HUB CULTUREL ET ÉDUCATIF PARIS BECOMES AN OFFICIAL PARTNER IN THE NEW EUROPEAN PROJECT “MEDIA WISE – BUILDING YOUTH RESILIENCE AGAINST ONLINE MANIPULATION”

Hub Culturel et Éducatif Paris is pleased to announce that it has officially been selected as a partner in the new Erasmus+ KA220-YOU project “Media Wise – Building Youth Resilience Against Online Manipulation, Disinformation and Internet Deception.”

Project Duration

1 November 2024 – 31 October 2026 (24 months)

Project Partners

The project is implemented by a consortium of six European organisations:

• Vox Civica (Romania) – Coordinator
• KULTUR EGITIM ve PROJE DERNEGI – KEPDER (Turkey)
• AEGARE – Asociación de Empresarios Gallegos en Aragón y Ribera del Ebro (Spain)
• Fair Chance Association (Bulgaria)
• ERGASIA Ekpedeftiki SA (Greece)
• Hub Culturel et Éducatif Paris (France)

Main Project Activities

The project aims to strengthen digital resilience and critical thinking among young people through:

• Training 24 youth workers, who will become multipliers capable of combating online manipulation and disinformation.
• Developing a complete training curriculum, integrating digital skills, advocacy tools, public speaking, and critical thinking techniques.
• Creating an innovative digital E-Hub Platform, hosting learning materials, interactive content, and e-learning modules.
• Organising multiple multiplier events in each partner country, reaching a total of 180 young people who will learn to recognize manipulation, fake content, and deceptive practices online.
• Building a sustainable transnational network of trained specialists who will continue to disseminate knowledge beyond the project’s lifetime.

Expected Results

• 24 trained youth workers – digital resilience multipliers.
• A standardized training programme with well-structured modules and lesson plans.
• A functional E-Hub digital platform, accessible to young people across Europe.
• 180 young participants equipped with skills to critically assess online information and resist manipulation.
• A long-term European partnership committed to fostering digital literacy and promoting critical thinking among youth.

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