Organization

The size of the IDFA team is fluid; in 2022, the team consisted of 63 FTE (compared to 57.3 FTE in 2020). The permanent workforce is made up of staff with permanent contracts (23.8 FTE in 2022, 24.6 in 2021) and temporary contracts (21.4 FTE in 2022, 20.4 FTE in 2021). In the run-up to the festival, the organization is expanded with freelance employees (17.9 FTE in 2022, 12.3 in 2021), interns (2.9 FTE in 2022, 2.8 FTE in 2021), and 504 volunteers.

Internationalization of the workplace has become increasingly important. Each year, the employee policy is aimed at recruiting a good team and creating working conditions in which everyone can excel and contribute to IDFA’s activities from their divergent perspectives. Over the past two years, IDFA has made a specific effort to offer freelance employees better rates. Due to new online activities, more work has been outsourced to freelance staff.

As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the institute of IDFA remains safe and inclusive, IDFA developed a code of conduct for dealing with undesirable behavior, such as (sexual) harassment, intimidation, aggression, violence, discrimination, and bullying. There are two confidential counselors within IDFA. In addition, IDFA is affiliated with Mores.online, the independent disclosure office for undesirable behavior in the Dutch cultural and creative sector, which offers advice and support by independent confidential counselors.

The Fair Practice Code is applied within IDFA’s employee policy. In addition to fair financial compensation and transparency, this also concerns involving the team with the development of the organization (policy and annual plans), preserving knowledge by maintaining more sustainable work relationships, establishing work processes, and conducting evaluations with employees.

Foundation IDFA endorses the Governance Code Cultuur, the Fair Practice Code, and de Code Diversiteit & Inclusie. With the aim of strengthening IDFA as an institute with a unified vision, the two foundations IDFA and IDFA Bertha Fund were reorganized to operate under the guidance of one Supervisory Board led by chairperson Marry de Gaay Fortman. New statutes and regulations have been drawn up for the board and management. In addition, a remuneration committee, an audit committee, and a strategy/program committee have been formed.

Two changes took place to the Supervisory Board in 2022. Marischka Leenaers has left the the board following two terms, and Sandra den Hamer has since joined. The members include: Femke van der Laan, Henk Siebren de Jong, Michael Kembel, and Bregtje van der Haak, who in January 2023 announced she could no longer be a member due to her new role as director of Eye. At the end of 2022, an intern will be affiliated with the Supervisory Board: Orcun Ersungur. The members do not receive compensation and the maximum term of office is two periods of four years.

Orwa Nyrabia and Cees van ‘t Hullenaar are IDFA’s directors. Isabel Arrate Fernandez is director of IDFA Bertha Fund. The directors receive remuneration in line with the WNT salary standard. The Supervisory Board meets on a weekly basis, and the directors have a weekly management meeting. The directors manage the various departments. Each department develops a year plan that is monitored and evaluated by the directors annually. Part of that evaluation includes setting KPIs, which consists of performance figures, financial figures, and results from various satisfaction surveys.