EU funding available for banks interested in building specific loan instruments for games in 2017 The European Union has number of different instruments for banks interested in supporting SMEs. The main ones are listed below. 4.1 COSME – The Loan Guarantee Facility (LFG) Who can become a financial intermediary? Financial or credit institutions and loan […]
EU Funding available for investors investing in game developer studios in 2017 The European Union has number of different instruments for investors interested in boosting their investment funds with public capital. The main ones are listed below. 3.1 COSME Equity Facility For Growth Investment Who can become a financial intermediary? An entity undertaking risk capital […]
EU funding for local clusters supporting game developers in 2017 2.1. Grants 2.1.1 Creative Europe Creative Europe Media funding for training: Funding guidelines are subject to change. This summary is made based on the 2016 call. To who: An organisation from EU or from its neighbor regions (including Iceland and Norway) facilitating the acquisition […]
EU Funding for game developers in 2017 1.1 Grants 1.1.1 Creative Europe Funding for video game development To who:Any game developer developing a video game concept or project presenting high level of originality, innovative and creative value, cultural diversity and enhanced Europe’s cultural identity and heritage compared to existing mainstream works; high level of commercial ambition […]
Expansion continues as leading Eastern European and Turkish game developer associations unite their forces under EGDF Malmö, August 19, 2016 – Three more members for the EGDF: Polish Games Association, Croatian Game Developer Association (CGDA) and Turkish Game Developers Association (TOGED) have been accepted as members of European Games Developer Federation. The new members enable […]
EGDF to provide better international networking and promotion for thriving Croatian game development industry Zagreb, July 14th, 2016 – The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) announced today the acceptance of the Croatian Game Developers Association (CGDA) into the federation. The CGDA was founded in 2014 with the main goal to support the growing games development industry locally […]
Horizon2020 funding for game developers 2016-2017 In this article EGDF summarises, with the kind help of Nordic Game Institute, the most potential Horizon2020 calls for: The potential funding calls for game developers Potential funding calls for serious game developers The key calls for industry associations supporting game developers 1. The potential funding calls for game developers In […]
Unofficial EGDF checklist for applying Creative Europe 2016 funding for games A print friendly version of the guidelines can be downloaded from here. Official guidelines and application forms can be accessed here. If you have any feedback or you have spotted any errors in the guidelines, do not hesitate to contact COO of EGDF, Jari-Pekka Kaleva (jari-pekka.kaleva@egdf.eu).
How to enable digital growth in Europe? How to enable digital growth is an EGDF policy paper summarising EGDF perspectives on the regulatory development of the Digital Single Market Area. In addition to explaining specific challenges of key policy areas from the perspective of European game developers, the document describes key issues one has to [...]
Draft HORIZON2020 work programmes 2016-17 for game developers, serious game developers and organisations supporting game developers Below you will find the most interesting HORIZON2020 drafts for game developers, serious game developers and organisations supporting game developers. The full list of all drafts for the Horizon2020 calls in 2016 and 2017 can be found here. In addition […]