Animation Ireland, in partnership with Culture & Creative Industries Skillnet are delighted to receive €30,000 in funding for a number of projects to be announced and delivered in 2025.
Coimisiún na Meán’s Sectoral Learning and Development Programme assists organisations to undertake training, learning and development activities that support the broadcasting and audiovisual industries, and helps realise An Coimisiún’s aim of ensuring a thriving, diverse, safe, creative and trusted media landscape.
The key goals and objectives centre on:
– Career Long Learning and Sustainable Careers
– Work-based Learning & Experiential Learning
– Employer Engagement
– Quality Assurance, Addressing Identified Sectoral Needs
– Flexible, Responsive and Impactful Solutions
– Effective Training That Enhances Competitiveness
Coimisiún na Meán’s Media Development Commissioner Rónán Ó Domhnaill said: “Coimisiún na Meán is committed to ensuring a media landscape that is sustainable, pluralistic and participative, and that reflects and shapes who we are as a society. The Sectoral Learning and Development Programme underpins our work as it delivers training and development opportunities to those working in the media. By funding these initiatives, we can continue to support sector sustainability and capacity, and the ability of media workers to create content that reflects diverse voices and viewpoints in contemporary Ireland.”
During this round of funding, Coimisiún na Meán received 38 applications seeking a total of €1.2 million. The successful 29 applicants include organisations representing commercial and community media; industry specific groups such as producers, animators, and journalists; and advocacy organisations for gender, equality and inclusion, and promotion of the Irish language. The provision of funding to these organisations enables them to undertake a range of training and development activities, for example workshops, masterclasses, training programmes, seminars, and networking events. A list of successful Sectoral Learning and Development funding recipients for 2025 can be found on this website.
Coimisiún na Meán supports the development of a thriving media sector in Ireland through funding schemes including the Sectoral Learning and Development Programme, Sponsorship Scheme, Sound & Vision Scheme, and through its Journalism Schemes, covering Local Democracy and Courts Reporting.
In 2024, Coimisiún na Meán published the first Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Strategy for Ireland’s audio and audiovisual media sector, to enhance the diversity of the media sector in Ireland.