UNESCO will launch the Global Forum for Partnership on MIL (GFPMIL), which will be held in Nigeria 26-28 June 2013 ). This activity is part of its strategy involves creating partnerships necessary to amplify the impact of MIL, where this institution has been working for over 40 years. This initiative is a partnership between UNESCO, the [...]
During the last quarter of this year, the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), through the Department of Communication and Education and a consortium of six other institutions, will begin the project European Media Literacy Education Study, EMEDUS. The initiative which will run for two years and will be funded in part by the Lifelong Learning [...]
The development of communications, the access to a new generation of digital contents and more generally the begin of a new Media Age, have created a new environment that allows extraordinary potential mechanisms of communication and participation in public life and democracy. Nowadays, it is necessary to acquire new skills and knowledge to pursue a [...]
In late 2007, the Directive on Audiovisual Communication Services (AVMSD) -whose antecedent is the Television Without Frontiers directive (TWF)- was promulgated. The new Directive becomes one of the main instruments of Media Literacy in Europe, because it establishes, in the article 26, the obligation of Member States of the European Union to present a report [...]
The European Commission launched a Public Consultation (Making sense of today’s media content) in order to know the view of industry, education institutions, content providers and producers, as well as research and cultural institutions, regulators and citizens’ and consumer’ associations, about media literacy. Read more: Public consultation
EAVI carried out a research in the 27 EU countries as well as in Switzerland and Norway, with the aim of identifying what instruments European citizens have at their disposal to safeguard their rights and interests as TV viewers. A separate chapter in the research analyses the instruments and procedures that are available within the [...]
The MEDIA programme (Mesures pour Encourager le Développement de l’Industrie Audiovisuelle), highlights the importance of media literact and film education initiatives, in particular those organised by festivals for youn audiences in cooperation with schools. MEDIA is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry. This programme co-finances training initiatives for audiovisual industry professionals, the [...]
