Call for proposals
The call for proposals aims at the
co-financing of announcements, magazines, fiction, games, clips,
short programmes, entertainment, youth programmes, documentaries,
series, infotainment and edutainment on three themes:
| | •
| the enlargement of the European
Union; |
| | • | the future of Europe; |
| | • | general information on the European
Union. |
Who is the European Commission
looking for?
TV and radio broadcasters and producers
from the 15 EU member States only.
Broadcasters and producers from EU acceding
countries (Estonia, Latvia, Poland Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Hungary, Slovenia, Malta, Cyprus) are welcome to participate to
this call providing a submission in association with a leading
party legally constituted and registered in one of the 15 Member
States of the EU.
What is the European Commission
looking for?
It is looking for:
| | •
| an ever-widening audience
to better perceive the Union, its policies and institutions, its
tasks and achievements; |
| | • | the improvement of the
awareness of the role played by the European Iinstitutions in the
lives of its citizens, and in particular the youth of
today; |
| | • | programmes |
| | | 1. | to demonstrate that the EU policies
are neither “distant” nor “alien” and that they have a positive
impact on citizens’ daily lives |
| | | 2. | to explain the reasons for which the
EU has undertaken a new enlargement process |
| | | 3. | that will contribute to improving the
level of information available to the EU citizens on the new Member
States as well as their explicit requests for information |
| | • | talented people who want
to help address citizens’ concerns both in the present EU and in
the future Member States. |
The total funding for this call for
proposals amounts to:
| | €4m for theme 1
€4m for theme 2
€8.5m for theme 3 |
Grants range from:
| | €100,000 to €300,000 for TV proposals
(themes 1, 2 and 3)
€25,000 to €75,000 for radio proposals (themes 1, 2 and
3) |
Closing dates
The closing date for the submission of
proposals on theme 1 (enlargement of the EU) is Monday 30 June
2003. Applications for theme 1 should be addressed to:
Georges Ingber
European Commission
DG ELARG, Office CHAR6/17
B-1049 Brussels
The closing date for the submission of
proposals on theme 2 (the future of the EU) and theme 3 (General
information on the EU) is Monday 15 September 2003. Applications
for themes 2 and 3 should be addressed to:
Christian De Bruyne
European Commission
DG PRESS, Office BREY 6/289
B-1049 Brussels
More information on theme 1 (the
enlargement of the EU), is available from: Georges Ingber, Georges.Ingber@cec.eu.int
More information on theme 2 (the Future of
the EU) and theme 3 (General information on the EU) is available
from: Christian De Bruyne, Christian.De-Bruyne@cec.eu.int
For more: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/communication
The EBU Brussels Office is available for
further information about the European Commission's call for
proposals.
EBU Members who would like to be kept up to
date on the Commission's call for proposals can contact us
at brudoc@ebu.ch.
50, rue Wiertz
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 286 9115
Fax: +32 2 286 9110
brudoc@ebu.ch or leclercq@ebu.ch
