Preparatory meeting on the project „Understanding Fake News: Developing Media Literacy in Our Communities“

This week, we participated in the partners’ preparatory meeting in Croatia.

The preparatory meeting took place in Nova Gradiška, Croatia, from 4th to 7th September 2023 and involved 15 participants from 7 partner organisations. Partners used this meeting to prepare needed documentation for contracts and agreements, define tasks and roles for the follow-up period, create timelines and set deadlines for upcoming activities, and discuss possible risks and challenges that might occur during the implementation stage.

About the project

The primary objective of the project is to equip youth workers with the necessary knowledge and skills to help young people identify, differentiate, and combat fake news. We want to empower youth workers with the skills to help young people become more aware of the potential dangers of fake news and to think critically about the information presented to them.

The project will also provide youth workers with access to non-formal methods of work, such as interactive exercises and role-playing, to help them in their work with youth. We will also create a platform with resources to help spread media literacy and raise awareness of the issue of fake news, as well as a non-formal network of local organizations and institutions to collaborate and share resources, knowledge, and experiences.

Furthermore, the project aims to raise awareness of the need to work with youth to understand the effects of fake news and its potential to damage trust in public discourse. Through our project, we hope to foster a collaborative environment amongst youth workers, local organizations, and institutions, while helping to create a more informed and engaged public.

Next activity of this project will be training course that will be organized in Nova Gradiška, Croatia from 5th to 13th November 2023, and will include 3 youth workers from Okret / Spin.

To learn more about the project, click here.

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