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Film in England
8. Outputs
8.1 The consultation programme will result in the preparation of a paper for
discussion by the Board of the FILM COUNCIL in September 2000.
8.2 The paper will include consideration of the following strategic challenges:
■ Exploiting synergies with other art forms and industrial sectors
■ Integration of DCMS resources: grant-in-aid and Lottery
■ Defining national/regional objectives and priorities
■ Configuring viable national/regional structures
■ Determining policy-driven national/regional funding programmes and other
support measures
■ Refining National/regional planning, joint working and initiatives.
Other outputs may be identified in the course of the consultation programme.
8.3 The exercise will result in the FILM COUNCIL setting a commonly owned policy
and strategy for the English regions. This will be implemented from April 2001
or earlier if possible.
9. Schedule
2000
March weeks 1-3 Finalise Terms of Reference
March week 4 Set-up consultation sessions
April-June Carry out regional seminars and other consultation
sessions
July FILM COUNCIL to draft regional strategy proposals
August ACE/bfi/DCMS/ERAB/others to respond to draft
proposals
September Strategy proposals to FILM COUNCIL
October DCMS to sign-off the FILM COUNCIL’s Regional Strategy
2001
2001/2002 Regional Strategy and Planning Proposals
published
April onwards FILM COUNCIL three-year strategy for the English
regions implemented