Deadline: 26-Aug-21
European Commission is calling for proposals for Talent & Skills to foster talents and skills of the audiovisual sector professionals. Strengthen the capacity of audiovisual professionals to adapt to new creative processes and new business models with a view to maximise and fully exploit the opportunities of digital innovation across the value chain.
Initiatives will aim at reinforcing the capacity to fully exploit the creative and commercial potential of the digital transition in all formats and for all platforms. Particular focus will be put on the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills, and awareness on market and digital technologies developments, data analytics, sustainable business models, internationalisation, marketing, promotion, audience development, restoration of film heritage, greening of the industry.
Themes and priorities
- Within the specific objective of promoting innovation, competitiveness, scalability, cooperation, innovation and sustainability, including through mobility in the European audiovisual sector, one of the priorities of the MEDIA Strand is:
- To nurture talents, competence and skills and to stimulate cross-border cooperation, digital transformation and innovation in the creation and production of European audiovisual works, encouraging collaboration across Member States.
- The MEDIA strand shall provide support for the following action:
- Training and mentoring activities to enhance the capacity of audiovisual professionals to adapt to new creative processes, market developments and embrace digital transformation that affect the whole value chain.
Funding Information
The available call budget is EUR 8 000 000. This budget might be increased by maximum 20%.
Expected Results
- To improve the capacity of the audiovisual sector to operate transnationally and internationally ;
- To have a structuring effect on European companies, including testing new business models and enhancing the capacity to access finance;
- To accompany the digital transition of the audiovisual sector and its ability to apply digital and new technologies
- To facilitate the sharing of knowledge and know-how, notably via the support of mentoring initiatives.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature]
- be established in one of the countries participating in the MEDIA strand of the Creative Europe Programme and owned directly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries; for publicly listed companies, the location of the stock exchange will be taken into account to determine its nationality.
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
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