Animation League for Increased Cooperation in Europe
ALICE intends to seize the opportunity presented by the current boom in the animation sector in a bid to build up its capacity to contribute to growth and job creation in Europe. This fits in perfectly with the Animation Plan for Europe published by the European Commission in September 2017 as part of preparations for the next Creative Europe Media programme.

While some European films such as ‘Ma vie de courgette’ and ‘Tortue rouge’, supported by regional funds, were nominated for Oscars, others like ‘Sammy’s Adventures 1 & 2’, Paddington’ and ‘Tarzan’ have each been seen by over 5 million people. TV series like Mouk, Peppa Pig, spin-off series from films like Shaun the Sheep have not been left out of the picture either – over the last 5 years we have witnessed the emergence of animation studios capable of providing stiff competition on the world stage. Thanks to digitisation and changing consumption habits (tablets, smartphones, internet, applications), their product catalogues are today being consumed on the many different platforms available by a young audience and one that is always looking for something new. We are seeing the emergence of European SMEs holding high added-value intellectual rights.

Given this opportunity, ALICE plans to make the partner regions drivers of this growth. 
To achieve this objective, ALICE will study options available in order to:
- Adapt the current policy instruments so as to enable the development or creation of financial instruments capable of generating scale-up change in the activities of SMEs in the sector.
- Discuss ways to both train (through public/private partnerships) and retain talented animators by changing the eligibility rules of existing or soon to be created support fund rules. 
- Identify innovative methods for distributing animated content.
- Examine the possibility of grouping together into clusters in order to help internationalise the SMEs concerned.