Guidelines

Application form

Budget form

Financing plan

Funding is available for training providers to deliver continuous vocational training activities for film and television industry professionals in the areas of new technologies, economic, financial and commercial management and script development. Applicants from the UK can apply for a non-repayable grant of up to 50% towards the costs of the training activity.  

The next Call for Proposals for multi-annual Framework Partnership Agreements will be launched in 2012. 

Eligible applicants

Only applicant companies established and registered in countries participating in the MEDIA Programme are eligible.

Applicant companies must belong to one of the following categories:
* Film and television schools
* Universities
* Specialised professional training institutions
* Private companies and organisations from the audiovisual industry.

Eligible Target Groups

Professionals from the audiovisual industry, in particular:
* Producers
* Directors
* Writers
* Script editors
* Commissioning editors
* Distributors
* Exhibitors
* Sales agents
* New media content providers
* Professionals from the animation industry
* Professionals from post-production field
* Trainers.

Professionals from legal, banking or financial sectors working with the industry are eligible target groups.

Training activities favouring multidisciplinary co-operation within the audiovisual industry are encouraged. 

Applicant companies should ensure that a majority of the participants in a training activity are of a nationality other than that of the promoter.

Eligible Activities

Training activities applying for funding must address one of the following topics:

Training in new audiovisual technologies

Implementation of new technologies in audiovisual activities:
      * Production (e.g. digital production, 3D animation, HDTV) 
      * Post-production e.g. visual/special effects
      * Distribution: new channels for distribution of films for TV and cinema
      * Marketing: using new media to promote audiovisual works( i.e. internet, mobile 

         phones)
      * New markets (internet, mobile phones, 3D cinema)
      * Restoration and conservation technologies.

Training in economic, financial and commercial management

* Business skills (such as management, new business models, marketing, pitching and presentation)
* Production
* Distribution/exhibition
* Legal and financial aspects of co-production
* Understanding international markets
* Networking and accessing international markets.

Training in script development

* Identifying target audiences;
* International standards of scriptwriting and script presentation;
* Creative collaboration between writers, script editors, producers, directors, DOPs.

Training initiatives designed specifically to develop competencies in the field of live recordings, TV games, talk shows, reality shows etc., or techniques exclusively linked to video games are ineligible.

Award Criteria

The award criteria make it possible to assess the quality of the proposals submitted in light of the objectives and priorities set. The Agency will award grants within the limit of the budgetary resources available on the basis of the following weighted criteria:

Quality of the content of the activity          20 points
Project management                                20 points
Partnership with the  industry                   20 points
European dimension                                20 points
Impact                                                   20 points
Total                                                      100 points

Budget

The budget for this Call for Proposals is €2.5 million. The Agency reserves the right not to allocate all the funds available.