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BEST is a KA2 Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership project coordinated by the Romanian association Smart Educational Projects and in which ELA is involved as partner organisation.
The aim of the project BEST is to develop a training kit for young people and youth workers in order to train them in identifying fake news and therefore stopping the spread of disinformation in all sorts of media. Because fake news has the power to trigger political changes, influence people's opinions and create confusion and social unrest, it is essential for the youth to learn how to identify and fight this phenomenon. In fact, young people are the most exposed to this sort of disinformation because of their large amount of news and social media consumption. This project will help young people become active citizens and will equip them with the tools to respond to the challenges generated by the phenomenon of fake news that are affecting all of us everyday more and more. |
Project Overview
Project infoAction: Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership - Cooperation partnerships in youth.
Project code: 2022-2-RO01-KA220-YOU-000099705 Duration: 01/03/2023 - 01/07/2024 |
Themes addressedFake news, Media Bias, Disinformation, Developing Critical Thinking skills, Active citizenship
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Partners of the projectAsociatia SMART EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS (Romania),
European Network for Training and Skills (Spain), Dorea Educational Institute WTF (Cyprus) |
In order to reach the main objective of the project, the partnership will create and develop three resources specifically designed for youth workers and young people aged between 15-25 years.
O1: One course divided into three workshops.
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This course will be held both face to face and online, in English and in the partners' languages, and will include theoretical notions on the topic of fake news, methodological approaches and multimedia resources to stop the spreading of disinformation.
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O2: The BEST guidebook.
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The guidebook consists of three chapters elaborated by Dorea, SEP and ELA and will be presented during two Learning Activities in Cyprus and Bologna in order to exchange knowledge, good practices and activities to instruct youth workers on the main topics of the project. |
O3: 4 animated videos on the topic of fake news.
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The animated videos will be made by IFET. They will be about 2 minutes long each and will cover the topics addressed in the first two chapters of the BEST guidebook. Each video will target the active citizenship component related to the propagation and recognition of fake news and will have subtitles in English and in the partners' languages. |
What's going on in the project?
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Learning Activity in LimassolThe first Learning Activity took place in Limassol (Cyprus) from the 3rd till the 7th of July, hosted by Dorea Educational Institute. Three people from each partner organisation took part in this activity that gave us the opportunity to learn more about the main topics of this project such as different types of media biases and main weapons of disinformation. The partners Dorea and SEP presented the first two chapters of the BEST guidebook while at the end of the week IFET presented their concept for the animated videos and we brainstormed some new ideas for the project development. It was a great week and we look forward to the next steps towards taking a concrete step in becoming conscious citizens!
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First TPM in Târgu JiuThe first Transnational Project Meeting took place in Târgu Jiu (Romania) on April 4th 2023 and it was a great opportunity to get to know all the partners, get an overview of the project and to discuss the next steps for developing the goals of this partnership. We are thrilled to take part in the development of the objectives of the BEST project and to contribute in stopping the spread of fake news and disinformation! |
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