What it does: Enhances the audiovisual and cinema sectors in Mediterranean Partner Countries, thus promoting cooperation and mutual understanding with the EU.
Budget €15 million (MEDA)
Timeframe 2005-2008
Mediterranean Partner Countries Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
Objective
It aims at bringing both European and Mediterranean cultures together, through enhancing audiovisual and cinema fields which are excellent vehicles for information in Europe as well as in the Mediterranean countries, through cooperation and training. It also encourages the promotion and distribution of films in the countries of the EU and the Mediterranean. It is a follow-up to Euromed Audiovisual I (2000-2004) that was geared more specifically towards supporting production, to bring about the emergence of a Mediterranean film market.
To find out more about the AudioVisual Programme, its objectives and achievements, go to: http://www.euromedinfo.eu/site.328.content.en.html?PHPSESSID=131c62d6f36564c5ffddbe3d66ca5079
Now that the Project is coming to an end, the final newsletter has been published. An interview with the Project Manager of Euromed Audiovisual II regarding its achievements and the possibility of a third such project features in the Programme’s final newsletter, now on-line. Among the articles is a farewell note from the Programme’s team.
This can be accessed at: http://www.euromedaudiovisuel.net/nletdetail.aspx?treeID=148&lang=en
