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Building capacity for science journalism in the Balkan region – an online training course

Year when project approved: 
2014
Approved budget: 
US$12 000.00

The proposed project will address the lack of science media associations and limited professional capacity of science media workers in the Balkan region. BASJ, a newly created regional journalists association, will promote online education and cooperation with other international and regional organizations and institutions in the Balkans. It will offer a 6-month online training course delivered through webinars and online lectures using BASJ's Science Media Network platform. The course will upgrade the skills of 20 journalism trainers, enabling them to teach new media competencies. The course will also educate 110 new science journalists and future mentors. 
 
Participants will gain informal education in quality science journalism as well as an online platform they can continue to use together. This platform will not only create a cross-border network but will also strengthen cooperation; raise awareness on the necessary standards of media and science literacy; and improve multimedia literacy amongst citizens of the region. 

Documents
Full project description: 
Regional_Building-Capacity-Science_project_proposal.pdf
Project details
IPDC Bureau meeting nº: 
58

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Beneficiary
Beneficiary name: 
The Balkan Association of Science Journalists (BASJ)
Beneficiary description: 

As an newly established international journalist association, BASJs mission is to interconnect science journalists regionally, to strengthen mutual cooperation through international and regional projects, advocacy of journalists, partnership with regional and international institutions, experts and organizations involved in science, research and education, and other journalist associations. BASJ is also striving to improve the standards of science journalism in the Balkan region and South East Europe in printed and electronic media, through focusing on cross-border exchange and implementation of good practice, organising formal and informal education for young science journalists, promoting online education, and to enable active online cooperation with other international and regional organisations and institutions. The organisation consists of an Executive Board, Program Board, and its members – mostly journalists. BASJ is a partner organisation with Pannonian Activist Organisation – PAOR who is also giving logistical, expert, and financial assistance. BASJ is since recently an official member of the World Federation of Science Journalists – WFSJ, who acts as a provider of educational, logistical and consulting support.

Beneficiary address: 
Melenacki drum 35, Zrenjanin

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Beneficiary phone: 
+381 692253533

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Location and contacts
Project contacts: 

Srđan Papić Đurić, President of BASJ: +381 692253533, basj.network@gmail.com

Project place: 
Online: Multimedia platform of BASJ – Balkan Association of Science Journalists

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Follow-up and achievments
Summary of the project implementation: 

The following activities were implemented:
 
1. The gathering of the project team from the partner organizations BASJ, holding of the first strategic meeting to agree on the division of labor and responsibilities in the project, online meetings and agreements.
2. Designed and installed a multimedia platform for education and information.
3. Involved 20 participants who attended the online training and who have created content and multimedia software platform.
4. Completed an online practical introduction to the multimedia platform and networking of all participants, editors, mentors, journalists and educators, to make arrangements on future cooperation, and project implementation.
5. Held online meetings and consultations, including finalising agreements with all trainers and educators and mentors with the project team.
6. Purchased the necessary essential, basic technical resources for coordination and participants.
7. Installation of equipment and software.
8. Online inclusion and gathering of all participants through close organizations and associations.
8. Prepared an online platform to deliver online training courses.
9. Online preparation and sending invitations to participants.
10. There were, program consultation, online, for all participants, mentors on the project.
11. Held online two-week set of webinar-courses for mentors, educators, editors and coordinators in e-learning.
12. Prepared online courses for a six-month period, including  on theoretical and practical aspects of science journalism reporting in the designated fields with 20 participants directly and 110 indirectly involved.
13. Finished 50 multimedia science news contents through online collaboration of participants and mentors, educators and editors.
14. Prepared CD/DVDs with the online courses, and instructions on how to use the multimedia platform for networking.
15. Publishing the multimedia contents – as results -- utilized the BASJ news portal www.balkansciencereport.com, social networks, friendly websites and on websites with similar affiliations.
16. Prepared and printed certificates for each participant.