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Truth(and/or)Fake: breaking stereotypes

2022-3-BG01-KA152-YOU-0000940632022Mobility of young peopleongoing
Countries: BG|IT|MD|HU|UA|TR · Grant: €25,613
Media literacy and tackling disinformationDigital safetyEuropean identity, citizenship and values

Objectives

The idea of this project was developed by young people who want to try non-formal education methods in order to create a grassroots movement against prejudice and dissemination of critical thinking and information filtering methods. We aim to develop a digital company during the project to increase the dissemination of our results and critical thinking to a wider range of people beyond those associated with the project. Because we are convinced that by spreading critical thinking and media literacy we can overcome stereotypes and prejudices, society will be able to accept other cultures without stereotypes, which in turn will bring tolerance and lasting peace. The participants will get to know new competencies in the areas media literacy, analyzing, evaluating and creating media content, addressing hate speech, discrimination and negative stereotypes, learn about the Erasmus+ Programme and European Solidarity Corps. They will improve set of competencies that they can apply at their daily life while studying or looking for a job e.g. they will have an opportunity to improve their communication skill (in mother tongue and especially in English), their ability of self-expression as well as ability to work in intercultural team, to solve problems, to present own ideas. They will learn how to shoot and edit videos, prepare campaigns, and write articles for blogs. We will encourage the participants to become active citizens and share new competencies with other young people in their homes. After the YE the participants will meet with their organizations and group leader. They will be encouraged to share new ideas for projects and initiatives and we will try to support them in the process of making these ideas real e.g. the team of the applicant organization will be ready to support the participants for period of 3 months after YE is finished to develop idea for Erasmus+ project. Moreover, during youth exchange the participants will take part in excursion and have possibility to explore local surrounding, learn more about Bulgarian culture - history and meet up with local young people The participants will: – get a better knowledge about the topics involved, better insight in practical applications of the subject, better insight on the local, country-wide and European-wide context of this problem. – to reduce the existence of stereotypes and hate speech among people; – to start, to develop, and to maintain a sustainable online informational campaign for human rights for promoting of safe internet; – to introduce participants to the No Hate Speech Movement, its aims and objectives, to explore instruments on Hate Speech Movement and EUvsDisinfo;; – improve media literacy skills. Participants will gain the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms, become more aware of internet literacy and mechanisms of online protection; – to explore the opportunities of the Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027 and generate new creative project ideas Participants will improve their communication skills, learn how to apply non-formal education methods, be able to build more effective teamwork, and successfully implement their own ideas developed during the project. They will gain the necessary knowledge to deeply understand the problem, learn the techniques used to reduce aggressiveness and maintain a positive attitude, identify fakes and counter hate speech. Participants and partners will build an international network for further joint work. All implemented activities will help develop and improve skills related to the topic of youth exchange, overcoming problems of prejudice and spreading the idea of peaceful coexistence. We expect our participants to cooperate after the completion of the project, organize their own workshops, presentations based on the skills they have acquired during the events. One of the conditions for participation will be the willingness to support the information campaign developed during the project after the end of the youth exchange. Impact on target group(s): besides direct impact on participants and participating organizations the project will have impact on young people, including young people with fewer opportunities, coming from participant’s communities. These young people will get inspired by their peers to take part in international youth projects. They will have a chance to increase their media literacy and critical thinking through new activities prepared and delivered by the partners taking place at local, national and international level. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to learn about Erasmus + Programme.

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