Spain Audiovisual Hub: Updated information about the announcement of grants for audiovisual projects relating to the Metaverse or the PRTR

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 1. The conditions of the announcement of grants for projects with immersive technologies associated with the Metaverse and Web 3 have been published

The bases of the call for grants for projects with immersive technologies associated with the Metaverse and Web 3 have been published.

The Official State Gazette publishes an extract of the Order of 6 July 2022, which establishes the regulatory bases for the granting of aid by the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures and calls for the granting of aid for experimental development projects and process innovation through technologies associated with the Metaverse and Web 3 called within the framework of the Plan to Boost the Audiovisual Sector.

The aids will be aimed at:

  1. Prototyping or innovative processes of new audiovisual production tools and digital content.
  2. Prototypes or innovative processes that make use of the technologies associated with the Metaverse and Web 3 for social transformation and the integration of disadvantaged groups, especially with regard to the gender gap.
  3. Creation of new virtual work and collaboration spaces.
  4. Prototypes or innovative processes that implement the technologies associated with the Metaverse in cultural, health or educational environments.

Beneficiaries:

Professionals registered in the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Workers, small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises that are Spanish nationals or nationals of any Member State of the European Union or of the signatory States of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and have tax residence in Spain may be beneficiaries of this aid.

Objective:

In addition to boosting the digitisation and competitiveness of Spanish companies in the sector, the aim of the aid is to promote the integration of women in the audiovisual industry, for which it will be necessary to have a minimum of 25% of women within the project in order to qualify as a beneficiary and to maintain this percentage throughout the project.

 Amount:

The total amount available for this call is €3.8 million.

Deadline for submission of applications:

The deadline for submission of applications will be open from 4 to 31 August.


2. Announcement of grants for the year 2022 for the creation or improvement of digital ecosystems in the audiovisual sector in the framework of PRTR

Objective: 

The purpose of this aid is to finance the development, by local entities, of projects aimed at strengthening the infrastructures of the digital ecosystem in the audiovisual sector by facilitating the creation, distribution and management of the most advanced information and technology by SMEs in the audiovisual sector, and supporting the creation or improvement of spaces for innovation equipped with advanced technology that will enable SMEs in the audiovisual sector to overcome their digital barriers and undertake their projects, so that at least 20 SMEs in the audiovisual sector can benefit from these projects until 31 December 2023.

Beneficiaries: 

The following local entities whose population is not less than 100,000 inhabitants may be beneficiaries of the grants:

  1. The municipalities, represented by their respective town councils, and the provinces and islands through the provincial and foral deputations, the cabildos and island councils.
  2. The comarcas or mancomunidades, consortiums or other group-based local entities.
  3. Groupings of local entities.

Amount: 

The aid budget is €24,813,295. The maximum investment to be made in each action or sub-project, including any contribution from the beneficiary, will be €10,000,000 and the minimum investment will be €5,000,000.

 Deadline for submission of applications: 

The period begins on 22 July and will end at 12:00 noon on 19 September 2022.

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By Spain Audiovisual Hub

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