The European Society for Education and Communication (ESEC) awards the Erasmus EuroMedia Prices for outstanding productions and programmes in the sector of media dealing with European Values (society, culture/education and politics). Since 1995 the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards have been given to a considerable amount of producers with high profile for their media oeuvres interpreting Europe.

ESEC awards the Erasmus EuroMedia Prizes for programmes, products or productions in all kinds of media and media formats, which

•  critically supports the European Discourse regarding interpretations of its objectives, perspectives, problems, conditions and challenges;
• pursue educational goals regarding the European topics such as European values, European identity and consciousness, trans-cultural communication in Europe, social integration, solidarity, diversity and peaceful neighbourhood;

The Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2009 are endowed with 9.000 EUR in total. This sum will be distributed to the winners of the ESEC Erasmus Grand Award, the ESEC Erasmus Sponsorship Awards and the ESEC Erasmus Special Awards.

Besides the donation, the value of the award lies mainly in the fact that the awarded projects gain international attention. Moreover these awards have always been a good reason and criterion for receiving financial support of future projects given by public institutions. Within the past years with its Erasmus EuroMedia Awards, the ESEC has become an international competent network entity between various projects and project operators. It is not only recognized but also appreciated by experts, award candidates and award winners.

The ESEC Erasmus EuroMedia Award Ceremony will take place in Vienna (Rathaus Wien) on October 16th 2009. Applications are welcome until 5 July 2009.

Call open: Download Folder and Application Form here!