An insight into the Visual, Audio, Creative Content Professionals Association (Singapore), and upcoming engagement sessions to hear from you.
Visual, Audio, Creative Content Professionals Association (Singapore)
Introduction
The Visual, Audio, Creative Content Professionals Association (Singapore) (VICPA) was formed to represent visual, audio, and creative content professionals, with a focus on shaping trade practices and enhancing the professional work prospects of its members. VICPA will continue to establish and deepen collaborations with stakeholders in the creative media and enterprise sectors to progressively strengthen industry practices, including helping buyers understand how creative professionals charge as well as their value of service.
Why Join VICPA
NTUC recognises that many professionals in these sectors find that a lack of industry benchmarks or standards has contributed to an undervaluation of services. This hinders the progression of the industry and if perpetuated, may see an eventual outflow of professionals from the scene. VICPA's top priority is therefore to develop a code of ethics to guide industry practices as well as develop a network of support and resources to enable you to advance your professionalism so that you can remain relevant in the changing landscape and be equipped to expand business opportunities.
VICPA's Professional 'Code of Ethics'
The Professional Code of Ethics is intended to shape as well as guide the conduct of trade practices, and influence service buyers in how they value and procure your services. This would reinforce VICPA’s on-going efforts to address the evergreen concerns of professionals on the undervaluation of services.
Through rounds of focus groups, we have crafted a first draft. We invite you to build on this draft and co-create the Professional Code of Ethics with us from now till 30 June 2021.
You may do so at: bit.ly/codeofethics_vicpa
A log of contributed views would be posted here regularly.
Membership
Who can be a VICPA member
If you are a freelance or self-employed visual, audio and/or creative content professional, we welcome you to sign up as a VICPA member.
Examples of professions represented by VICPA include: Photographers, Videographers, Production crew, Content writers, On-set stylists, etc.
How to be a VICPA member
To be a VICPA member, simply sign up as a NTUC member at: www.ntuc.co/SEP. Please select 'Audio, Visual, Content' under the field for Company Name.
If you are already an NTUC member and are a freelance/self-employed audio, visual, content professional, please email us at: fseu@ntuc.org.sg to request for your membership to be categorised under VICPA. We will send you a conversion form to do so.
For more information on other benefits of being a NTUC-VICPA member, please visit: www.ntuc.co/membership
Benefits
$100 One-Off Quarantine Order (QO) Support for VICPA members
For VICPA members who are placed under QO and who would suffer loss of income because of inability to work during this period of QO, VICPA provides a $100 one-off quarantine order (QO) as a means of temporary financial relief.
Eligibility Criteria
1. You must be an active VICPA member at the point of application, i.e. paying NTUC/VICPA member.
If applicant is an active NTUC member and not yet a VICPA member, we will request member to convert/transfer membership to VICPA to qualify.
2. Provide official QO issued by MOH w.e.f 16 May 2021.
Application Process
Please submit your official QO issues by MOH w.e.f. 16 May 2021 via email: vicpa@ntuc.org.sg
Please indicate[QO Support] in your email title for easy reference.
Our officers will contact you within 3 to 5 working days of a submitted application.
Contact us
If you have further enquiries, email: vicpa@ntuc.org.sg
