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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-163/annex/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2001/163",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA-Training) (2001-2005)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-163",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3.1",
  "heading": "The Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6, will implement the programme. It will call upon consultants and technical assistance offices to be selected, after a call for proposals, on the basis of their expertise in the sector, experience acquired in the MEDIA II programme, or other experience acquired in this area. The technical assistance will be financed by the programme's budget. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 6(2), the Commission may also conclude partnerships for operations with specialised bodies, including those which have been set up under other European initiatives, such as Audiovisual Eureka, Eurimages and the European Audiovisual Observatory, in order to implement joint measures which meet the objectives of the programme in the field of training. The Commission will make the final selection of the beneficiaries of the programme and will decide on the financial support to be granted, in accordance with Article 5.",
  "text": "It will give grounds for its decisions to applicants for Community support and ensure the transparency of implementation of the programme.\nThe beneficiaries will take steps to publicise the Community's support.\nIn selecting supported activities, the Commission will, in addition to the priorities set out in Article 2(2), take particular account of the following criteria:\npartnership between training establishments, the professional sector and undertakings;\nthe innovatory nature of the measure;\nthe multiplier effect of the measure (including utilisable results, e.g. manuals);\nthe cost-effectiveness of the measure;\navailability of other national or Community support measures.\nFor the implementation of the programme, and in particular the assessment of the projects receiving funding under the programme, and for the networking measures, the Commission will ensure that it makes use of the skills of recognised experts in the audiovisual sector in the fields of training, development, production, distribution, promotion and also management of rights, especially in the new digital environment.\nIn order to ensure the independence of the consultants and experts whose services it uses, the Commission will lay down incompatibility provisions in respect of the participation of these groups of persons in the invitations to submit proposals under the programme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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