigated, and building capability to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment and bullying and harassment of a discriminatory nature.