Mitko Dimitrov, head of Payner, said the grant would be used to create "new jobs for highly qualified experts, mostly young people", according to a Bulgarian TV broadcast seen by BBC Monitoring.
The meeting will be introduced by Stefan Kitanov, Director of the Sofia International Film Festival, and opened by Todor Chobanov, Deputy Mayor of Sofia, Mitko Todorov, Deputy Minister of Culture, and Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO Assistant-Director General for Culture.