Dates: 21-29 October 2024
Place: Bansko, Bulgaria
Project description:
The project focuses on addressing the issue of fake news and disinformation in the digital age, particularly among young people who are highly engaged on social media. With events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict fueling the spread of false information, young individuals in the European Union are especially vulnerable due to their limited media literacy and critical thinking skills. The project aims to equip youth workers with the tools and knowledge to help young people identify and combat fake news, which can impact their mental well-being, political views, and even economic decisions. The overarching goal is to promote media literacy and critical thinking to safeguard the younger generation from the harmful effects of misinformation.
Objectives:
-Instruct youth workers on how to define fake news and equip them with the necessary tools to differentiate between authentic and false information
-Enlighten youth workers about the significance of sourcing information from reliable outlets and how to discern credible from untrustworthy sources.
-Advocate for a robust understanding of media and information literacy among youth workers, inspiring them to scrutinize all content that they encounter online and on social platforms.
-Enable youth workers to integrate their newfound expertise into their professional activities by designing fresh initiatives and programs aimed at young audiences.
-Stress the need for a collective endeavor involving social media consumers, media organizations, policy-makers, and youth educators to counteract the spread of fake news
-Familiarize youth workers with specific terminologies like social bots, trolling, astroturfing, and deepfakes, along with guidelines on how to report such phenomena.
Participant profile:
-Currently involved in working with young people on the regular basis.
-Mix of existing and experienced youth workers but also youth workers who are new or newish to media literacy, ICT and issues caused by the spread of fake news.
-Demonstration of social sensibilities (socially active youth workers/volunteers with a role in local communities).
-Ready to actively participate in the whole project (preparation, training course and follow-up).
-Ready to organize at least one follow-up activity using the experience from this training (individually or together with another person from the same country) within 1 month after the training with youth with their local community and planning activities
-Ready to implement one activity for publicity to share results from the training – some blog interviews, article, FB post, etc.
-Good in communication in English
Participating countries:
Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Romania, Turkey and Greece
TRAVEL, ACCOMODATION, REIMBURSEMENT HEALTH INSUANCE :
Accommodation and food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for the duration of the activities will be covered by the receiving organzation Association ProVision International. Transport for Bulgarian participants will be covered using public transportation.
Accommodation: We will be staying in Royal Bansko Hotel. 2-4 Participants per Room (same gender, mixed nationalities). Private bathroom in each room.
Medical insurance: You are responsible for your own health insurance and medication.
TO APPLY:
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 05.10.2024
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*Selection will be done on 06.10.2024, unless there is a change that will be announced below.