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Promoting Diversity and Tolerance Through Media and Information Literacy

2023-1-AT01-KA153-YOU-0001446732023Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: AT|MK|BG|TR|RS|ES · Grant: €25,636
Development of training coursesInitial and continuous training for teachers, trainers and other education staff

Objectives

The project ‘Promoting Diversity and Tolerance Through Media and Information Literacy’ was realized by ‘TRANSFORMATION Österreich’ in cooperation with 5 more partners including ANKA Gençlik Derneği from Türkiye, Asociacion Cultural Somos Europa from Spain, ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SFERA INTERNATIONAL BITOLA from North Macedonia, EKOLOSKO UDRUZENJE ZA ZASTITU I UNAPREDJENE ZIVOTNE SREDINE from Serbia and SDRUZHENIE EVROPEYSKI PROEKTI V BALGARIA from Bulgaria, aimed to increase competencies of youth workers to use media as tools for addressing social exclusion and discrimination. The project focused on increasing youth workers’ understanding and knowledge of the concepts and issues of social exclusion, discrimination, and discrimination and increasing their competencies to use media as tools to open discussion on these issues with young people. The project was set in the line with the following objectives: a) to increase participant's awareness of the power of media in the construction of reality, develop a more critical and selective approach to media products and use media tools for creating powerful messages and contributing to building socially inclusive societies; b) to deepen participant's knowledge and understanding about social exclusion, discrimination, realities, and challenges of socially excluded and discriminated groups, as well as to acknowledge and develop new approaches based on using media tools to foster greater tolerance and creating socially inclusive societies; c) to improve the quality of activities addressing issues of socially excluded and discriminated groups; d) to increase engagement of young people in building more socially inclusive communities and reflect on new ways of delivering activities that result in improved levels of awareness towards the roots of social exclusion and discrimination; d) to provide participants with an opportunity to share good practices in the field of youth work regarding the issues of social exclusion and discrimination and media that have contributed to building greater understanding and acceptance and encouraged greater cooperation between different members of their communities, as well to reflect on common challenges and create new contacts and networks for future cooperation; e) to enhance participants' knowledge about Erasmus+ Programme and its Key Actions and to encourage participants to develop new project ideas and foster future cooperation under Erasmus+ Programme.

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