EC: Call for Proposals for Markets & Networking

Deadline: 28-Jun-22

The European Commission (EC) is pleased to launch a call for proposals for its grant program entitled “Markets & Networking”.

Objectives

The objective of the Markets & networking support:

• To encourage business-to-business exchanges among European audiovisual professionals, and in particular an increased participation from LCC Group B countries, by facilitating access to physical and online markets;
• To include industry events focused on contents and/or the uptake of new technologies and business models, as long as they can make an impact on visibility and sales of European works;
• To value environmental-friendly approaches.

Activities

The support is foreseen for activities aiming at:

• Facilitating European and international co-productions including feature films, short films, video games, television series and cross media;
• Facilitating access to professional audiovisual trade events and markets, both physical and online;

Special attention will be given to applications presenting adequate strategies to ensure more sustainable and more environmentally-respectful industry. When activities include physical events, the process to acquire a sustainability certificate should be launched within the project period.

Measures to ensure gender balance, inclusion, diversity and representativeness should also be included.

Funding Information

The available call budget is EUR 13.000.000.

Expected Results

• To improve the European/international dimension of existing large industry markets, and to increase the systemic impact of smaller initiatives;
• To encourage the development of networks among European professionals;
• To promote sustainability and the greening process of the European audiovisual industry;
• To improve the competitiveness and circulation of European audiovisual works on international markets and to enhance diversity;
• To ensure that Europe's audiovisual industry is taking full advantage of digitalisation.

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 or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

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