Past Projects
Media Diversity Institute works on projects that promote media and information literacy, better representation of minority groups in the media and combat disinformation around the world.
Youth in Western Balkan – a Virtual Postcard (Youth in WB)
Youth in Western Balkan – a Virtual Postcard (Youth in WB) project aims to increase the intercultural and media literacy competences of youth in North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina by organising moderated virtual learning and discussion exchanges focused on debunking stereotypes and harmful narratives of others perpetuated by online media and social networks. The project has set the following complementary specific objectives: to create opportunities for 1,600 young girls and boys from the Western Balkans to meet and...
Scale up MediaCoach
Scale up MediaCoach (CoachMIL) project aims at improving media literacy capacities in Croatia, Serbia and Albania based on the Media Coach programme, successfully implemented in several EU countries so far. In addition to scaling up one of the best European media literacy practices, the project plans to strengthen channels of dissemination and local ownership over the results, thus reaching a wide and diversified audience in targeted three countries, but also providing valuable recommendations to EU countries and policymakers. This will...
Muslim Women and Communities against Gender Islamophobia in Society
MAGIC (Muslim women and communities Against Gender Islamophobia in society) was a project devised to prevent gender Islamophobia in Spain and in Belgium, in particular in media outlets, and to draw lessons useful for other European countries. The project was implemented by a consortium led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and formed by the Media Diversity Institute Global, the Collectif contre l’Islamophobie en Belgique and the Fundación Al Fanar para el Conocimiento Árabe. In the span of...
MEDIADELCOM
Critical Exploration of Media Related Risks and Opportunities for Deliberative Communication: Development Scenarios of the European Media Landscape MEDIADELCOM has develop a diagnostic tool (multiple scenario building model) for policy makers, educators, media critical bodies and institutions, as well as for media experts and journalists, which is enabling the provision of holistic assessment of risks and opportunities concerning deliberative communication and consequently social cohesion in Europe. The tool enables drawing on multiple risks and opportunity scenarios of the European media...
