Art. 83

(Art. 109a para. 1 let. a RTVA)

1. On request, OFCOM shall support the training and continuing professional development of employees of fee-sharing broadcasters. Support is provided for training and continuing professional development courses in the areas of journalistic skills and competences, editorial management, quality assurance and in technical and financial matters provided they serve to fulfil the performance mandate.
2. Support is provided in particular to:
   1. employees who use the professional services of external training and continuing professional development institutions as well as journalism- and media-related institutions and organisations;
   2. broadcasters that offer their employees a specific internal training or continuing professional development course in cooperation with external specialists from training and continuing professional development institutions and from journalism- and media-related institutions and organisations;
   3. complementary, non-profit-orientated radio broadcasters that continuously train several interns at the same time and which have employed related specialists for this purpose;
   4. specific training and continuing professional development courses from training and continuing professional development institutions and from journalism- and media-related institutions and organisations that are tailored to the specific needs of local and regional fee-sharing broadcasters;
   5. organisers of continuing professional development conferences devoted primarily to new media that are aimed at employees of fee-sharing broadcasters.
3. The following are in particular eligible, provided they are not covered by other public subsidies:
   1. the cost of courses in terms of paragraph 2 letter a;
   2. the cost of external specialists in terms of paragraph 2 letter b;
   3. the cost of specialists in terms of paragraph 2 letter c;
   d the cost of planning and holding training courses and conferences including the preparation of related course documentation in terms of paragraph 2 letters d and e.
4. Support amounts to a maximum of 80 per cent of the eligible costs.
5. OFCOM shall periodically determine the available amount and verify the effectiveness of the use made of the resources.