European Music Council

The European Music Council (EMC) is a regional group of the International Music Council (IMC) representing Europe. It was established in 1972 as the 'European regional group of the IMC' and was renamed the European Music Council in 1992. The IMC was founded by UNESCO in 1949, and is, today, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), which still retains formal relations with UNESCO. Until 2000 the secretariat was based in Aarau, Switzerland, and is now in Bonn, Germany.

The EMC functions as a non-governmental advisory body on musical matters. The membership includes National Music Councils from 15 European countries (including countries outside the European Union such as Ukraine, Israel and Azerbaijan); 14 European music organisations; 18 international music organisations and 27 national music organisations or organisations that specialise in specific areas of music.

As of 2016, The European Music Council haa 74 members based in 33 countries.

National music councils represented are Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

The EMC has 18 members that carry out work on an international level (defined as an organisation that has members or carries out activities in a minimum of ten countries outside of Europe).

There are 14 organisations in the 'European Music Organisations' category of the EMC (defined as operating in a minimum of 20% of Europe).