NETWORKING
AIM:
to offer a set of high value-added services to the digital
media industries through events and a qualified network of
associations & professionals.
Events
Throughout the year, the EMF organises and participates in
many events, prime networking occasions for companies and
professionals involved in multimedia. The EMF may also organise
tailor-made events around your own needs.
Multimedia
Associations
An extensive network
of multimedia associations, of which EMF is the coordinator,
offers support to the multimedia community accross Europe
and the world.
Executive
Advisors
The EMF has assembled a strong team of Executive
Advisors. These professionals have been selected on the
basis of their industry positions, invaluable skills and thorough
industry knowledge. They offer a large portfolio of services
to help digital media companies through their business needs.
Special
Interest Groups
The EMF manages a series of SIGs in which members
collaborate in the pursuance of common goals. For more information,
check:
- eConTec:
The EUREKA Umbrella supporting Excellence in eContent and
eBusiness Technologies
- WISE:
the network for women entrepreneurs
- LEKTOR: the legal
knowledge transfer Accelerator for SMEs.
VISIBILITY
AIM:
to identify excellence in multimedia and promote it through
collective action and a number of high visibility events and
features.
European
Seal of E-Excellence
In collaboration with EMMAC, the platform grouping Europe's
leading national and regional multimedia associations, the
European Multimedia Forum manages the European
Seal of E-Excellence, a yearly award to distinguish European
companies with an excellent track record in innovation marketing.
ACCESS
TO MARKETS
AIM:
to promote the European digital media industries in markets
which present a high growth potential & to develop mutually
beneficial trading relationships with key actors in key markets.
E-Accelerator
Through the E-Accelerator,
the EMF offers advice, assistance and an operational infrastructure
to expanding ICT and digital media companies that want to
penetrate new markets in Europe, America and Asia. The Accelerator
offers a portfolio of business development support services
for European and foreign ICT & digital media companies
based on the skills of its Executive Advisors and on strong
collaborative links with a network of local, national and
regional associations and organisations with a track-record
in the field.
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ACCESS
TO FUNDING
AIM: to assist digital media companies in obtaining
public and private funding.
Corporate, VC and Financial Investment
Through the E-Accelerator and its Executive Advisors, the EMF assists digital media
companies in attracting investment. This involves reviewing
the financial viability of businesses, providing assistance
in writing business plans, coaching for "elevator pitches",
introduction to financiers, etc..
E-Facilitator:
access to European funding
Through the E-Facilitator and the EUREKA eConTec Umbrella, the EMF has been operating for
many years a "European Project Factory" through
which it helps ICT & digital media companies benefit from
EU and EUREKA funding programmes - with a first rate track
record of success!
EUREKA
eConTec Umbrella
The EMF provides the secretariat of the EUREKA eConTec
Umbrella, a network that focuses on facilitating a smooth
interaction and active collaboration between the two main
components of the digital media value chain: the digital content
users and industries (content owners, aggregators) and the
infrastructure suppliers (devices, systems, networks). At
the heart of this interaction are innovative companies that
develop “eContent and eBusiness Technologies”.
The Umbrella facilitates their market orientated R&D projects
and supports their acquisition of EUREKA funding.
ACCESS TO JOBS
AIM: to facilitate the matching
of job offers and demands, the harmonisation of job definitions
& qualifications, and a proactive dialogue between job
seekers, employers and training institutions.
Harmonisation
of Internet-related jobs definitions and qualifications
The
EMF promotes harmonised job descriptions
in relation to multimedia / new technologies that define competences
and skills based on market needs.
Skills
& competences questionnaire
Our questionnaire aims at
assessing market needs in terms of Internet-related jobs.
Self-assessment
This self-assesment tool
tool is designed to allow job seekers to compare their professionnal
profile to those which have been identified by a survey conducted
by the main professionnal internet and multimedia associations
in Europe.
Directory
of training curricula for new technologies
The Directory publicises
multimedia training courses available in Europe. If you are
a training institution, promote your training courses in our
Directory and earn the EMF "Label
of Industry Compliance"!
Job-exchange
platform
Jobs-ict.eu is a specialised
online jobs service in the information and communication technologies
(ICT) sector. It matches job offers and demands, and opens
new opportunities between job seekers and employers.
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