Transcontinental MediaActive Youth: Africa on Board
„Transcontinental MediaActive Youth: Africa on Board“ ERASMUS+ project (ERASMUS-YOUTH-2021-CB, project number 101051824) has a duration of 24 months. It starts on 1st March 2022 and ends on 29th February 2024.
The overall objective of this two-years project is to continue with building capacities of youth NGOs globally and developing open education resources (OER) in the field of media literacy. Particular attention is given here to the African continent, and this project will enable it to also join the transcontinental initiative of improving media literacy launched through the previous projects.
Specific objectives:
1: Increasing the capacity of youth NGOs/workers/activists from 3 Programme and 4 Partner countries from Europe and Africa in the field of media literacy and media activism, and fostering their active participation in society.
2: Creating high-quality multilingual OER for an innovative blended learning on media literacy and activism.
3. Creating an informational/media hub between Europe, Africa and Latin America in the field of youth policy through further improving the Transnational Youth Magazine by engaging youth activists from Africa and Europe to start write for it.
Specific objectives will be achieved through realization of 6 work packages (WP):
• WP1. Project management and coordination.
• WP2. Media Literacy and Blended Learning Training Course.
• WP3. Design and development of teaching material pack (TMP) ”Media Literacy Education by the Blended Learning Method” (training course curriculum, educational materials and guidelines).
• WP4. Creating MOOC: Moodle course ”Media Literacy Education by the Blended Learning Method”.
• WP5. Improving the TYM – new authors, topics and articles.
• WP6. Impact and dissemination.
Through the listed WPs, the following main outputs will be achieved:
• 1. Training of trainers in Belgrade.
• 2. Teaching material pack ”Media Literacy Education by the Blended Learning Method” (training course curriculum, educational materials and guidelines).
• 3. MOOC – Moodle course ”Media Literacy Education by the Blended Learning Method” (in English and the languages of partner countries).
• 4. At least 70 articles written for the TYM (in English).
Direct beneficiaries
21 youth trainers (3 per partner)
70 young activists (10 per partner) from partner countries
KICK-OFF MEETING: CAIRO, EGYPT, 09.05.2022.
TRAINING OF TRAINERS: BELGRAD, SERBIA, 24.06.2022-03.07.2022 for 21 youth workers/trainers, 3 from each partner NGOs.
TRANSNSATIONAL PROJECT MEETING: NABEUL, TUNISIA, 27.04.2023.
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This project has been founded with support from the European Commission by Erasmus+ program . This publication reflects the views only of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
