Continuous Training

Deadlines:

16 Apr 2012

expired

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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.

This Call for Proposals is for actions envisaged to be carried out over a period of two years, which will be covered, if successful, by a two-year Framework Partnership Agreement. This Call for Proposals is the last one under MEDIA 2007 for Continuous Training, which means this is the last chance to apply until 2014.

The budget for this Call for Proposals is €7 million per year.

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 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 and platforms (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.

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 the post-production field
* Trainers.

Professionals from legal, banking or financial sectors working with the industry are also 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.

Please read the Guidelines and Key Details documents before completing the application documents

Guidelines for Call for Proposals 05/2012
Adobe Acrobat PDF file (262 KB)
Key details for Call for Proposals 05/2012
Adobe Acrobat PDF file (701 KB)
Application form
unknown (156 KB)
Financing plan and forecast budget
Excel spreadsheet (188 KB)

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 audiovisual industry	20 points
European dimension	20 points
Impact	20 points
Total	100 points

Previous calls for this scheme

Call number	Deadlines
18/2006	09 Mar 2007
04/2008	13 May 2008
04/2009	07 Aug 2009
01/2010	09 Jul 2010
07/2011	15 Jun 2011

Continuous Training

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Continuous Training

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