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CALL FOR PROPOSALS23 October 2017 to 8 December 2017

2017 Call for proposals for

pilot project on Media
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The European Commission is launching a Call for Proposals

for a pilot project on Media Literacy for All. The objective is to
test innovative actions aimed at increasing citizens' ability to
think critically about content they receive through social
media, including content originated by traditional media;
increasing users' awareness of the truthfulness of on-line
information while at the same time promoting more
responsible use of the internet; and to test the feasibility and
usefulness of such actions.

Media literacy includes all technical, cognitive, social, civic and creative
capacities that allow a citizen to access the media, to have a critical
understanding of the media and to interact with it. All these capacities
enable the citizen to participate in the economic, social and cultural aspects
of society as well as to play an active role in the democratic process.
"Media" is to be understood in a broad way: including all kind of media
(television, radio, press) and through all kind of channels (traditional,
internet, social media).
A proposal for funding under the pilot project should have clearly defined
objective(s) to advance/target specific area(s)/goal(s) within the field of
media literacy. It should propose an adequate mixture of tools and activities
to achieve those objectives. These could include:

 Projects which facilitate a more structured analysis of disinformation

propagation, with effective coordination between different countries
involved in the fight against misinformation.
 Innovative campaigns aimed at helping social media users to
exercise critical thinking and responsibility, exploring, for example, how
to harness the power of social media influencers with the aim of
educating social media users in critical evaluation techniques;
 Multilingual online material and interactive tools to improve the
capacities of citizens to acquire a critical understanding of
information/images accessed via social media and how to interact with
it;
 Dissemination of best practice, for instance through conferences,
workshops, on-line platforms and/or training programmes;
 Any other relevant innovative activities aimed at developing citizens'
ability to dtinguish information from propaganda and fake news, to
deconstruct media communication or any other capacity related to
critical thinking towards the media;
 Activities involving local communities or networks to tailor and make
accessible some of the above tools to minorities, people with limited
formal education, digital immigrants (50+) or people at risk of being
socially marginalised.

The Commission invites applicants to identify and extend existing good

practice and to test innovative actions which do not duplicate activities
undertaken by other entities.
Consult the Call for Proposals before filling in the Grant Application
Form (see also "Annexes" at the bottom of this page).
The deadline to submit a proposal is 8 December 2017. 
You can write to us if you have more questions.
More information on Media Literacy initiatives of the European Commission.
Follow us on @EU_MediaLit.
 

Related documents
  3. Model Grant Agreement - Annex II - Annex IV.pdf

 4. Annex III Estimated budget -en.xlsx

 5. Annex V - Model Technical Report.pdf
 6. Annex VI - Model Financial Statement -en.xlsx
 Application form Annex II - Declaration on honour by the
applicant.docx
 ML2017-grant-application-form-en-.docx
 ML2017_Call for proposals

https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/first-findings-eurobarometer-fake-news-and-
online-disinformation

The Eurobarometer survey was conducted via telephone

interviews early February in all EU Member States. Over
26.000 citizens were interviewed about their perception of
fake news and their trust in news media sources. The first
findings show a clear concern for the spread of disinformation
online in Europe.
The Flash Eurobarometer on Fake News and Online Disinformation
measured the perceptions and concerns of 26.576 European citizens
around fake news. The first results show that fake news are widely spread
across the EU with 83% of respondents saying that fake news represent a
danger to democracy.
The key findings are as follows:

 Respondents perceive traditional media as the most trusted source of

news: radio (70%), television (66%) and printed newspapers and
news magazines (63%);
 37% of the respondents come across fake news every day or almost
everyday and 71% feel confident on identifying them;
 85% of respondents perceive fake news as a problem in their country
and 83% perceive it as a problem for democracy in general;
 In respondents’ view, journalists (45%), national authorities (39%)
and the press and broadcasting management (36%) should be the
main responsible for stopping the spread of fake news.

A full report will be available in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can
view the presentation of the first results.