Media and IT Literacy is a dynamic concept of life-long learning, and its definition changes along with the changes in the technology. However, the power of cooperation among the different stakeholders – both institutional and non-institutional – is key to the development in this sphere, i.e. to the understanding of its very concept and its implementation on the citizens’ part. This was stressed, among other things, by Ms. Martina Chapman, a media literacy expert from Ireland, at the workshop on “Strengthening the Media Literacy Network of the Republic of Macedonia Through Exchange of Experiences”, which was organized by the Macedonian Media Institute, in cooperation with the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services. The meeting was aimed at conveying experiences regarding the strategies and activities needed when planning media literacy projects, as well as good practices that have resulted from the cooperation among the relevant stakeholders. In this, an overview was presented of examples from the Republic of Ireland, which has an operational media literacy network and this concept enjoys the institutions and society’s significant support. Ms. Chapman explained that the Media Literacy – Ireland Network is an independent association founded by the Irish regulatory authority. It includes 100 members, which are dedicated to promoting and enhancing media literacy all over the country, through sharing experiences and resources, with the aim of gaining benefits for all, and not only for certain parts of society. The Network has its own strategy, work groups that function within its frameworks, and carries out various activities, issues its own Newsletter, develops a data-base of resources and a stakeholders’ networking platform. According to Ms. Chapman, the Network aims to become self-sustainable in the following few years. The workshop was organized as part of the joint EU and CoE project titled “Reinforcing Judicial Expertise on Freedom of Expression and the Media in South-East Europe (JUFREX)”. The Macedonian Institute for Media is the Macedonian partner of the project. The photo-gallery of the Workshop is available at this link  

The Macedonian Institute for Media, in association with the Center for Investigative Journalism – SCOOP Macedonia, has organized a one-day workshop for producing journalist stories on the topic of areas of action of the civil society organizations which are part of the program CIVICA Mobilitas.

Ten researchers and representatives from the media and civil society organizations from Macedonia attended the workshop for designing and planning applied and action researches in the sphere of the media, organized by the Macedonian Institute for Media, in cooperation with the Peace Institutefrom Ljubljana, from 23 to 25 June in Ohrid.

How to communicate with the different target groups, how to prepare efficient public presentations, how to recognize stereotypes and hate speech and avoid their use in the schools and the public communication? These are only parts of the contents that were covered in the workshops with the members of the School Integration Teams organized during 2013 and 2014.

Almost five hundred high school teachers and students from all over Macedonia participated in the trainings for production of multimedia contents in the context of interethnic integration in education, conducted by the Macedonian Institute for Media, as part of the USAID Project for Interethnic Integration in Education.

Activists of approximately ten civil society organizations, in the course of October 2014, as part of the „"Citizens' Network for the prevention of conflict of interests in public administration"“, were trained in advocacy and communication skills.

How can investigative journalism help in the protection of human rights and how can we use the possibilities offered by the new technologies for data collection and effective visualization of the investigative stories – these were some of the topics of the three-day training on investigative journalism organized by the MIM.