MIL as a tool to better respond to the “new normality”

2021

MIL as a tool to better respond to the “new normality”

Following the offer of Anefore, the Luxembourgish National Agency of the Erasmus+ Programme, ERYICA is organising an international seminar in Luxembourg on 21-24 March 2022. The topic of the event is the role of media and information literacy (MIL) in young people’s lives and the role of different stakeholders.

The seminar will focus on MIL and examine its importance across different areas of youth work, as well as its impact on different but integral aspects, such as critical thinking, assessing information and media, tackling disinformation, young people's needs in post-pandemic Europe, making youth services more sustainable, preventing violent extremism of young people or service design.

Media and information literacy skills do not only make young people resilient to different types of manipulation, but also actively contribute to their active citizenship and participation. On the other hand, youth workers have to be MIL literate too, in order to tackle this challenge. Diverse activities, good practice examples and sharing among participants will illustrate the topics and promote creative thinking.

The seminar will help youth workers develop or increase their skills with regards to their work and programme priorities, address topics relevant to youth work whilst responding to the current context and the needs in the field, and learn skills that they can use in their everyday work with young people. Youth workers, youth leaders, youth project managers, coaches and other professionals working in the field of youth, employed or volunteer, are invited to participate.

The event is taking place in the Transnational Cooperation Activity framework of Erasmus+ National Agencies.

Application is open until 4 February 2022 on the SALTO website.