EMELS project involves building partnership of 7 leading organisations from Poland, Belgium, Greece, Germany, UK and Italy, delivering media education training to approx. 1000 youth workers every year. Media education provides knowledge and skills that empower media consumers to critically use the media. Unfortunately, there is very little information exchange and common initiatives among media literacy organizations from Europe. The project brings together international experts to develop a common approach to media education training, learn from each other and exchange experiences. The most important and significant part of the project is preparation of the innovative media literacy training programme: European Media Literacy Standard for Youth Workers. Creation of the Standard will help recognition of skills and qualifications and raise the quality of youth work and training in media education field, improving access to Open Educational Resources in this area. The project will consist of four 2-day transnational project meetings, remote collaborative work on a complete training resources pack as well as 6 multiplier events carried out by partners in their countries. It will start a positive change in the standards of media education in Europe. Thanks to the Standard media, information and digital skills could be more easily recognised and better understood, within and across national borders, in all sub-systems of education and training as well as on the labour market.
EMELS project involved building partnership of 7 leading organisations from Poland, Belgium, Greece, Germany, UK and Italy, delivering training and creating educational resources in the field of media literacy. Media education provides knowledge and skills that empower media consumers to critically use the media. The project brought together international experts to develop a common approach to media education training, learn from each other and exchange experiences. The most important and significant part of the project was preparation of the innovative European Media Literacy Standard for Youth Workers available at emels.eu, complemented by educational materials. The Standard promotes wide approach to media literacy and allows to link it with different youth work activities, which contributes to raising the quality of youth work and training in media education field. The Standard encourages youth workers from all over Europe to become media educators. EMELS is user-friendly, easy to navigate and provides practical examples for each competence. The Standard is complemented by best practices identified by each organisation involved in the project and training resources that help youth workers to develop their own competencies and implement media literacy in their work. Thanks to the Standard media, information and digital skills can be more easily recognised and better understood by youth workers, organisations supporting them and public bodies.