Our commitments

Faced with today’s social and environmental challenges, the Orchestre National de Jazz is taking action in a number of areas to help make the cultural sector more respectful and inclusive.

Gender equality

• Parity as an objective in the number of members on stage, to help change the way orchestral musicians are portrayed.

• Training the permanent team in the prevention of sexist and sexual violence, and proposing training to intermittent teams.

• Establishment of a prevention protocol and appointment of two in-house referents, members of the national network of VSS referents in culture created by La Petite.

• Mediation around two projects:
Les “Elles” du Jazz
Exhibition “Exceptionn–elles ?, la place des femmes dans le jazz”.

• The ONJ is a member of the French association HF Île–de–France, equality between men and women in the arts and culture.

Ecoresponsibility

• Since 2020, the ONJ has been a member of ARVIVA, a group of performing arts professionals committed to the ecological transition of the sector.

• Charter for an eco-responsible commitment – a guide to good environmental practices appended to all contracts.

• Work in progress to estimate the carbon footprint of the ONJ’s activities using the SEEDS tool developed by ARVIVA, and to implement a strategy to reduce environmental impact.

Syndicats

• The ONJ is a member of Scène Ensemble, French professional organization for the performing arts, and of Syndéac, the French national union of artistic and cultural enterprises.

Professional federations and networks

• The ONJ is a member of Grands Formats, French federation of artists for large-format music, Futurs Composés, French national network for musical creation, and RamDam, French national network for music for young audiences.