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MedYIa
Youth Information vs. disinformation: media under the microscope!
Project dates
November 2020 - September 2022
Coordination
Jugendinfo Ostbelgien
Financed by
Erasmus+ KA2
Partners
ERYICA (Luxembourg), Jugendinfo Ostbelgien (Belgium), Agence Nationale pour l’Information des Jeunes (ANIJ, Luxembourg), Centre d’Information et de Documentation pour Jeunes (CIDJ, Belgium), Infor Jeunes Luxembourg (Belgium), Centre d’Information et de Documentation Jeunesse (France), Fédération Infor Jeunes Wallonie-Bruxelles (Belgium), Infor Jeunes Huy (Belgium)
The ultimate aim of this project is to provide youth (information) workers with resources and tools to carry out MIL related activities with young people, to equip them with the necessary skills to navigate the information that they come into contact with every day. MedYIa will be need-based, as it will focus on the needs of the youth sector and of young people themselves; this will be more detailed in a survey on young people’s MIL needs and an Open Dialogue Day with professionals based on the needs identified in the survey. This first phase will lead to a deeper understanding of the subject, an identification of missing skills and gaps in the sector, an identification of existing tools and practices, and what types of tools would be most useful for those working with young people. The survey will be widely disseminated in at least the three languages of the project partners (French, German and English).
Once the results of the state of play have been analysed, the project consortium will work on creating an interactive online toolbox, which will be full of MIL resources and tools, grouped and sorted by theme for a simple and easy navigation. This interactive toolbox will be publicly available, and regularly updated. It will gather resources in French, German and English. The partners will organise a training day in their region intended for youth information professionals and educators so that they can discover the toolbox, provide feedback to improve it, and facilitate its use among professionals working in the field. Participants will then be able to deliver the training, which will ensure a multiplier effect. A day will also be organised for young people, to ensure that the resources are useful and relevant to them, and to compile their feedback to better adapt the tools.
The project partners will create a video tutorial that will cover some MIL theory and basics. It will introduce the topic to youth information professionals and demonstrate how to use the tools and resources available on the platform. The online toolbox will showcase existing tools and adapt them to the needs of the target group. Where possible, resources will provide options for carrying out activities through digital youth work.
Finally, a multiplier event will be organised in Brussels at the end of the project targeted at youth information professionals, youth workers, educators, youth organisations, young people, professional youth networks, political bodies, organisations working in the MIL field, and any other interested party. It will highlight the importance of media and information literacy and youth information, as well as the need to support youth professionals through training, and access to tools and resources in these fields. Equipping professionals and multipliers, such as youth organisations, will help to ensure that young people can develop the critical thinking and skills necessary to navigate the information landscape, and contribute to producing and sharing digital content responsibly.
Check out the Report on the survey of Youth Information Professionals
Check out the full MedYIa Manual
