Funding opportunities

This study is to provide input to the assessment of competitive developments of the EU roaming market and the review of the functioning of the Roaming Regulation. The closing date for submitting a tender is 26 March 2010.

The call for proposals under the Safer Internet programme was launched on 26 February 2010 (OJ C48/07). Proposals may be submitted for the following actions: Safer Internet Centres (awareness centres, hotlines and helplines) in Portugal and Slovakia ; a thematic network to facilitate cooperation of law enforcement agencies in Europe and internationally ; a targeted project enhancing law enforcement agencies' analysis of illegal material within peer-to-peer ; a knowledge enhancement project on internet addiction of minors ; a thematic network to stimulate and co-ordinate investigation into the use of new media by children.

The European Commission has published today the Call for Proposals for the Exhibition session at ICT2010 on 27-29 September 2010. The Commission is looking for ideas in the area of upstream ICT innovation as well as close-to-market projects. We invite any organisation involved in European research and development as well as deployment projects and associated support activities to submit an idea for an exhibit. The call is open to all sorts of actors in ICT research: universities, research institutes, non-profit organisations, public authorities and commercial companies including small and medium sized enterprises.

The health domain and its three main industries, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and eHealth, are dominant economic sectors with respect to employment creation and growth. Sustainable delivery of quality healthcare at affordable cost is a major challenge for European healthcare systems for a variety of reasons. This calls for changes in the way healthcare is delivered and the way medical knowledge is managed and transferred to clinical practice. The Call 6 opened on 24/11/2009 for Virtual Physiological Human proposals (Objective ICT-2009.5.3) among other topics. Specific details of the VPH call can be found on the ICT for Health VPH page.

The European Digital Agenda will be a major contributor to the European Commission's overall strategy for developing a low-carbon, high value European economy over the coming five years.

A call for proposals has been launched under the 2010 Work Programme of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013). The Work Programme 2010 focuses on 6 themes: ICT for a low carbon economy and smart mobility; Digital Libraries; ICT for health and inclusion; Open innovation for future Internet-enabled services in smart cities; ICT for improved public services for citizens and businesses; Multilingual Web.

Tender procedure in the field of Media policy. The study will provide an accurate analysis of the implementation by the providers of measures adopted by the Member States in application of the provisions contained in Article 3(i)(1) on promotion of and access to European works in on-demand services.

Tender procedure in the field of Media policy. This study shall provide a detailed description of the challenges that film heritage institutions are facing in relation to digital production or distribution of cinematographic works (in cinemas or via new channels of distribution). It will establish the legal/organisational/technical changes that should be introduced to ensure that film archives will continue to perform their role in the digital era. It will evaluate the awareness and readiness for changes of film archives and national administrations in the 27 Member States, and identify problems and best practices. The study will analyse and compare the situation in film heritage institutions in US, describe the strategies of American majors and large European production companies for preservation of their digital films. It will also provide policy options for EU action, and recommendations and a calendar to Member States and film heritage institutions for the preparation to the digital era.

The first objective of the study is to analyse the requirements of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive as regards the independent regulators. The second objective is to gather information on the regulation of the following aspects of regulatory authorities in the Member States: measures to guarantee the independence of the regulator ; basic powers which allow for the effective application and enforcement of audiovisual legislation ; adequate monitoring powers including the adequate resources to carry out the monitoring functions ; adequate sanctioning powers including the ability to issue warnings, impose fines and, ultimately, the power to prohibit broadcasting/revoke broadcasting licences.

The Commission has published a call for expressions of interest (2010/S 1-000123) on January 2nd 2010 in view of setting up a loan guarantee mechanism in the framework of the MEDIA 2007 Programme. This MEDIA Production Guarantee Fund will be aimed at supporting and facilitating the access of European audiovisual companies to bank credits.

This call for tender is published by the European Commission as part of its work on media literacy and in the perspective of its reporting obligation on media literacy levels as indicated in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. This new study will build on the results of the previous one. Main tasks include : Analysing the existing assessment criteria and suggesting changes and/or additional ones; Testing the assessment criteria in all Member States; Comparing the media literacy levels and drafting national and European reports on media literacy levels in all Member States.

This open Call for Tenders aims to secure the external professional expertise and technical assistance required by the European Commission, and primarily by its Information Society and Media Directorate General, in order to pursue its information and communications activities. The intention is to select a range of specialised contractors (or consortia led by a main contractor), most suited for delivery of the wide variety of specialised support services sought.

Launch and manage an online promotion campaign for the eYouGuide Website in order to raise awareness about European Citizens' online rights and obligations, with a specific focus on the protection of data, online shopping, protection of copyright and advertising & spam.

SMART 2009/0002.

This funding seeks to encourage independent European audiovisual production companies to produce work (fiction, documentaries or animated films) that involves the participation or cooperation of least three broadcasters -and preferably more- from several member states. Closing dates for applications: 14/11/2008, 27/02/2009 and 26/06/2009