On October 14th CICANT participated in the online kick-off meeting of the project ReadTwice. Researchers Ana Filipa Oliveira and Maria José Brites represent CICANT’s team in this project funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program. Non-governmental organization Evro Advans (Bulgaria) is the project coordinator. Other partners include non-governmental and non-profit association Udruga za promicanje aktivnog građanstva – ECHO (Croatia), association Se Poate (Romania) and non-profit organization Alliance4Europe GGMBH (Germany). The project will run for 18 months.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
READ TWICE is a project that aims to counter disinformation and limit the spread of fake news by enhancing citizens` skills to critically assess information, identify vicious and harmful media content and distinguish between facts and opinions, thus improving their media literacy competences. The project will promote capacity building training and other events aimed at young media practitioners, university students, stakeholders and other multipliers.
ABOUT CERV
CERV is an European funding programme that seeks to support and develop open, rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive societies based on the rule of law. The programme provides funding for initiatives aimed at citizens’ engagement, equality for all and the protection and promotion of rights and EU values.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Read Twice has received funding under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, under Grant Agreement 101081326.