Cartoon Forum is a co-production and co-financing forum for animated TV series, based on project submissions very upstream of production. It is structured based on the “pitching” of projects (no stands, no competitions of the festival type). It takes place once a year at the Congress Centre in Toulouse, France.The main objectives of Cartoon Forum are to - create a network of European broadcasters specialized in animation- help in the speeding up of financing of productions- increase the European supply- increase the number of co-productions in Europe- allow small and new countries to finance and export their series- allow famous or unknown studios to finance and export their series- increase the level of quality to conquer the international marketMore specifically, the objectives of CARTOON FORUM 2016 are to:- maintain the same number of projects submitted as last year - maintain the high level of participation - keep the same number of broadcasters and investors - encourage the participation of professionals from the new member countries of the European Union by providing a significant reduction on the registration price (from 20 to 33%)- increase the presence of new distribution platforms and the cross-media sector- maintain the level of results- maintain the level of cooperation- prepare the new generation and the new talents- develop synergies with video game industry and transmedia- encourage international co-productions