The Leonardo da Vinci programme links policy to practice in the field of vocational education and training (VET). Projects range from those giving individuals the chance to improve their competences, knowledge and skills through a period abroad, to Europe-wide co-operation between training organisations. Part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme, the programme funds a wide range of actions, notably cross-border mobility initiatives; co-operation projects to develop and spread innovation; and thematic networks. The potential beneficiaries are similarly wide – from trainees in initial vocational training, to people already in the labour market, as well as VET professionals and private or public organisations active in this field. Leonardo da Vinci enables VET organisations to work with European partners, exchange best practices, increasing the expertise of their staff and respond to the teaching and learning needs of people. It therefore supports efforts to make vocational education more attractive to young people. By helping European citizens to acquire new skills, knowledge and qualifications, the programme also aims to bolster the competitiveness of the European labour market. Innovation projects have always been at the core of the Leonardo da Vinci programme. They aim to improve the quality of training systems through the development and transfer of innovative policies, contents, methods and procedures within vocational education and training.

The Literary Fund of Slovakia is the public national cultural institution founded according to the art founds act. The circumstances about the mission and objectives of the Found and the way of its realisation operate the fund statute. The main goal of the Fund is support of creative activities on the field of fine literature, theatre, film, radio, television broadcasting, videoart as well as the computer programmes.

The London Film and Video Development Agency (LFVDA) is the production agency for the London region, combining its own funding resources with Carlton Television and FilmFour to create the London Production Fund. LFVDA manages several film funds that are designed for filmmakers in the London area and across the nation: 1/ London Production Fund -supports new work and talent in the London region. Any professional filmmaker living and working in London can access the fund, although students, TV series and feature films are not eligible; 2/ London Production Fund - Digital Tales: low budget films of up to 6 minutes in duration, shot and edited digitally, and is aimed at filmmakers with a background in artists film and video, photography or digital arts; 3/ London Production Fund: Completion Awards - for projects that can be presented in at least rough cut form; 4/ East London Film Fund - business support for film-makers and media companies located within the Lea Valley and East London regi

The foundation organizes and supports projects that give the audiences a broader perspective on the recent developments in cinema and that further promote film education. The foundation supports, for instance, directors from developing countries, workshops, film courses, masterclasses, film festivals, summer schools, etc.

Non-profit foundation for marketing and promotion of the European independent film, television, video and new media industry. With financial support of the MEDIA programme of the EU, the Marketplace’s goal is to facilitate European producers and distributors value-for-money access to the major trade markets, festivals and other events.

Since 1994, the Maskep (Otherwise) Foundation has been operating a movie theatre in Budapest called Cirko-Gejzir, which had a small screening room. Five years ago they re-opened – in a new location – a better equipped Cirko –Gejzir with two screening rooms. Their movie theatre – besides serving as a venue for several minority project – aims to introduce outstanding pieces of international cinema not yet shown in Hungary.

The MEDIA Mundus programme supports cooperation projects between European professionals and professionals from third countries, to the mutual benefit of the European audiovisual sector and that of third countries. The aims of the programme are to increase the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry, to enable Europe to play its cultural and political role in the world more effectively and to increase consumer choice and cultural diversity. The programme will seek to improve access to third-country markets and to build trust and long-term working relationships.

Media Plan is the first private, independent organization on media development in Bosnia-Herzegovina, founded in 1995 in Sarajevo. Today, Media Plan is an institution with a lot of experience in media research, education of professionals, online information and different communication projects. Media Plan implements projects in all countries of South East Europe.

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. In the field of acquisition and improvements of skills, the objectives of the programme shall be: ♦ To strengthen the skills of European audiovisual professionals in order to improve the quality and potential of European audiovisual works. ♦ To improve the European dimension of audiovisual training activities.

"i2i Audiovisual" is designed to facilitate access to financing from banks and other financial institutions by subsidising part of the cost of the guarantees required by these institutions and/or part of the financing itself. i2i covers three types of cost: * Module 1 - insurance * Module 2 - completion guarantee * Module 3 - financing costs. Your company's project may receive funding for one, two or all three of these modules.

This MEDIA Production Guarantee Fund will be aimed at supporting and facilitating the access of European audiovisual companies to bank credits. The Fund will receive an annual contribution which will be used to guarantee bank credits granted to European production companies. The setting up and management of this fund will be delegated to a European financial organisation under indirect centralised management. The call is aimed at selecting the organisation that will be entrusted with the mission to implement the fund on behalf of the European Commission. The Fund that should be launched in the course of the second quarter 2010 will benefit from a total contribution of € 8 million over a 4-year period. It would share the financial risk related to the loans granted by banks to European independent audiovisual producers, by guaranteeing to cover a certain percentage of the loss in case of failure by the producer to reimburse the loan, thus encouraging local banks to grant credits to film producers.

