Modern technologies, digital tools, and social media have come to permeate our daily life, bringing about several benefits, as well as many flaws. Far too often, the digital world has turned into a sounding board for hate speech and fake news. In the European context, this situation is all too heightened due to the misperception and lack of knowledge of the migratory phenomenon that is becoming increasingly worrying. This trifecta of hate speech – disinformation – relentless racism can arguably be considered as yet another tool to target vulnerable groups in society, such as migrants. The European Parliament recognised the ‘weaponisation’ of disinformation against minorities in two Resolutions (10 October 2019 and 15 January 2020) condemning media propaganda and disinformation against minorities and calling for establishing safeguards against hate speech and radicalisation, disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda.

The project aspires to dismantle hate speech, disinformation, and entrenched racist narratives by amplifying and making visible diverse counter-narratives. These include the testimonies of young individuals encountering the “other,” thereby shining a light on alternative perspectives and challenging harmful assumptions.

Consortium Members

EUROPEAN YOUTH4MEDIA NETWORK EV – Germany: https://youth4media.eu/ 

European Youth4Media Network e.V. is giving young people a voice through digital media. It is a European Network of 52 organizations from 32 countries working in the field of community media and civil society.

The member organizations form the active European network of communities, youth institutions, radio and TV stations as well as culture- and media- centers, being places for communication and civic engagement. Together, the youngsters of the European partner institutions organize cross-border networks of youth media work. They promote political and intercultural dialogue by means of audiovisual media. We have a wide range of activities on local as well as on the European level.

EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE – Estonia https://www.ptpest.ee/

Eesti People to People is a non-profit organisation registered in Estonia in 1997 and with activities since 1993 as a chapter of People to People International NGO. The purpose of People to People aims to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational and cultural activities involving the exchange of ideas and experiences directly among peoples of different countries and diverse cultures. Tolerance and mutual understanding are central themes.

Eesti People to People has 3 members of the board, ten members and more than 100 volunteers at the moment. There are many people with fewer opportunities among NGO members – ethnic and national minorities, neet, people from depressive urban and rural areas and from islands, etc. There are students, teachers and decision makers (local authorities, MPs) and general public among target groups.

MITRA FRANCE – France: https://www.facebook.com/mitrafr/

MITRA FRANCE is non-governmental non-profit organisation established in Nice, France in 2015 for the following aims:

  • foster intercultural understanding and responsiveness to social, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity through non-formal
  • educational approaches;
  • develop innovative educational approaches addressing diversity for inclusive education;
  • popularize media and art skills by providing regular training for people in different age;
  • support adult education by providing lifelong learning projects.

NGO mission is to create awareness among people about their role in the society and instill skills for them to act in a positive and constructive way.

Formation et Sensibilisation de Luxembourg – Luxembourg: https://fslux.lu/

“Formation et Sensibilisation de Luxembourg” Association was registered in 2020 on the basis of the non-formal group “Foreign Students of Luxembourg” (FSL) which was created in 2013.

The main objectives of the Association are:

  • To establish, promote and support social awareness regarding the importance of education with a view of strengthening skills and capacities.
  • To promote education and awareness that contributes to the development of personality.

Evolutionary Archetypes Consulting SL  – Spain: https://ea.consulting/

EA is an innovation research and science communication company. EA explores and assesses innovation strategies, resources, and technologies to empower future game changers. With innovation research, they study and analyse knowledge that can inspire innovators and entrepreneurs to innovate and succeed. With science communication, they take encouraging insights from scientific and technology research and share the knowledge in everyone’s words. Horizon Europe collaboration allows them to get involved directly in R&D projects supporting the researchers with technology and resources.

WAVES FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION – Cyprus: https://www.wavesfoundation.org/

WAVES is a non-governmental organisation focusing on Education, and particularly global education, as a pedagogical approach that prepares people to address Europe’s most pressing issues collaboratively, equitably, and sustainably.

WAVES works with formal, non-formal and informal education methods as these practices can help people, especially marginalized and vulnerable social groups, develop their capacity to be informed, open-minded, and responsible citizens, who are responsive to diverse perspectives and challenges on an individual and community level.