Since 1991, MEDIA, the EU's support programme for the European audiovisual industry, has supported the development and distribution of thousands of films as well as training activities, festivals and promotion projects throughout the continent. From 2001-2006, more than half a billion euros were injected into 8,000 projects from over 30 countries. The new MEDIA 2007 programme (2007-2013) is the fourth multi-annual programme since 1991 and has a budget of € 755 million. It simplifies the programme's administration but certainly not its objectives: to strive for a stronger European audiovisual sector, reflecting and respecting Europe's cultural identity and heritage; to increase the circulation of European audiovisual works inside and outside the European Union; to strengthen the competitiveness of the European audiovisual sector by facilitating access to financing and promoting use of digital technologies.

This support programme aims to facilitate and encourage the promotion and movement of European audiovisual and cinema works at trade shows, fairs and audiovisual festivals in Europe and around the globe, insofar as such events may play an important role in the promotion of European works and the networking of professionals, and to encourage the networking of European operators, by supporting joint activities on the European and international markets by national public or private promotion bodies.

Selective support is for groups of at least five/seven European companies in countries participating in the MEDIA programme distributing a film from another European country in their distribution territory. Distribution of any film from another European country: the film must have been majority produced by a producer/producers established in countries participating in the MEDIA programme and made with a significant participation by professionals from those countries. The film must be a recent work of fiction, cartoon or documentary more than 60 minutes long and from a different country than the country of distribution. The copyright of the film cannot be dated earlier than 4 years before the year of submission of the application Films with a production budget of more than €15 million are not eligible.A group of at least 5 distributors (for small films) or 7 distributors (for medium films) should respond (through a coordinator) to the call for proposals. One or more distributors may join a group which is already receiving support to distribute the same film.

The European Commission has issued annual calls for proposals since 1992 for support for attending film festivals and other audiovisual events to promote European films and their distribution across Europe.

MEDIA Support for Television Broadcasting seeks to encourage independent European audiovisual production companies to produce work that involves the participation or cooperation of least three broadcasters -and preferably more- from several member states. One of the objectives of the programme is to promote the transnational broadcasting of European audiovisual works produced by independent production companies by encouraging cooperation between broadcasters on one hand, and independent producers and distributors on the other.

Funding is available to support the digitisation of European cinemas that show a significant percentage of non-national European films. The scheme funds the side costs linked to the purchase of digital projectors.

This scheme supports the pilot phase of projects aiming to develop new ways of creating, distributing and promoting European audiovisual content with the use of new, innovative information and communication technologies. Eligible projects: The types of actions considered under this Call for Proposals are: * Distribution: New ways of creating, distributing and promoting European audiovisual content via non-linear services * Open Media Production Environment * Distribution - Promotion and Marketing: The use of web techniques to develop local cinema communities * Audiovisual Junction Portal: To widen and improve access to, and the exploitation of, structured information about European audiovisual content (by linking up existing databases).

This annual scheme offers a non-repayable grant. The amount depends on the sales agent's performance in selling European films within a qualifying period. The scheme is designed in two stages: generation and reinvestment.

Funding is available to support the digital distribution of European audiovisual works to a wider, international audience and/or to cinema exhibitors. This scheme funds advanced distribution services, integrating where necessary digital security systems in order to protect online content. Two types of services are eligible: · Video on Demand (VoD): Service enabling individuals to select audiovisual works from a central server for viewing on a remote screen by streaming and/or downloading (B2C - Business to Consumer) · Digital Cinema Distribution (DCD): Digital delivery (to an acceptable commercial standard) of content to cinemas for theatrical exploitation via hard disc, satellite or online (B2B - Business to Business).

MEDIA Continuous training scheme supports the creation of pan-European training networks to help professionals in the audiovisual industry enhance their competence in the international market.

The fund promotes the development and production of high-quality artistic programmes by the national and regional public broadcasting corporations. The fund provides more than 16 million euros in subsidies annually for radio- and television programmes in the following fields: drama, documentary, feature film, youth, new media and performing arts. The fund also stimulates new genres, like video clips and games in collaboration with other organizations and funds.

Mediawave International visual arts foundation was established by independent organizations and associations, with the following goals in mind: the annual organisation of the Mediawave International Festival of Visual Arts, Györ in the last week of April and The Ladybird Festival and Camp of Folk Traditions, Mediawave Visual Arts Camp which includes also international films, to operate the Mediawave 2000Ltd. for the production of documentary, feature and experimental films and videos as well as video commercials, to archive all productions entered in the Mediawave Festivals, to support Hungarian visual arts events in neighbouring countries.

Berlin-Brandenburg is Germany’s film capital, the Medienboard its regional fund. We support films in the categories of script development, project development, production, distribution and sales, and other activities. At the Medienboard, funding decisions are at the discretion of the managing director. Funding consultants participate in the decision making process and handle all client relations. Our overall annual investment, across the range of projects, is approximately 28 million Euros, including various national and international documentary projects.

Supports film productions for cinema and television.